Posted on 11/08/2007 8:55:20 PM PST by SmithL
BERKELEY - The University of California, Berkeley is in the process of putting up a second fence outside the tree grove where a group of people have been living for almost a year.
UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof said the chain link fence was being erected today in preparation to bring the protest to a peaceful end.
The second fence is in addition to a chain link fence and cement barriers that went up a few months ago. None of the fences will block the distribution of food or water to the tree sitters, Mogulof said.
The tree sitters are protesting the university's plans to raze the trees to build a $125 million sports training center on the site of the grove.
The tree sitters are currently breaking the law by living in the trees. Last week, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Richard Killer broadened an earlier preliminary injunction that evicted one named tree sitter to include ``all other persons acting in concert or participating with (the tree sitters).''
That means tree sitters were required _ by law _ to leave the trees or face a $1,000 fine or five days in jail or both.
Still, at least four tree sitters remain in the trees as of today.
In September, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Barbara Miller presided over a trial for three consolidated lawsuits trying to block the training facility from being built. The city of Berkeley, and two other groups sued the university.
Miller has said she will issue a written ruling following the final Cal Bears football against USC, which is Saturday. The sold-out game will bring more than 70,000 people to campus.
Mogulof said once Miller's ruling comes down, the university is going to push to bring the protesters from the trees in a peaceful manner.
``We still hope for peaceful resolution but if the tree protesters continue to defy court orders and university policy and the law then we want to have the pieces in place so we can completely secure the area and bring this illegal occupation of university property to an end,'' he said Thursday.
Don’t fence me in, Bro!
Build the fence!
And why in the hell not? These people should have been starved out from day 1, continuously fire-hosed and paint-balled from day 2, and hauled down with grappling hooks and beaten with Mag-Lites on day 3.
-ccm
give me a shotgun, a canned ham and a 6 inch piece of string and I will bring it to an end.
They tried the fence during People’s Park...didn’t work then.
Me...I'm a little more devious. Let's see:
* Set up some African beehives at the trunk,
* Tree climbing snakes,
* Throw some honey on them and then release the fire ants,
* Yellow jackets, bumble bees,
* Rhesus monkey who like to fling sh*t.
C'mon guys! The possibilities are nearly endless. Let these welfare-check-collecting hippie-wannabe's know what REAL torture is like...
On a cold night, soak them down with a fire hose and soapy water. About midnight they will start to fall out of the trees from exposure. It works on starlings and it will work on them.
A nice .308 would bring down the “tree sitters” (euphemism for DORK, DWEEB OR TWERP) in one quick hurry. I don’t know how many “peaces” they would be in though.
The shotgun I understand and empathize with. The canned ham is a nice touch, I mean who doesn’t like a nice ham sandwich, but the 6 inch piece of string leaves me a little confused.
Actually the whole thing mystifies me somewhat if not totally.
Explain please. And please forgive my naivete.
interesting
I just threw in the 6 inch piece of string just for that reaction...” what could he possibly be using the 6 inch piece of string for.
Must give credit to a buddy in my grad program for that one... if you state any plan with confidence always add in the line... and a 6 inch piece of string, those that know you will fall on the floor and laugh those that are faking it will say...
Interesting....
Berkeley needs beavers!
At the end of the tale, the speaker reaches into his pocket, pulls out the string, while dramatically exclaiming, "and if you don't believe that, here's the string to prove it!"
Other versions use a fence, with the speaker saying, "and if you don't believe it, I'll show you the fence to prove it(!)" , etc...
It can work with just about any 'ol thing, but the string versions were the most fun. Oddly enough, we seem to have here, a combination string/fence story. I'm lovin' it!
I think a week old dead cow fed into a woodchipper at the base of a tree is in order
Call me old school, but you brought to mind the old "hickory shampoo" solution.
However, as a member of our fast paced society, I must keep up with technology, and thus condone the use of Mag-lites, AKA "tonk lites*", also.
*So-called due to the noise they make upon impacting a hippies' dome: "Tonk!"
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