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You are here: Home / Free The Ely Six!

Free The Ely Six!

by Tim F|  October 1, 200711:51 am| 22 Comments

This post is in: General Stupidity

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Just imagine if it had been chipmunks and squirrels who went on a drunken shooting spree instead of local anti-environmentalists. Think that the cops would throw the book at them? Every newspaper in the country would run stories about it. Where’s the justice?

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Yeah, this story is a silly trifle, but we live to serve. Treat this as another open thread.

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  1. 1.

    Jake

    October 1, 2007 at 12:09 pm

    How does shooting at campers make them “anti-environmentalists?” Seems a rather grand term for Scary Drunk Assholes.

  2. 2.

    Tim F.

    October 1, 2007 at 12:17 pm

    from the article:

    Other taunts included: “[Expletive] tourists,” and “go home [expletive] ‘enox’ tree-huggers.”

    While the origin of the obscure term “enox” is unclear, an official involved in the investigation said it is believed to be local slang for “environmentally obnoxious.”

  3. 3.

    Punchy

    October 1, 2007 at 12:35 pm

    The five adults are scheduled to make their first court appearances today in Lake County District Court on felony charges of terroristic threats, harassment with a dangerous weapon and several other charges.

    WTF is THIS?

    “Terroristic” is now an adjective? Is it even a fucking word?

  4. 4.

    Salmon of Trout

    October 1, 2007 at 1:13 pm

    WTF is THIS?

    “Terroristic” is now an adjective? Is it even a fucking word?

    Punchy, I’ve had about enough of your terroristic questioning of our glorious English language. You can go back to speaking French-Islamic and leave us be!

  5. 5.

    Fe E

    October 1, 2007 at 1:13 pm

    A lot of this has to do with resentment of the Twin Cities. Close to thiry percent on MN’s population lives in Hennepin County (the one with Minneapolis in it) alone, the rest of the counties in the Metro area acount for something like two-thirds. Outstate MInnesota pretty much feels overlooked and unloved most of the time. You might go so far as to say they’ve got quite a chip on their shoulder about it.

    Rightly or wrongly many residents of the BWCAW view it as a playground for meddling wealthy Minneapolis tree huggers. Another collective term they use is “citiots.” This is a surprisngly ugly example of a not very surprising phenomenon.

  6. 6.

    Fe E

    October 1, 2007 at 1:20 pm

    That should read “residents in the vicinity of the BWCAW”

    Too much caffeine to think completely straight. My bad.

  7. 7.

    The Other Steve

    October 1, 2007 at 1:39 pm

    Outstate MInnesota pretty much feels overlooked and unloved most of the time. You might go so far as to say they’ve got quite a chip on their shoulder about it.

    If you want to understand Minnesota read Main Street by Sinclair Lewis.

    It’s a century old, but it is so true to this day.

  8. 8.

    The Other Steve

    October 1, 2007 at 1:39 pm

    Free the Ely Six!

  9. 9.

    chopper

    October 1, 2007 at 1:43 pm

    “Terroristic” is now an adjective? Is it even a fucking word?

    it’s a perfectly cromulent word.

  10. 10.

    bernarda

    October 1, 2007 at 2:40 pm

    Why haven’t any of these heroes joined the army to go to Iraq?

    Apparently they are a new generation of chickenhawks.

  11. 11.

    Zifnab

    October 1, 2007 at 3:01 pm

    What are they going to get charged with? Because if its nothing worse than Assault With A Deadly Weapon, I think they are still eligible for service.

  12. 12.

    Davebo

    October 1, 2007 at 3:05 pm

    On CNN.Com right now.

    Airport screeners are giving extra scrutiny to remote-controlled toys because terrorists could use them to trigger explosive devices, the Transportation Security Administration said Monday

    How many people are actually carrying remote controlled toys on the plane with them? Is this a new thing?

  13. 13.

    Wilfred

    October 1, 2007 at 3:22 pm

    Make it stop, please:

    Pedro Zapeta spent 11 years scrubbing pots in a Florida restaurant, dreaming of the day when he would have enough money to buy a small plot of land in his native Guatemala and build a house for his mother and sisters. When he was ready, he stuffed his $59,000 (£29,000) life savings in a duffel bag and headed for the airport. But he never made it home. US customs inspectors seized the cash, suspecting that Mr Zapeta was a drugs courier, and immigration officials arrested him for being in the country illegally. Now, after a two-year legal battle in Miami, Mr Zapeta is to be deported while the US treasury keeps the money he earned washing dishes at an average hourly rate of $5.50

  14. 14.

    Gus

    October 1, 2007 at 3:35 pm

    This is why whenever someone attacks the South as being full of rednecks, I disagree. Everyplace is full of rednecks. My brother lives in outstate MN, and he calls me a citiot. I just call him a bumpkin, and we both laugh about it, but those feelings are definitely out there.

  15. 15.

    RSA

    October 1, 2007 at 3:53 pm

    Drunken shooting spree? I think Blackwater has openings for guys with those qualifications.

  16. 16.

    mere mortal

    October 1, 2007 at 5:14 pm

    Ely Six, Jena Six.

    The same case.

    A group of people who perceive themselves to be the victims of injustice perpetrated by a broader society decide to express their victimhood through violence against innocent persons not responsible for their original grievance.

    Throw them in jail, all 12 of them.

  17. 17.

    Peter VE

    October 1, 2007 at 7:31 pm

    They were just protecting the borders against them Socialist Canadians who were sneaking into our country to empty our Walmarts with their overvalued Loonies.

  18. 18.

    rachel

    October 2, 2007 at 5:14 am

    But Olson’s attorney, David Keegan, of Duluth, said of his client: “He’s a lifelong Ely resident who lettered in hockey, football and baseball, and he’s in his second year of college. There’s more to him than what’s been portrayed.”

    “Your Honor, my client is only thuggish to outsiders, so please let him off with a warning this time.”

  19. 19.

    Bemidji

    October 2, 2007 at 10:11 am

    I just realized yesterday that one of the Ely six was in a class of mine at Bemidji State. He seemed like a nice enough guy, reading that he was one of the six caught me off guard.

  20. 20.

    Zifnab

    October 2, 2007 at 12:56 pm

    Ely Six, Jena Six.

    The same case.

    A group of people who perceive themselves to be the victims of injustice perpetrated by a broader society decide to express their victimhood through violence against innocent persons not responsible for their original grievance.

    The Jena Six were actually retaliating for a retaliation of a previous retaliation that can be traced back to the beginning of the year when a bunch of fuckwits hung nooses from – if I am to believe the reports – the only fucking tree on campus. That said, they were going to get slapped with up to 80 years in prison for a street fight. Meanwhile, gangs of white students who committed the same kinds of violence were routinely let off with warnings and maybe a few days in suspension.

    I’m not saying the idiot camera-whore reverends who swarmed the place aren’t idiot camera-whore reverends, or that the Jena Six should have had the opportunity to beat people up just cause white kids did it too. But I’d like to believe that 80 years in prison would be a rather obscene sentence given the context.

  21. 21.

    informed elyite

    October 11, 2007 at 11:42 am

    “enox” is actually not the right spelling. they spell it “enok” or “enoks go home” would be plural. it also has nothing to do with the “environmentally obnoxious” believe me, these boys are not that smart. the word actually comes from “Enoch” which is the name of the 16 year old boy’s great grandfather. look it up. swear to God his brother told us all that in math class in tenth grade. i’m ashamed to say i know all five of the younger sorts. and as for barney lockner… what the hell is he doing hanging out with a bunch of kids with beer and AK47s?? these males are sick. lock them up.

  22. 22.

    outdoors_mum

    October 16, 2007 at 5:08 pm

    I live near the twin cities and just recently visited the BWCA this last labor day. It makes me sick that the residents could act this way. I am majoring in Environmental Studies and I have actually done some readings about the anti-environmental vein that runs near the BWCA because most of their jobs come from tourism and exploitation of the area and environmental laws and regulations restrict some of that activity decreasing their ability to make money.

    It makes it easier for me to see their perspective given this knowledge yet it is still really difficult not to get extremely angry at the idiots. Here we have one of the largest wilderness areas in the country, untamed and beautiful.. surrounded by a bunch of gun toting hicks that do everything in their power to degrade it. *shakes head*

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