Posted by sigismund on March 26, 2012, at 2:33:08
In reply to Dissent seen as Eco-terrorism...., posted by Beckett on March 26, 2012, at 2:25:32
> He said the agent approached him this past fall and said that the FBI had received an anonymous complaint and were looking into his opposition to hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking.
I was appalled when the Mines and Energy minister of the *Labor* government charged ASIO with surveillance of fracking protesters, arguing that it was justified in the name of energy security.
This is just laughable.
The politicians in the 60's had all been in the war. They came from all backgrounds, met and knew each other under pressure, saw a great tragedy first hand and came from the experience equipped with a moderation that has served them well in retrospect.
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