Terrorism implies violence or threats of violence. Neither Greenpeace nor Chris Eaton can be reasonably labeled as “terrorist” or connected with terrorist actio

Terrorism implies violence or threats of violence. Neither Greenpeace nor Chris Eaton can be reasonably labeled as “terrorist” or connected with terrorist actions. Calling such organizations and people terrorist is disrespectful to victims of actual terrorists. It can be argued that eco-activism hurts “the economy”. But that argument goes both ways: Some practices like whaling, mining, fracking and deforestation do (or can do) massive ecologic damage, and are not sustainable. On his blog, Mr. Eaton mentioned the possibility that he may be subject to such intimidation precisely because of the inability to connect him with illegal activities (http://chriseatondotnet.tumblr.com/post/59902438104/freedom http://chriseatondotnet.tumblr.com/post/59902438104/freedom).