Comments about ‘DeChristopher pleads not guilty after marching with supporters’

I think this man has some good ideas but he should have shared them in a more respectable way. There are many ways to declare your voice without breaking the law.

DeChristopher is another Thoreau, Martin Luther King, Gandhi. I'm donating to his defense--how about you?

Maybe he'll be able to talk his cellmates out of drilling; maybe he won't.

I say he's earned the opportunity.

DeChristopher is a common criminal. Perhaps, he believe the "ends justifies his means" but this University of Utah economics student needs to go back to class and learn a bit more. He only hurts his cause.

DeChristopher broke the law, and should be punished. The bid was for mineral leases. Not actual drilling. Oil companies lock up land through leases all the time to keep the competition out, and may have never drilled.

There are millions of acres in Utah locked up with mineral leases, but only a handful of wells that have been drilled in the last 5 years.

His little speach and march today will probably hurt his case. I guess he wants to be the poster child.

The fact remains. He lied, cheated, and broke the law. Those are the facts. Nothing else matters.

I've got better things to do with my money.

And I don't believe in the atheistic environmentalist movement.

The law is the law. It is to bad that just because someone has a cause that they feel strong about, they think the law doesn't apply to them. They believe their moral law trumps the law of the land...This is very sad.

This man is nothing more than a fool! As are you if you give him money.

cell mates... drilling.. that is a good one. I am sure he will be thinking about the environment when he is in prison. This guy is a martyr to a totally bogus cause. What a moron!!

Environmentalists are not exempt from obeying the law

He is a close minded fascist...shouting down the other side because he feels there should be no other side.

Atheistic? Really? What about this movement is lacking a spiritual entity? Or were you implying that people like me, who would like to salvage our land, money, and livelihood in concern for all living creatures, are simply incongruent to your own doctrine?

You may not like the environmentalist movement- but I can assert you, there is no good reason not to.

The man flat out broke the law. He should be given an fairn and orderly trial then sentenced to some time to send a message to the next knucklehead.

This guy is typical of the "anointed." These are the people who know more than anyone else. They know what's best for the rest of us better than we do. They are only saving "the planet" and their cause is so noble, they are permitted to do anything regardless of what it is.

We thought we had overcome worldwide totalitarian socialism. Unfortunately, it has only been replaced by worldwide totalitarian environmentalism.

DeChristopher you are my hero!

What a bunch of whack jobs.

It's a circular path or blind alley, depending on one's view of laws, the right and moral persuasion. DeChristopher is a bright, well educated and thoughtful person - with a point of view - and like his ideals or not, he's a human that should be respected. His violation is just "how serious" as compared to law breakers in Kane County that day after day tore down BLM signs, intentionally rode through closed WSA's on BLM land, or intentionally grazed cows in closed areas or closed riparian zones? There are law breakers all over, if folk simply turn around and look. DeChristopher with his drama and many others too. Except that most don't seem to care that others break laws - it's just Tim DC that needs to abide by the rule of law? It's a paradox and pandoras box of sorts. Rule breakers abound - few are charged. Some are applauded and others scorned. Politicians are "not exempt from obeying the law"(also)? And torture, that's another subject - breaking the law! And denying it too.

I love the environment, I think it is our responsibility to be stewards over this wonderful planet. I try not to be wasteful, take care of my yard and do things within reason.

Truthfully, who doesn't want to protect the environment?

The problem I have with guys like this is they force there views on everyone else. They critize businesses and are parasites to society. To people like this I have to say, quit critizing other peoples good efforts and instead develop some better efforts yourself.

NOT!

This is the kind of guy that may even mean well but does more harm than good. I don't think he is basically honest. Another place we see this type of behavior is in the fisheries areas of Utah. We get alot of individuals that "know better" than the fisheries management people and then our resources suffer. Get rid of the "self annointed" types. Organizations need to take responsibility and help keep these duffs from being the "face of conservation" which they are not. If he winds up in prison for a time, he has earned it and didn't help conservation at all.