Columbia University has fallen

[rickymouse]

The hippies in the sixties were at least trying to make a better society to make everyone equal back in the sixties.  They protested against all warring on all sides, they wanted peace and tranquility.  I did some protesting with tree huggers back in the seventies, and it was all peaceful protesting other than a couple of people hired by some logging organization that damaged the equipment after the protestors left.  They did it to try to get local sentiment against the tree huggers.  I only knew about this because afterwards, many of the people went to the bar and a guy from out of the area that was stirring things up was there and I was talking to him....he worked doing that kind of stuff, in this case he told me the name of the logging organization that paid him...he told me I could go work with him...travel paid, plus a good pay for his work which was way more than I made at the time.  I did not approve of what he was doing but did stay polite and watched my tongue.  He had dumped sand down into the gas tanks, leaving the cap off, and spraypainted the equipment at the site of the protest after we all had left...his actions were noticable, and he did mention that he was informed by the organization that the logging company was fully insured.  I knew the logger, and although there was a big write up in the paper about it he said the damage was minimal.  Before that time I did not comprehend that that stuff was going on.

I never mentioned this to the cops, but half a dozen years later I was talking to the sheriff who was related to me, and he said they knew that and that after a little while but no charges were filed against anyone so they went along with it.  It did stop the protesting by the youth, which was disrupting the lives of loggers and industries that made flooring and lumber.  So it was beneficial for the working people in the area...since I worked at a flooring mill, I understood.