I appreciate you posting the article because it's led to some interesting reading as well what amounts to a moral dilemma for a conservative.
From what I've read, the score is 2 to 2. Natives first killed two loggers who they accused of "trespassing". The "mafia loggers" have killed two natives.
And if you read further, you'll see that the Peruvian government is so inept at resource management that they can't tell the difference between "illegal" and permitted logging.
Some eviro types claim that 95% of all logging is illegal which is asinine because it would be crystal clear that all logging in the rain forest should be banned. Other more reasonable estimates put it at 52% on the illegal side.
A quick peruse of the links on this page will show that the natives are being used as the "spotted owl" of the rain forest- and that was my point.
Sigh x2
The whole thread (19 posts)
- Protecting the Natives
- Hmmm.....
- I wonder what the natives thought the airplane was....
- Re: raining machetes
- LOL. Look ma, it's raining machetes!
- This is no environmentalist's crusade
- No opinion yet
- Their anceestors did do better.
- Ah yes, the spotted Navi tribe.
- Re: Trust you to take the side
- Trust you to take the side of the loggers. ILLEGAL LOGGERS.
- Re: Protecting the Natives