Protesters, Including Kids, Mauled As Private Mercenaries Attack Native American Pipeline Protests

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39. Thanks for the info. With all this activity, I'm wondering why

these people didn't take action to protect what they claimed to be sacred sites before. Even if there were no damages to sue for before, surely before would have been the time to act? After, of course, provides opportunity for publicity and monetary damages, while before requires investment of money, long lonely hours with few caring, and perhaps a long fight to force sale of even dirt-cheap land if the owners didn't want to part with it.

I don't automatically buy the excuses people offer for their actions since they're so often only the ketchup dressing up the meatloaf. Real, but the meatloaf came first and nobody'd bother with the ketchup without it.

For instance, given that no one wants pipelines except those who plan to benefit, and that some react as if a hammer had been taken to their knee at first mention of the word, also that populist and racial/ethnic resentments are pretty strong these days, I have a strong suspicion that those are part of this and would be even if it didn't have to go under a river. After all, they could insist on the very best construction to make sure it's done well, and that's not happening.

I don't mind if they stop this, I'm all for transitioning to sustainable energy asap, and no profits from this one would go in my pocket. Nor, and this is huge, do I worry about losing my own life-enabling power if this one doesn't go through. I'm just not automatically impressed. "Water is sacred" while we. and most of them no doubt, empty our aquifers down our sink drains and into the gutters? Sorry, but give me a break.