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This is where the Patriot act comes in handy. I'm sure the FBI has heard about it already.Terrorist are terrorists, no matter where they come from.

Often, "movements" like "Earth First" and "Al Qaeda" are portrayed by their founders as grass roots movements- resulting from the inexorable forces of history, politics, culture, and/or divine destiny. This is nothing but a delusion of the founders of such movements. They are often really expressions of the vanity and egos of their founder's; there would be no "Al Qaeda" if it were not for it's meglomanical Osama Bin Laden. "Earth First" doubtless has similar self aggrandizing personalities behind its existence and continued notoriety. So, the lengths that these individuals will go to make their names known, for the sake of their self centered view of the world, will determine just how far the insane agenda promoted by these people will go. When and if it's self possessed leaders decide that their particular "Rubicon" has been crossed, we can expect at least some sort of attempt at deadly terrorism; bombings, sabotage, perhaps even assassinations. The insanity of the leaders is the real threat, not any perceived strength or influence of the group itself.

My point is that far from these being historical movements, having sociological or true political basis and motivation, they are more the creation and reflections of the personalities of individuals, and that is their weakness. Since there is no real working ideology behind a "movement" other than a lot of "Gaia" oriented drivel, and a Luddite ignorance and hatred for anything having to do with technology or modern civilization, "Earth First" is heavily dependent on the whims, twisted vision, and dubious leadership of a very few individuals. They flatter themselves with grand sounding pronouncements, prattling on and on with their high minded manifestos. But like Ted Kaczynski, despite flashes of insight and even brilliant observations about the human condition, they basically have no idea what they are talking about.

This "Earth First" is no real potential mass movement; it is a prescription for societal suicide, as anyone with common sense can easily see. Only if a new dark age descends, and despotic warlord types govern the landscape amidst a post nuclear wasteland, could anything akin to the idiocy that these people propose ever come about. Then they will not have to worry about the corruption of technological civilization, as their insane practices will bring about and perpetuate such pervasive, devastating famine and decline, that simple survival will be an almost impossible achievement. What we have to fear from these people, would be the effect of the the rest of us sinking to their level of profound ignorance and self hatred. I don't think things have declined that far, just yet.

"This is where the Patriot act comes in handy. I'm sure the FBI has heard about it already "

why aren't they in jail? n where the hell is the batf????

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