"There’s plenty of dark humor to be had in the Oregon standoff. From a distance—and even from some vantages nearby—the whole thing can look like a badly supervised sleepover. But for biologists like Linda Sue Beck, and for her colleagues throughout the region, the threats are real, and so are the guns. And they know, from decades of experience, that there’s nothing funny about either."
http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2016/01/12/in-the-oregon-standoff-science-is-a-hostage/ and "Linda Sue Beck. It is at her desk that Ammon Bundy, leader of the group of armed anti-government religious fanatics occupying Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, has set up shop. As a federal biologist, like my father was for decades, she works to steward the resources that are held in common trust for all Americans. My stomach turned as the report came through the radio today — approaching a week into the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge — and I heard the descriptions of the Bundys picking through her belongings and ridiculing her work." https://medium.com/@travislongcore/i-stand-with-linda-sue-beck-a651895b71ce#.j8p3so21k -- David Duffy 戴大偉 (Dài Dàwěi) Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit/Makamakaʻāinana Botany University of Hawaii 3190 Maile Way Honolulu Hawaii 96822 USA 1-808-956-8218
