[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by casstony

Sounds like you need a bunch of feral protesters. While I generally support passive protest, being sprayed with pesticide is sufficient provocation to raise the level of protest to include property damage, in order to prevent the spraying.

Sorry but vandalism isn't a good idea. The way I read the situation the loggers (or some part of them) may get away with criminal acts but the protesters won't. If they try something there will be cops, media and saturation vilification which will set back their cause.

Direct action always has to be subservient to the political (in the broad sense of the term) situation. In Australia at the moment violence will not succeed and you have great difficulty winning support for property damage. Non-violent protests may be acceptable, depending on the public perception of the particular issue. However lying in front of the 'dozers or stopping whaling operations is only a stop-gap measure. If the protesters don't change the legal/political situation they will eventually be beaten.