What does it take for an environmentalist to turn into an eco-terrorist?
"Using the F.B.I.'s definition of the term, [Craig Marshall] is a domestic terrorist. Almost two years ago, he and an accomplice were caught after they firebombed a Chevrolet dealership in Eugene, Ore. He says he did it to punish carmakers and consumers for their love affair with the gas-hogging S.U.V...[E.L.F] the eco-terror group...has inflicted, along with its ally the Animal Liberation Front (A.L.F.), more than $43 million in damage on farmers, scientists, foresters, universities, housing developers and business owners...When does legal political protest become terrorism?"
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
FULL STORY: From Tree-Hugger to Terrorist
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