
40 - Jamy Ian Swiss
Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan
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The Reality of the American Legal System
The United States government termed Earth First a terrorist group, although they'd never hurt anybody. A bulldozer ripping up a hillside to strip mine for coal is committing terrorism. So people were going to prison for more time for having put some sugar in the gas tank of a bulldozer than they would have if they had killed people. That's the reality of the American legal system. Edward Abbey says one final paragraph of advice. Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am a reluctant enthusiast, a part time crusader, a half hearted fanatic. He goes on: "Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure"
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