Poor Punctuation
The headline on this article reads:
'Radicals' plot how to save Earth.
Of course, were I editing that paper, the quotes would be around 'save'.
"I don't hear a lot of people talking about what it's going to take to win," Ben Pachano, a visitor from Arizona wearing a yarmulke and a black "Hunt Saboteur" T-shirt, says. "What's it going to take for us to overthrow the system that is killing the planet?"
These aren't idle words — not when they come at a national meeting of Earth First!, the in-your-face eco-crusade whose followers are known for holding 2-year-long tree sit-ins, throwing their bodies in front of bulldozers and sabotaging logging equipment to save forests. The movement held its annual winter conference this week in the J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area, briefly making Palm Beach County an epicenter of radical environmentalism in the United States.
"Radical" is a proud word for the movement's followers, including Lake Worth residents who have blocked rush-hour traffic, dumped rotten oranges in front of business leaders, marched with giant puppets and bared breasts in The Breakers to protest globalization, condo projects and The Scripps Research Institute.
"People tend to throw around the word 'radical' like it's a bad thing," says Peter "Panagioti" Tsolkas, 25, a Lake Worth anarchist who helped organize — if that's the proper word — the Earth First! gathering. "It's not that I hope we can save the planet. We're going to save it or we're going to die trying."
'Radicals' plot how to save Earth.
Of course, were I editing that paper, the quotes would be around 'save'.
"I don't hear a lot of people talking about what it's going to take to win," Ben Pachano, a visitor from Arizona wearing a yarmulke and a black "Hunt Saboteur" T-shirt, says. "What's it going to take for us to overthrow the system that is killing the planet?"
These aren't idle words — not when they come at a national meeting of Earth First!, the in-your-face eco-crusade whose followers are known for holding 2-year-long tree sit-ins, throwing their bodies in front of bulldozers and sabotaging logging equipment to save forests. The movement held its annual winter conference this week in the J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area, briefly making Palm Beach County an epicenter of radical environmentalism in the United States.
"Radical" is a proud word for the movement's followers, including Lake Worth residents who have blocked rush-hour traffic, dumped rotten oranges in front of business leaders, marched with giant puppets and bared breasts in The Breakers to protest globalization, condo projects and The Scripps Research Institute.
"People tend to throw around the word 'radical' like it's a bad thing," says Peter "Panagioti" Tsolkas, 25, a Lake Worth anarchist who helped organize — if that's the proper word — the Earth First! gathering. "It's not that I hope we can save the planet. We're going to save it or we're going to die trying."
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