Eco-Sabotage Right or Wrong - Monkey Wrench Gang Essay

After reading the Monkey Wrench Gang, by Edward Abbey, I find myself questioning the moral and philosophical aspects of eco-sabotage. Is it right? Is it helping? I find myself unclear on where I stand on the issue. If it were me, would I be out there on the front lines? Or would I fall back, and stand by the safety of everyday life? I find myself thinking that I would be out there, but I wouldn’t follow the example of those in the book. To me, they didn’t have their reasoning, or their strategies quite set in line. So, I believe that eco-saboteurs have the general idea, but they need to revise their tactics. Now, I will admit, in reality, most eco-saboteurs are out their fighting for the right reasons. Urban Dictionary defines them as†¦show more content†¦And, those trees, those forests, that are being ravaged in order to become worthless extra paper lying around the office, decreases the CO[subscript]2, which is a greenhouse gas. Can you believe that, while tropical rainforests cover only 2% of the earths surface, they house more than 2/3 of all the living species on this planet? Pretty crazy. If we keep destroying them at the rate that we are, [which is an acre and a half every second of every day], whats going to happen to them? If we dont fight for them now, where will those endangered animals going to go? Once their habitats gone, theyll die. And, what about us? Where will our air go? We dont have time. If we dont fight now, well suffocate on our own mistakes. But, what if what the monkey-wrenchers are doing doesnt make sense? What if, in the midst of their guerilla battle, they leave a foot print on the very thing they were trying to save? In the Monkey Wrench Gang, we see constant evidence of when they hurt the earth in the process. They destroy the bridge, dumping chemicals and pieces of bridge into the environment. I believe it makes more sense to teach the next generation, and get the experts on the field educating us, than to commit felonies in order to get bad media for the real war. People frown upon that sort of activity. But, people will listen to experts, especially if theyve been taught that what theyre saying is correct ever since they were little. I honestly respect the