When does protest cross the line into terrorism?

[Derec]

Did say that. Making a distinction in the severity of the act.

In my opinion harassing phone calls < property damage (many eco-terrorist attacks have millions of dollars in damage, hardly small change) < actual attacks on people.

You do see the difference between bombing a building a knifing an SUV's tires, right?

Eco-terrorists have done much worse than slash a few tires. Most specifically they are responsible for many cases of arson and also mailed bombs through mail. See here for examples from the activities of the eco-terrorist Rebecca Rubin.

Attacked? As in tried to kill?

Well here is one example. Whether he realized that his actions might be deadly they certainly could have been. Also setting up arsons is inherently dangerous because the arsonists can't really guarantee their target would be empty each time they set fire to something.

But they aren't just harassing. They are taking it to the next level.

And those responsible should be prosecuted appropriately.

Are there other steadfast protesters that need to be pushed away from a site that they never seem to leave? Granted, only six or so have been killed and a dozen or so acts of notable violence so far via the rage instilled by these protests. So maybe we are over-reacting. Maybe when the toll climbs we can start caring about the harassment.

How many murders and "acts of notable violence" have been perpetrated under the guise of these sidewalk protests? I know Tiller has been killed in his church so strike that one but I am not familiar with others.
As far as "steadfast protests that need to be pushed away from a site that they never seem to leave" that is a good description of a common ecomentalist tactic of chaining themselves to equipment or trees that need to be removed. Unlike merely voicing their opinion on a public right of way they are actually trespassing and denying access. So it would be akin to abortion protesters chaining themselves across clinic entrance to prevent access to patients.

*pondering going to a protest group near an abortion palace and handing them out doughnuts, telling them to keep up the good fight. Then start laughing them after they eat the doughnuts. They ask why I'm laughing, and I'd say, "do you have any idea how many grams of saturated fat you just ate, suckers!!!"*

If I moved next to you Derec, and blasted my music to 120 db's, are you powerless to have the local authorities do nothing? After all, my stereo is on my property and the Porcupine Tree song I'm blasting is blasting from my computer, which is in my house.

Obviously that is an extreme example and just as obviously there are distinctions between a business and residential areas as far as noise control. However, I am not saying there should not be rules that govern protesting, I am saying there shouldn't be rules just for abortion protesting.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Terrorism in my book.

While most attacks don't actually hurt anyone the fear is there--after all, nobody wears ballistic vests against law-abiding protesters.

While most of the actions considered on an individual basis would only amount to criminal harassment the fact that the victims never know how far the attackers will go pushes it over the line as far as I'm concerned.

 

[RavenSky]

Terrorism in my book.

While most attacks don't actually hurt anyone the fear is there--after all, nobody wears ballistic vests against law-abiding protesters.

While most of the actions considered on an individual basis would only amount to criminal harassment the fact that the victims never know how far the attackers will go pushes it over the line as far as I'm concerned.

^^^ agree to all