Rejoinder
This letter is in response to the article by Mr. Inam Ahmed published on the 4th of May, 2008 titled "Blast blown out of proportion" I was quoted as saying, "The explosions were so mild and brief that it hardly mattered." I did say the explosions were relatively mild, but I did not say it hardly mattered. I further said that this was the nesting season of many rare species of birds such as the Pittas that fly all the way from South-east Asia to breed in this forest. The timing of these explosions could not have been worse! Hundreds of people running about laying wires through out the forest were bad enough, let alone setting off explosions.
Chevron being a US company, what it has done here, could never have done this in their own country's national parks, but ultimately it is our government's failure that it does not see any value in safeguarding our natural treasures.
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