Of course, Pericles, and Lilian, it is the fault of everyone but the miserable, twisted miscreant who carried out the criminal act.

I am surprised that you did not mention Tony Abbott. Come to think of it, John Howard is to blame for our healthy mining industry which thrived under his able administration.

Gun Boat, coal is a source of cheap energy, essential to our civilisation. It releases a beneficial trace element into the atmosphere, CO2, which increases crop yields.

Moylan, being a green, wishes to sabotage civilisation. This is an extreme and dangerous mindset. Removal of his freedom for a while would be beneficial to the community, and to him, if he is not beyond help.

A good article. It has certainly stirred up the haters of humanity, who seek to justify the unjustifiable.

What seems to have been overlooked altogether is incontestable proof that the Greens in general, and the climate mafia in particular, are prepared to commit fraud and deception on a grand scale to further their twisted perversions. More telling is the now amply demonstrated fact that, upon being exposed, there is no shortage of anonymous blog trolls who are willing to further incriminate themselves and their cause by rationalising that deception.

The only reasonable conclusion to draw from this evidence is that fraud and deception is such a standard operating procedure for these ethically challenged freakshows that they no longer even bother to hide it.

Speaking of fraud and deception on a grand mega scale why not check out the book Global Spin The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism by Sharon Beder, or the book The Captive State by George Monbiot.

Which is to say that most of the (dis)-information about the intentions and activities of mining companies in the world (not just Australia) that we read about is based on "press" releases supplied by the various agents of the global spn machine, of which the author of this essay is a notable foot-soldier.

This reference provides an over-view of the Global Spin machine note the name ALEC in big letters on the top right hand side.

http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/1998Q3/beder.html

The author correctly draws parallels between the Moylan ANZ hoax and the behaviour of 'forest activists' who have been targetting timber industry shareholders, banks, capital investors, and consumers with devastating social and environmental consequences.

Although both types of activism are based on deceit, anti-forestry campaigns have not involved fraudulent impersonation as such, but gross misrepresentations of activities to create errant public perceptions such that, for example, Tasmania will lose all its forests unless logging ceases.

Unfortunately, activists are legally permitted to trash the reputations of natural resource use companies by a loophole in the relevant trade practices Act, which gives an exemption for campaigns focussed on environmental protection.

The problem is that there is no test to determine whether such environmental campaigns are valid or just exist in the minds of ideologues with narrow agendas who ignore critical concepts such as proportional scale and extent, or unintended consequences that may actually worsen environmental outcomes.

This is somewhat similar to the concept described by 'Green' rhetoric which says it is OK to break the law if it is for the public good..... that is, the public good as defined by the blinkered activist..... the real public good is usually somewhat different.

If Moylan and other 'green' activists continue to be allowed to justify illegal activities because they are supposedly 'in-the-public-interest', one wonders where this will lead. For example, Victoria's mountain cattlemen clearly think that alpine grazing is in the public interest because it reduces bushfire risk,.... so presumably there is now no reason why they can't just take their cattle up there whenever they want.

Well, fair's fair. Have you heard that the Greens plan to forcibly billet asylum seekers with suburban families? Have you heard that...?

No, it's no use. Nobody could possibly attribute to the Greens dafter and more catastrophic policies than they already have.

OLO, the last refuge of the climate change deniers, they just don't get it, it's not politics or economics, it's science.