Open season on tree huggers- They make good fertilizer

[Tucker]

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Tue Apr 15, 2014, 04:50 AM

Star Member Judi Lynn (83,704 posts)

Killing of environmental activists rises globally
Source: Associated Press

Killing of environmental activists rises globally
By DENIS D. GRAY, Associated Press | April 14, 2014 | Updated: April 14, 2014 7:15pm

BANGKOK (AP) — As head of his village, Prajob Naowa-opas battled to save his community in central Thailand from the illegal dumping of toxic waste by filing petitions and leading villagers to block trucks carrying the stuff — until a gunman in broad daylight fired four shots into him.

A year later, his three alleged killers, including a senior government official, are on trial for murder. The dumping has been halted and villagers are erecting a statue to their slain hero.

But the prosecution of Prajob's murder is a rare exception. A survey released Tuesday -- the first comprehensive one of its kind - says that only 10 killers of 908 environmental activists slain around the world over the past decade have been convicted.

The report by the London-based Global Witness, a group that seeks to shed light on the links between environmental exploitation and human rights abuses, says murders of those protecting land rights and the environment have soared dramatically. It noted that its toll of victims in 35 countries is probably far higher since field investigations in a number of African and Asian nations are difficult or impossible.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/science/article/Killing-of-environmental-activists-rises-globally-5400097.php


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Like this is a bad thing!!!!

New.

[Carl]

It noted that its toll of victims in 35 countries is probably far higher since field investigations in a number of African and Asian nations are difficult or impossible

How many of those nations are ruled and dominated by savages of one type or another where you kill someone as easily as we say "good morning"?

[Tucker]

How many of those nations are ruled and dominated by savages of one type or another where you kill someone as easily as we say "good morning"?

That's probably the reason obama left Kenya.

[landofconfusion80]

That's probably the reason obama left Kenya.

You can only take so much of leftists and their drum circles before you snap.  He probably brought his bongos with him

[vesta111]

You can only take so much of leftists and their drum circles before you snap.  He probably brought his bongos with him

I may be a tree hugger when I Rented my land it was A forest, little Grass just trees and all kinds of wild berries, and Lady slippers, wild growing ferns, and wild flowers. 

This was the reasons I chose my plot to place my home on.  Not 3 months later the landlord brought in the bulldozers to turn the land into down to the ground nothing.   NO or few trees and just dirt. 

Then the landlord to placket us renters Brought in tons of soil, to cover the damage. See they told us top soil of the best grade.    Bull, this soil looked like it had come from MT. Helena's we found molten Glass in it.

Costs us a fortune to return the land we rent to what we wanted before we got snookered into buying homes costing $100,000 dollars on rented land with A Land lord that out of the blue decides his renters cannot have A cat in their home.

But then, Had we bought A home in a town that out of the blue decided our chickens, our dog of a certain breed, had to go.   Had to ask the neighbors if I could build A garage ---Zoning laws changed--- What's the difference ?

[landofconfusion80]

I may be a tree hugger when I Rented my land it was A forest, little Grass just trees and all kinds of wild berries, and Lady slippers, wild growing ferns, and wild flowers. 

This was the reasons I chose my plot to place my home on.  Not 3 months later the landlord brought in the bulldozers to turn the land into down to the ground nothing.   NO or few trees and just dirt. 

Then the landlord to placket us renters Brought in tons of soil, to cover the damage. See they told us top soil of the best grade.    Bull, this soil looked like it had come from MT. Helena's we found molten Glass in it.

Costs us a fortune to return the land we rent to what we wanted before we got snookered into buying homes costing $100,000 dollars on rented land with A Land lord that out of the blue decides his renters cannot have A cat in their home.

But then, Had we bought A home in a town that out of the blue decided our chickens, our dog of a certain breed, had to go.   Had to ask the neighbors if I could build A garage ---Zoning laws changed--- What's the difference ?

Did they make an ordinance against drum circles too? 

[Mr Mannn]

A survey released Tuesday -- the first comprehensive one of its kind - says that only 10 killers of 908 environmental activists slain around the world over the past decade have been convicted.

--> No tears shed from me. Good riddance.
Take a hint, it is a hazardous job. If you're gonna pull Occupy crap in a 3rd world hellhole, you should expect a 3rd world response.

I just wish that 908 was a yearly number,

[Tucker]

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I just wish that 908 was a yearly number,

The DUmmies are so gonna hate you for that.

[98ZJUSMC]

--> No tears shed from me. Good riddance.

I think I'll drink a couple extra beers tonight, just on account.

 

[GOBUCKS]

As head of his village, Prajob Naowa-opas battled to save his community in central Thailand from the illegal dumping of toxic waste

If a Thai village chief is concerned about pollution, his first move should be to introduce toilets.

[hillneck]

When you do dumb s**t, expect dumb s**t to happen back to you.  You would figure a village chief would have better security, especially when he started poking the hornets nest.

[tanstaafl]

Costs us a fortune to return the land we rent to what we wanted before we got snookered into buying homes costing $100,000 dollars on rented land with A Land lord that out of the blue decides his renters cannot have A cat in their home.

Why would you improve land you do not own? When you vacate the rented land, do you get to take the 100k house with you? Or does the landlord get to keep it as renter added.

I don't understand. I've lived all over this country and have never heard of such a situation. I've rented houses, cabins and trailers. And I've never encountered anything, anywhere that allowed a renter to improve property. In Wyoming, a bunch of us renting FEMA surplus trailers near the project asked if we could put decks on the trailers, but we did it on the cheap with dunnage from the jobsite. But we weren't allowed to remove them when released from the job.

[vesta111]

Why would you improve land you do not own? When you vacate the rented land, do you get to take the 100k house with you? Or does the landlord get to keep it as renter added.

I don't understand. I've lived all over this country and have never heard of such a situation. I've rented houses, cabins and trailers. And I've never encountered anything, anywhere that allowed a renter to improve property. In Wyoming, a bunch of us renting FEMA surplus trailers near the project asked if we could put decks on the trailers, but we did it on the cheap with dunnage from the jobsite. But we weren't allowed to remove them when released from the job.

When one has an  investment in a home be it their own property or rented, people need to be individual, express themselves and even all the tickie tackie homes all in a row are different.

We humans have a need to individualise  our selves and create what we like regardless of others that have a different out look on life.

So we improve rented land to our standards, plant gardens and trees, this is for our benefit as long as we live on the land.    This is not for the benefit of the landlord, this is for our benefit  to create a home we enjoy being and living in.

[landofconfusion80]

When one has an  investment in a home be it their own property or rented, people need to be individual, express themselves and even all the tickie tackie homes all in a row are different.

We humans have a need to individualise  our selves and create what we like regardless of others that have a different out look on life.

So we improve rented land to our standards, plant gardens and trees, this is for our benefit as long as we live on the land.    This is not for the benefit of the landlord, this is for our benefit  to create a home we enjoy being and living in.

That's the risk you take trying to make changes to something that doesn't belong to you.  If I were a landlord, I wouldn't be happy with a tenant deciding to remodel my kitchen without my prior consent.

[Ptarmigan]

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