TerroristorHero?ANeutralCritique

TerroristorHero?ANeutralCritiqueThisWednesday,adocumentarynamedquot;IfATreeFallsquot;byMarshallCurrywasshowedatCornellcinema.Thisfilmisbothinterestingandthoughtprovoking,providinguswithadifferentperspectivetolookintothosecrimes.Itisdebatablewhenitcomestogivingadefinitiontothoseenvironmentalfanatics.Terroristsorheroes?Itisnotpropertojustsimplymakeajudgmentbylookingonlyatonedimensionoftheiraction.Togetacomprehensiveunderstandingofthisissue,wemayconsiderevaluatingtheirmotivation,approachandconsequencescaused.Undoubtedly,Danielandhisfriendshavearightmotivationthattheycarefortheenvironmentandhavegreatenthusiasmofprotectingourecologicalsystem.AdetailwasmentionedaboutDanielthathewouldrecycleeverysinglepieceofpaperinhisdailylife.Actually,IthinkweneedmorepeoplejustlikeDanielinoursociety,whohasformedstrongawarenessofcaringforourenvironment.However,thewaytheyapproachtheirgoalisradicalandextreme.Theconsequencescausedareseriousindividualpropertydamageandloss.Buttrytothinkthatifyouconsideritinawholepicture,afterburningdownonetimberfactory,therearestillthousandsoftimberfactoriesstandingandaslongasthetimberisdemandedforuse,morefactorieswillbereestablishedtomeetthedemand.Therootofthisproblemisacontradictionbetweentheincreasingdemandofhumanbeingsandtheneedforprotectingtheenvironment.Thegovernmentshouldberesponsiblefortheroleofbalancingthesetwoaspectsandimprovingthelawsystemaswellasthemarketmanagement.Itcouldbepossibleforthegovernmenttosetupadditionaltaxandsetahighpriceforloggingusingmarketmechanismtomakeitrelativelyexpensivetocutdowntrees.Thus,policiescanbeusedtoleadthebehaviorofconsumersaswellastimberfactoriesincorporatingtheexternalitiesofenvironmentaldamagecausedbylogging.Incontrast,thearisingofradicalbehaviorslikedamagecausedbyELFisalsoareflectionofthedeficiencyofcurrentpoliciesandbadbehaviorsofauthorities.Theydidthedamagebecausethereisnothingelsetheycandotomakearealchange.Wecanseetheprotestorswalkingamongthestreetbutweretreatedwithviolencefromlocalpolice.Wecanalsoseepeoplewhoweretryingtopreventthetreefrombeingcutdownweredrivenawayandevenarrestedbythepolice.Thesesceneswerenotsupposedtohappeninacountrythatrespectstheruleoflaw.Maybethereshouldbeaseminarledbylocalcommitteediscussingtheissuewhetherthetreeshouldberemovedwithdemocracyconsideringalltheaspectsofinterest.Unfortunately,theycannotfindawayout.Fromthisperspective,theiractionsseemunderstandable.Finally,inmyopinion,thiscaseshouldnotbeacaseusedtoarguingandstudyinghowtodealwith,definiteandsentencethosecrimes.Instead,itseemsmorelikeanalertthattheconflictandimbalanceofhumanandenvironmentalresourcesissharplyrisingandgivesusapushtoimproveourcurrentsystemandseekformoreeffectivepoliciestosolvetoproblem.