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Originally Posted by freebeard
That's quite the [non-alphabetical] list. What ecoterrorists have protested? The electric starter motor?
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The story is something like: The fella hand-cranks his wife's car. The engine back-fires. The handle breaks his jaw. He dies from complications from the injury.
Everything on the list involves loss of life.
Some things are an easy sell.
Others require 'theatre'. It attracts the press. Press gets attention ( man bites dog! ). Attention attracts conversation. Conversation attracts facts. Facts form opinions. Opinions are manifested in the market, courts, or battlefields ( Haymarket Massacre created the USA )
Blame Edward Abbey.