Nobody, including environmental groups, has ever properly consulted with us from the beginning about our aboriginal rights in this area. Combine all the disparate interests and players and it's apparent the confrontations aren't likely to end soon. Spokesmen for PATH and the Forest Action Network say they have not promoted protests and blockades, despite Parrett's conclusion to the contrary. Anarchism is peaceful and non-violent. The stiff sentences to Krawczyk and Kern, says Doug Firston of Friends of the Elaho, may have the opposite effect of deterring others.
People are enraged.
Many Interfor employees, following the attack on the protesters' camp, were required to take what amounted to anger-management courses, including sessions on how to deal with protesters and with media. Let the legal system look after the protest activity. Halfway up the Elaho, Paul McBride takes a break from a 12-hour day inside his huge loader that piles logs dropped every two minutes from a company helicopter. Other workers worry about the continued stress on them and their families. I'm pissed off.