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I think it caught the spirit of the conflict, which is inherently political and cultural, rather well. It also appears well researched. The conversation with To
by smackay 8y ago
I think it caught the spirit of the conflict, which is inherently political and cultural, rather well. It also appears well researched. The conversation with Tony Banks and his references to Peter Freeman give a lot of historical perspective and how society and the role of the state/establishment is changing, albeit slowly. So there are plenty of facts, just not simplistic ones.
A review of the situation in 2019 would be interesting to see. What did the saboteurs achieve, was it long term and what lessons could be applied to stop the continuing cruelty being meted out to wildlife on a daily basis which is still legal - the poisoning and shooting of protected birds of prey to satisfy the demand for driven grouse shooting being a good example.
- pjc50 8y agoPoisoning and shooting protected birds is still illegal, but as the article subtly points out, there is almost zero chance of it being prosecuted. The foxhunting issue is still ongoing: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-46813439 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-468... Since the article was written in 2005 the obvious analogy was the Iraq war; today it would be Brexit.