Environmental Thugs Vandalize Golf Course

At first glance, this story just doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Environmentalists customarily protest against and attack developed or developing areas. There motivation is to protect Mother Earth and keep the land open and natural for plants and animals. They seem to have a particular aversion to buildings, roads and anything constructed of concrete. Society has come to expect outcries whenever the Greens think something new threatens the environment.

Contrary to what's expected, however, the Greens are now attacking golf courses. At the Stamford Golf Club in Tameside, England, nine greens on the 18-hole course

. . . had been savagely dug up and a memorial bench ripped out of its concrete footholds overnight on Friday.

Armed with a spade, the culprit had even found time to carve a foul-mouthed message of hate on one putting surface. The damage comes hot on the heels of an incident a fortnight ago where youths poured petrol on another green before setting it ablaze.

These actions seem contradictory to the professed goals of the Greens. But it doesn't take too much reflection to realize that the destruction of a golf course is entirely consistent with the normal tactics of fanatic lefties. That is the tearing down and destruction of all structures and symbols of civilized society.