The pictures of "Luna" on the web site that Lisa provided are
interesting and sad at the same time:
http://www.circleoflifefoundation.org/lunanews/collage3.html

It's difficult to tell from these photos if the individual who did
this was trying to girdle the entire tree or just a part of it.  At
any rate, the act provides something of a test case for our
intuitions about direct action, terror, and sabotage.  The view that
only people can be the victims of terror or violence doesn't seem to
help us here.  What strikes us as wrong about this act, other than
the sheer mean-spiritedness of it?  Surely this is an example of
"direct action" no less than the various arson cases we've been
discussing.  What makes it different, if anything?  The possible
motive of revenge and retribution here seems different, somehow . . .
but certainly as a form of symbolic action taken to send a message,
the girdling of Luna is an effective stratagem.  thoughts?

Jim



>  Several months ago, the tree Julia Butterfly stood on for two years was
>chained saw.  In response, Julia has wrote poetry of the attack on her
>beloved tree. A few months thereafter, I remember reading that the largest
>tree in Secaquah National Forest was chain sawed to death.  Citizens who all
>felt-- they "owned" the tree were devastated. Some people claim these attacks
>may have been done by disgruntled loggers who had their property destroyed.
>I'm glad to hear that the attacks on  property have been justified and are
>good.  Someone be sure to forward this along to Julia or the citizens of
>Secaquah, I am sure they
>will feel much better.
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>Li-
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>In a message dated 02/19/01 7:54:56 PM !!!First Boot!!!,
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>>  By the way John, the person who actually wrote
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>>   'attacks on property=good' was none other than Tony C. himself.
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>>   Ooops.
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>>   Steve