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- From: eugene@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
- Subject: [l/m 4/15/92] Eco-warriors Distilled Wisdom (22/28) XYZ
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 12:20:13 GMT
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- Panel 22
-
- This note is not an endorsement of certain techniques which might
- be construded as illegal. It is provided purely for informational
- and amusement purposes only.
-
- From Dave Foreman
-
- Strategic Monkeywrenching:
- Monkeywrench alone or with few and absolutely trusted partners.
- Keep a low profile
- Avoid sporting "Hayduke Lives" bumperstickers or patches or other visible
- emblems.
- Keep "Ecodefense" out of sight.
- Keep a closed mouth.
- Do not draw media attention.
- Avoid targeting national security-related targets or major industrial
- facilities.
- Avoid those who talk about monkeywrenching.
- Avoid or ostracize lunatics, advocates of violences, or immature, macho
- bigmouths.
- Minimize the use of monkeywrenching techniques that might be characterized as
- "violent."
- Avoid public statements or writing that can be construed as advocating
- violence.
- Be willing to disavow stupid acts.
- Avoid the use or possession of illegal drugs.
-
- Remember:
- Monkeywrenching is nonviolent.
- Monkeywrenching is not organizaed.
- Monkeywrenching is individual.
- Monkeywrenching is targeted.
- Monkeywrenching is timely.
- Monkeywrenching is dispersed.
- Monkeywrenching is diverse.
- Monkeywrenching is fun.
- Monkeywrenching is not revolutionary.
- Monkeywrenching is simple.
- Monkeywrenching is deliberate and ethical.
-
- Intellectual masturabation provides philosophical counters to
- monkeywrenching. By checking the written literature, the reader will find
- all the counters to these arguments (some over 200 years old):
- The destruction of property is wrong.
- Breaking the law is wrong.
- Current resource management is sound; these is no bioloigcal crisis;
- so monkeywrenching is unnecessary.
- Monkeywrenching is undemocractic, and imposes extremist beliefs on
- others. [One of the best sounding and most misguided old arguments
- is the belief in "multiple-use." It isn't.]
- Monkeywrenching is a tactic of poor losers.
- Monkeywrenching isn't playing fair.
- Monkeywrenching threatens human being with injury or death: it is
- "eco-terrorism." [Foreman says it up there. Read it yourself.
- You have just heard propaganda.]
- Monkeywrenching turns one into a criminal.
- Monkeywrenching leads to vandalism, disrespect for law, and the
- breakdown of society.
- By advocating monkeywrenching, one is liable for all excesses --
- even those where someone has obviously strayed from published
- guidelines.
- If you monkeywrench, you should take credit for your actions
- and accept punishment as one does for any act of civil disobedience.
- Monkeywrenching "lowers the standards of civility another notch."
- By using economic loss as a deterrent, monkeywrenchers buy into the
- materialistic system.
- Destroying machines is wrong.
- Monkeywrenching costs jobs. [E. Abbey: "Cancer causes jobs."]
- Monkeywrenching is ineffective.
- Monkeywrenching give the entire environmental movement a bad name
- and causes an antienvironmental backlash.
- Read Foreman for elaborations on all of the above.
-
- Advice from George Washington Hayduke:
- 1. Prepare a plan.
- 2. Gather intelligence.
- 3. Buy away from home.
- 4. Never tip your hand.
- 5. Never admit anything.
- 6. Never apologize; it's a sign of weakness.
-
- *Published in several of his books. Check Books-in-Print for current books.
-
- A couple of suggested additions to your distilled wisdom:
-
- 1. Monkeywrenching is illegal.
- 2. Monkeywrenching is deliberate damage to property so as to make
- it unusable to various legal uses.
- 3. Monkeywrenching is deliberately placing the life and property of a
- human being at risk.
- 4. Monkeywrenching is deliberately violating the constitutional rights
- of another human being (if done in the USA).
- 5. Monkeywrenching is an aspect of intellectual arrogance.
-
- Notes:
- 1. This should be obvious, given the advice of Foreman that you cite,
- but you probably should clarify it.
- 2. This again should be obvious -- but it points up WHY
- monkeywrenching is illegal.
- 3. "Ethical" monkeywrenchers seek to minimize the risk to life -- but
- they can't escape the fact that people have been seriously injured
- due to their actions. (Anyone killed yet?)
- 4. See "due process" and "protection of property rights" decisions of
- the Supreme Court.
- 5. As in "I know better than any opponent what should be done here."
-
- Conclusary note:
- Even given all of the above, there may be times when Monkeywrenching
- is all that remains to prevent an atrocity. But remember what happened
- to the Luddites and be prepared to suffer likewise!
- Tim
-
- "Here be monsters."
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS of this chain:
-
- 22/ Words from Foreman and Hayduke <* THIS PANEL *>
- 23/ A bit of song (like camp songs)
- 24/ What is natural?
- 25/ A romantic notion of high-tech employment
- 26/ Other news groups of related interest, networking
- 27/ Films/cinema references
- 28/ References (written)
- 1/ DISCLAIMER
- 2/ Ethics
- 3/ Learning I
- 4/ learning II (lists, "Ten Essentials," Chouinard comments)
- 5/ Summary of past topics
- 6/ Non-wisdom: fire-arms topic circular discussion
- 7/ Phone / address lists
- 8/ Fletcher's Law of Inverse Appreciation and advice
- 9/ Water Filter wisdom
- 10/ Words from Rachel Carson
- 11/ Snake bite
- 12/ Netiquette
- 13/ Questions on conditions and travel
- 14/ Dedication to Aldo Leopold
- 15/ Leopold's lot.
- 16/ Morbid backcountry/memorial
- 17/ Information about bears
- 18/ Poison ivy, frequently ask, under question
- 19/ Lyme disease, frequently ask, under question
- 20/ "Telling questions" backcountry Turing test (under construction)
- 21/ AMS
-
-