Police Your Own...

This quote from the CBC ..."A group of eastern Ontario Mohawks is upset about an unlicensed quarry started by a businessman in their own community, saying it undermines their protest against the environmental damage caused by another quarry in the same region"

Thank goodness for Aboriginals who have their head screwed on right. You have the 'terrorist types' (Mohawk Warriors) who just start fires and occupations to try and prove a point without thinking, (Ying) and then you have the people who say 'hey, this is going on in our own community...' (Yang). I refuse to say 'Reserve residents' as I just do not agree with the Reserve system. It's a community with the main demographic being Aboriginal. I really hate the usage of the word Reserve, yet they keep using it. Anyway, the council (local government...) seems to have ignored this guy in the past and keeps on ignoring him. Why ? What right does he have to devastate the environment, on Aboriginal lands ? I really hope the people of that community do occupy the quarry to show simpatico with all environmentalists....which I unfortunately really am not. It just showed me a sign of hope when I read this. It was really the guys quote at the end of the story that got to me...."Some members of the band have talked about occupying the Build-All quarry. But Paul Timmerman, an Algonquin from Sharbot Lake who works at the site, warned that shutting down the quarry also could hurt members of the Tyendinaga community.
"It would put a lot of people out of work. Maybe they should take that into consideration."

MMMhhhmmmm. Maybe he (they...) should take that into consideration whenever they blockade any roads or sites that would deny other non-aboriginals access to their source of income...Maybe Paul should fight against all radicals and push for a non-violent approach to solving any issues there are...rather than running out and occupying a site or setting up a road block. This does not help the situation at all. It just unfortunately keeps the impression of certain groups being a little behind the times still. And don't anyone come back and say behind the times is a good thing....it's called human advancement. Do we still hunt with stone arrows or get to work in a horse drawn carriage ? No. We've advanced a little.

So after going slightly into a tangent, I really hope to see more news on what will happen with this guy ripping up their own land without permits etc... versus the seemingly licensed quarry...