Monday 3 November 2008

Extreme tree-huggers

If you're wondering what sort of people outside of Nick Smith's office get so upset about exotic plantation pine forests being converted to productive dairy farms -- upset enough to do this, and this --  then here you have the answer; it's the sort of people who do this:

                        

Reminds me of this Nick Kim cartoon:

                      Socialist_Wildlife

UPDATE: Jeff Perren reminds us that tree huggers grow up to be coal industry destroyers.

3 comments:

Julian Pistorius said...

Oh... my.... god...

[stunned silence]

I love nature as much as the next guy. I'm a keen walker in the wilderness and would love to own a pristine chunk of bush to nestle a little cottage in.

But this... This is just madness. Worse, it's religious madness.

When will the Eco-Inquisition begin?

Anonymous said...

Wow PC this is just amazing. I have met some posessed people in my life, but this is out there...

Peter Cresswell said...

And naturally, I'm looking forward very much to designing you that bush cabin -- when you stop your global roaming. :-)

And yes, it is madness. Emotionalism in the service of misanthropy.