This extreme threat of economic sabotage provoked instant and widespread disgust and it is understandable well-known 1080 opponents wouldn’t want to be associated with it. However, in our experience at Rural News Group, while this is at the top of scale, the bully-boy, gestapo style of self-righteous attack is in keeping with many anti-1080 nutjobs we’ve encountered over the years.
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Some 1080 opponents were indecently quick to distance themselves from the eco-terrorism scandal in which an anonymous coward threatened to contaminate infant formula in protest against the poison.
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