Art's not to blame for an honest mistake.

But there ARE people to blame for spreading lies. Eco-terrorism, which the government would like you to fear, essentially doesn't exist. Even the most radical environmental groups draw the line after the destruction of PROPERTY. Now I admit that to have one's truck or ship destroyed can be devastating, but these folks believe that if you use a piece of equipment to break the law, then why not have it destroyed by others breaking the law? Philosophically, they're saying you get hoist with your own petard. Poetic justce, you might say. But they do NOT harm or kill people.

The incidents of spiked trees leading to injuries for loggers, for example, all turn out to be done by either mad property-rights advocates, or people trying to give environmental groups a bad name. If an environmental group spikes a tree they mark it as such, so the tree will not be cut down. Otherwise why even do it?

Greenpeace is a good example. They take the "peace" part of their name seriously. But they are constantly painted as "terrorists," by corporate interests who would LOVE to have the Patriot Act begin working for them. It's scary and it should stop!