<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I concur with Marion's view of the Earth First people and activities. I also knew them (and one was a work colleague) and, although not a member myself at the time, did join them for some activities.<BR><BR>
<DIV>Regards <BR><STRONG>Nina Baker</STRONG> <BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 1/3/10, Marion Hersh <I><m.hersh@elec.gla.ac.uk></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Marion Hersh <m.hersh@elec.gla.ac.uk><BR>Subject: Re: [ELECTRON] International Womens Day Film Screening at the Electron Club<BR>To: members@electronclub.org<BR>Date: Monday, 1 March, 2010, 18:58<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Women taking action for climate change seems to me an appropriate<BR>subject for international women's day, as our the other subejcts you<BR>mention. I would also note that female genital mutilation takes place<BR>(often illegally) in non-Islamic countries as well and is not an Islamic<BR>practice.<BR><BR>When there was an Earth First group in Glasgow I was involved in it. My<BR>experience was of a group of gentle people rather than vandals and<BR>bullies and opposition to the inappropriate use of technology, not<BR>technology per se.<BR>Marion<BR><BR><BR>On 01/03/2010 10:11, James Beeley wrote:<BR>> Judi Barri and the group of vandals and bullies known collectively as<BR>> "Earth First" are hardly an appropriate subject for an International<BR>> Womens Day Film.<BR>><BR>> It would be far more appropriate to show a film about honour killings<BR>> and female circumcision in Islamic countries, or perhaps
about the women<BR>> who are forced into prostitution in many countries, including the UK.<BR>> But these are issues that hardly anybody wants to acknowledge.<BR>><BR>> Jim<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 07:38 +0000, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:<BR>> <BR>>> On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 06:15 +0000, Marion Hersh wrote:<BR>>> <BR>>>> Strange ideas of what terrorist organisations do! Producing an <BR>>>> inflated imitation aeroplane and taking it on demonstrations as a <BR>>>> protest against climate change is hardly my understanding of terrorism.<BR>>>> Marion<BR>>>> <BR>>> Well, they do also attempt to break into airports and damage aircraft<BR>>> and vehicles, and disrupt operations by standing on the runways.<BR>>> Anyway, it was slightly
tongue-in-cheek.<BR>>><BR>>> I do, however, find myself wondering what a massively anti-technology<BR>>> group like Earth First! has to do with Electron Club. There's a<BR>>> difference between that and "green technology" as stated on the front<BR>>> page of <A href="http://www.electronclub.org/" target=_blank>http://www.electronclub.org</A> or so I would hope...<BR>>><BR>>> Gordon<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> members mailing list<BR>>> <A href="http://uk.mc866.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=members@electronclub.org" ymailto="mailto:members@electronclub.org">members@electronclub.org</A><BR>>> <A href="http://lists.electronclub.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members" target=_blank>http://lists.electronclub.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members</A><BR>>><BR>>> Instructions for changing your mailing list
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