Protestors gone too far!

[CoombellKid]

No I've never heard that sort of anouncement. Beside I think it is actuallyillegal to do so, maybe why they dont advertise it. Spiking is not alwayvisible and any signs disappear with time (can be weeks). Spiking canalso introduce desease to the tree. Perhap these ferals greenies should beforced to go in and do the work, once to see what happens when thechainsaw they will be using hits a spike. People loose limbs, people whoare someones father, brother, son, sister, mother...etc...etc... they'recalled rednecks because they reteliate... I'd say the rednecks are theidiots willing to tout that name.

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

Perhaps you can clarify something for me regarding the spiking of trees. Do the spikers announce what they have done and make it clear that milling these trees could be dangerous? If they do then serious questions have to be asked of logging management. Any employer who becomes aware of a danger to their employees and fails to act is legally and morally culpable. Obviously the outcome the greenies want is to stop logging but there are alternatives. It can't be that hard to detect whether there is a piece of metal in a tree, after all airports routinely detect metal on people.

[CoombellKid]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

Spiking should not occur. And the spikers are wrong however management has a duty of care that having been alerted to spiking they should not allow workers to be at risk... if they do they are probably as responsible for any injuy that may result to a worker... and that is fair as they are after all management and the buck stops there.

I totally agree to a certain extent. So when these greenies come in waving their "Green Peace" flags. The management will know who to sue!!! excellent idea. I think that would be a sizable bill for the enviroment movement, and the forestry worker along with the company wont be out of pocket : ))))

[Miaplacidus (Brian)]

Originally Posted by andrewk_82

Just an update on my Brother's situation. The pilot has been given an official warning and has also spoken to and apologised to those that he sprayed.
By the way I did check and it was definately NOT just water that was sprayed on the drillers. The pilot got off pretty lightly as far as I'm concerned. I guess those affected figure its not worth the hassell of pursuing it any further.
I hope (probably in vain) that incidents like this do not occur in the future on either side (protestors to workers or worker to protestors) as it achieves little and effects those that are just doing their jobs.

I hope your brother is okay, Andrew.
What a bloody stupid thing to do. What if someone had been allergic, or if it had triggered a fatal asthma attack? I would have thought you needed more than just a brainstem to pilot a plane, but obviously I'm wrong. If someone in a car did something similar then they should forfeit the right to drive, IMO. I'm pretty "zero tolerant" when it comes to things like that, I'm afraid, especially when it involves spinning blades and huge chunks of moving metal.
I know nothing about the law. Can your brother and the other workers initiate civil proceedings against the pilot?

Interesting can of worm that's been opened here, BTW. Just for the record, I'm fairly green myself, somewhere between pale and deep. Round about olive, maybe... Anyway, I'm one of those hypocrits who hates Gunns but uses their products.