Posted on 08/14/2006 10:41:04 PM PDT by John Semmens
A 40-foot log used by protesters to block access to the Mike's Gulch timber salvage sale in Oregon’s Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest was illegally cut from a nearby botanical area, according to forest officials. The tree was used to block the Eight Dollar Road bridge spanning the Illinois River. The Silver Creek Co. paid $300,052 for the fire-killed timber that was damaged by the 2002 "Biscuit" fire.
Woodrow "Woody" Forest, a member of the Oxygen Collective environmental group, said his group was committed to stop the logging. "We aren't fooling around," said Forest. "We're going to stop this logging even if it means we have to cut down every tree in the forest."
The seemingly nonsensical willingness to destroy the forest in order to prevent its conversion into timber was explained by Mr. Forest. "We are striking a blow at profiteering," said Forest. "These loggers are raping mother nature to satisfy their own greed. Even though we are also destroying the trees we are not doing it out of greed. We are doing it out of love."
Forest likened his stance to that of a Muslim father who kills his daughter to protect her honor. "We are saving the trees from being prostituted for profit," said Forest. "It is better for these burned trees to rot where they fell as nature intended than for them to be 'sold into slavery' as lumber and exploited by self-serving humans."
The Josephine County Sheriff's Office took Mr. Forest into custody where he will undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
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I wouldn't be surprised if the tree killed itself to further the environmentalist jihad! Strapped a chain saw belt on itself and fired it up.
LOL!
satire
Good on them........
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