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Originally posted by Ustwo
Thats great but you don't understand American politics.
With the environment it IS the extreme groups that matter. A simple lawsuit filed by one person can stop a forest project such as a controlled burn or thinning. Its not like these are some nuts who can't do anything, they can be an impediment. I've tried to deal with these people and stand by my opinion of them. Its not slander is a sad truth.
These wacky fringe groups tend to vote for the Democratic party in this country and as such the democrats cater to them. In the 2000 election many of them switched over to the green party, which is a reason why Gore lost the election, (hence the pandering). It is amusing watching the Green Party try to avoid blame for it, they have their own explanation of it on the Green Party website.
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Why thank you for giving me your side of the story. I don't know too much about extreme enviromentalist forces in the US (it seems you seriously need some proper enviromentalist organizations). I will probably look this up later from other sources.
I don't really see the problem with people stopping projects that can't be defended in court tough...
And sorry for the anger, call it a cultural crash if you like....i would like to know more about these groups later on, and I am afraid I can't take your word all too seriously, as I suspect that we might have pretty different views on these things...
Who knows, it is California, they voted for Arnold, maybe even the enviromentalists are nutjobs.