Force of Nature -- The Looming Golf Industry Shipwreck -- Introduction -- 2010 02 19 -- MODIFIED -- PDF -- 300 Dpi

8/9/2019 Force of Nature -- The Looming Golf Industry Shipwreck -- Introduction -- 2010 02 19 -- MODIFIED -- PDF -- 300 Dpi

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The leading environmentalterror organizations,the ones conspiring toinflict prohibitionist policies

in every Province across Canada,have publicly stated,in one form or another, that they

DO NOT WANT ANYPROHIBITION EXCEPTIONpertaining to pest control productsfor the Golf Industry.


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The Modern Professional Lawn Care Industry is systematically be-

ing TERRORIZED and ANNIHILATED by EnviroManiacActivists,

with the resulting LOSS OF REVENUES, BUSINESS FAILURES,

BANKRUPTCY, and UNEMPLOYMENT, inflicting TERROR, DE-

SPAIR, and DESTITUTION ON THOUSANDS of hapless victimsthroughout the Green Space Industry.

WARNING : the Golf Industry is NEXT !


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We are now living in THE ERA OF 9/11 OF THEGREEN SPACE INDUSTRY. The prohibition con-spiracy against pest control products hasnow attained NATIONAL proportions. The prov-inces are toppling like dominoes. The Pro-fessional Lawn Care Industry is being sys-tematically annihilated across Canada. TheEnviroManiacActivists have VIRTUALLY LIMIT-LESS GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE FUNDS to wreaktheir havoc, and they understand full well that THERE IS NO UNITYwithin the Green Space Industry. First municipal, then provincial,and finally national in scope, their first destructive round of attacks

will soon be complete. And then ... soon after the EnviroManiacActivists have tasted victory by obliterating the Professional LawnCare Industry, the HATED Golf Industry will be targeted in thenext round of attacks. This time, the Golf Industry will be totallyalone, and devoid of any allies to help defend itself.

The Golf Industry leadership, because of its attitude of denial andprotectionism and mockdismay at any form of criticism, is ignoringthe supreme historic opportunity to join forces with the Profes-sional Lawn Care Industry, and litigate against the evil EnviroManiacActivists. A failure to do so will be lethal and final, and fu-ture generations will ask the question Why did you not act ?.For the first time in all of our collective history, it can be said thatthere is NO LONGER A HOPEFUL FUTURE for those employed inthe Green Space Industry ( including the Golf Industry).


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The Golf Industry currently enjoys aPROHIBITION EXCEPTION STATUSin several jurisdictions. This status will likely be ENTIRELY WITH-DRAWN within a few years because of several public affairs issues.

The Golf Industry is in aVULNERABLE position regarding pest con-trol products. Both the Golf Industry and the Modern ProfessionalLawn Care Industry use the SAME ingredients that are needed tocontrol insect and weed pests. In fact, Professional Lawn Caremaintenance requires LESSPESTICIDEINPUTS than Golf Courseturf. The Golf Industry enjoys the benefits from a Prohibition Ex-ception Status despite the fact that it uses the VERY SAME IN-GREDIENTS employed in Professional Lawn Care maintenance.

EnviroManiacActivists are already alleging that the socalledthreat to health and environment posed by Professional LawnCare is EQUAL OR HIGHER on the golf course, especially with wo-men and juniors. Of course, this alleged threat is aMYTH ! If it issafe to walk and play on a pesticidetreated golf course puttinggreen, it is also safe to walk on a pesticidetreated lawn.

PESTICIDETREATEDLAWNS ARE AS SAFEAS PESTICIDETREATED GOLF COURSE TURF !


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The Golf Industry has defended its Exception Status on the basisthat the need for highquality PLAYING CONDITIONS supersedes COS-METIC STANDARDS, especially ifIntegrated Pest Management ( I.PM. )

is used. Again, the Golf Industry is vulnerable on several issues.

The Professional Lawn Care Industry used I.P.M. and failed to de-fend itself from prohibitionist policies. Furthermore, it will be in-creasingly difficult for the Golf Industry to defend its ExceptionStatus on the need for highquality playing conditions, especiallysince ALL pest control products, including those used on the golfcourse, represent a socalled threat to health and environment.

Besides, EnviroManiacActivists have traditionally preferred junklawns and junk landscapes that are unaltered by human activity,and are infested with weeds, insects, and disease pests. TheyHATEand DESPISE the Golf Industry, and they are particularly opposedto the cosmetic standards that golf courses REPRESENT, whichare arbitrarily considered too lofty and unnecessary.

EnviroManiacActivistsHATE and DESPISE

the Golf Industry !


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WARNING : Regardless of its Exception Status in many juris-dictions, the Golf Industry faces some huge challenges because ofits HIGH DEGREE OF VULNERABILITY concerning several publicaffairs issues. In order to successfully deter the malicious efforts ofall EnviroManiacActivists, the Golf Industry must immediatelyaddress the following sixteen critical issues.

1. The Golf Industry mustCEASE focusing on the ineffective INTE-GRATED PEST MANAGEMENT ( I.P.M. ) strategies as the solution to itspublic affairs problems.

2. The Golf Industry must publiclyDIVULGE to the public ALL sci-entific information that ascertains that its chemicals are definitelyminimumrisk orreducedrisk.


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3. The Golf Industry must publicly DENOUNCE the socalledGreen Alternatives to conventional pest control products as BO-GUS, and the biologicalnaturalorganic methods, as almost INEF-

FECTIVE and NONEXISTENT.

4. The Golf Industry mustCREATE aFULLY TRANSPARENT da-tabase for righttoknow information concerning its chemicals.

5. The Golf Industry must directly and activelySUPPORT LITIGA-TION launched against those EnviroManiacActivists that haveconspired to prohibitFEDERALLY LEGAL, SCIENTIFICALLY SAFE,TOTALLY IRREPLACEABLE, and ABSOLUTELY INDISPENSABLE

pest control products, and cease being a mere casual observer.

6. The Golf Industry must explain why some of its chemicals areprohibited by other nations, but not in Canada, and cease itswasteful Wag The Dog policies on irrelevant issues such as sav-ing quintozene.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION FROM AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE IN THE UNITED STATES, THE ENVIRON-

MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ( E.P.A. ) CONCLUDED THAT THE RISKS WHEN USING QUINTOZENE WERE SUB-STANTIAL FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT. THE E.P.A. CONCLUDED THAT THE REREGISTRATION OF

QUINTOZENE WAS ACCEPTABLE PROVIDED THAT ALL TURF USES WERE TERMINATED. IN VIEW OF THEMANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE SAFETY OF QUINTOZENE, IT WOULD SEEM PREFERABLE THAT THE GOLF IN-

DUSTRY WITHDRAW ITS PETITION IN SUPPORT OF THIS INGREDIENT . MOREOVER, BY DEFENDING A PRODUCTASSOCIATED WITH SERIOUS HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND TURF PHYTOTOXICITY ISSUES, THE GOLF INDUS-

TRY HAS WEAKENED ITS CREDIBIL ITY . THE PEST MANAGEMENT REGULATORY AGENCY OF HEALTH CANADA( P.M.R.A. ) WILL FOLLOW WITH THE SAME DECISION AS THE E.P.A., BY PROHIBITING THE SALE OF QUIN-

TOZENE BEYOND 2010, AND PROHIBITING THE USE OF QUINTOZENE BEYOND 2011. THE MANUFACTURING

INDUSTRY WILL NOT DEFEND QUINTOZENE. FURTHERMORE , THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY WILL NO

LONGER INVEST IN ANY PEST CONTROL PRODUCTS IN CANADA, SINCE IT ABHORS OPERATING IN MARKETSMADE UNSTABLE BY TERRORISM, WHETHER POL ITICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL.


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7. The Golf Industry must VIGOROUSLY EMBARK on a massivepublic relations campaign to stop the proposed scheme by EnviroManiacActivists and National Democratic Party of Canada threa-

tening aNATIONAL prohibition of pest control products. N.D.P. isthe POLITICAL SHIELD for the EnvironmentalTerrorMovement.

8. The Golf Industry must review and justify its current and exten-sive array of chemicals.

9. The Golf Industry must plan for the INEVITABLE and TOTALREVOCATION of its EXCEPTION STATUS in most jurisdictionsacross Canada, in two to four years. The Golf Industry will lose

many orALL of its valued and necessary pest control products.

10. The Golf Industry must provide the public with scientific in-formation supporting the idea that its innovative management prac-tices MAYSLIGHTLY reduce the use of pest control products.

11. The Golf Industry must develop and publish golf maintenanceprotocols and the performance standards EXPECTED by its playingcustomers. So far, the Golf Industry has been ridiculously incon-

sistent in defining suitable playing surfaces.

12. The Golf Industry mustSCIENTIFICALLY DEFINEand PUBLI-CALLY DISCREDIT the misleading term Organic Golf Course ,and establish policies for expelling clubs using this INACCURATEand MISLEADING term from its trade associations.


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13. The Golf Industry mustSTRONGLYADDRESSandDISCREDITthe misconceptions concerning imidacloprid, chlorothalonil , 2,4D,and other chemicals.

14. The Golf Industrymust TERMINATE all re-lationships with Environ-mentalTerrorOrganizati-ons like ContemptibleCanadianCancerSoci-ety, World Wildlife Fund, and others. All related charitable tour-naments that provide financial donations and support to these En-

vironmentalTerrorOrganizations must be SUSPENDED and RE-DIRECTED.

15. The Golf Industry must OPPOSE the LOATHSOME and RI-DICULOUS Royal Canadian Golf Association ( R.C.G.A. ) thatraises millions of dollars for the MillionaireCanadianCancerSociety, an EnvironmentalTerrorOrganization that uses thismoney in its conspiracy to prohibit ofFEDERALLY LEGAL, SCIEN-TIFICALLY SAFE, TOTALLY IRREPLACEABLE, and ABSOLUTELY

INDISPENSABLE conventional pest control products.

16. The Golf Industry must openly and financiallySUPPORT PO-LITICAL CANDIDATES that oppose any prohibition of pest controlproducts.


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Canadian Association of Physic iansfor the Environment (C.A.P.E.)

Canadian Cancer Society (C.C.S.)

Canadian Coal it ion for Health andEnvironment (C.C.H.E.)

Canadian Environmental Law Association

(C.E.L.A.)

David Suzuki Foundation

Green Party of Ontar io

New Democratic Party of Ontar io (N.D.P.)

Pestic ide Free Ontar io (P.F.O.)

Registered Nurses Association of Ontar io (R.N.A.O.)

Sierra Club of Canada


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FORCEOFNATURE WAS LAUNCHED FOR CONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION ON THE INTERNET ON JANUARY 1ST,2009. IT IS A SERIES

OF ENEWSLETTERS DESTINED FOR THE GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY, THE ENVIRONMENTALTERRORMOVEMENT,GOVERNMENT OFFI-CIALS, AND THE MEDIA, NATIONWIDE ACROSS CANADA, THEUNITED STATES, AND OVERSEAS.

FORCE OF NATURE IS THE BRAINCHILD OF WILLIAM H.GATHERCOLE AND HIS ENTOURAGE. NORAH G IS ACTUALLY AN ACRONYM FOR

THE STABLE OF ANONYMOUS PRODUCERS AND WRITERS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS ENEWSLETTER AND HAVE NOW REPLACED MR.

GATHERCOLE. THEY CONSIST OF PEOPLE FROM THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES : DISTRIBUTION, FERTILIZER, GOLF, LAWN CARE,MANUFACTURING,MUNICIPAL,NURSERY, AND ORCHARD. MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE LEADERS IN THEIR OWN INDUSTRIES. THEOPINIONS EXPRESSED IN FORCE OF NATURE, EVEN THOUGH FROM AN INDEPENDENTPERSPECTIVE, MAY NOT REFLECT THOSE OFEVERYONE IN THE GREENSPACEINDUSTRY, OR MR.GATHERCOLES MANY ASSOCIATES. BE WARNED ! FORCE OF NATURE MAY

SOMETIMES BE VERY IRREVERENT AND FEARLESS WITH THESE ENEWSLETTERS. MR.GATHERCOLE IS NOW RETIRED FROM FORCE OFNATURE, ALTHOUGH HIS NAME CONTINUES TO APPEAR AS THE FOUNDER.

WILLIAM H.GATHERCOLE IS A PRINCIPAL FOUNDER OF THE MODERN PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE INDUSTRY IN BOTHONTARIO

ANDQUEBEC. HE HOLDS A DEGREE IN HORTICULTURE FROM THE UNIVERSITYOFGUELPH, AND ANOTHER PURE AND APPLIED SCI-ENCE DEGREE FROM MCGILLUNIVERSITY. HE HAS WORKED IN VIRTUALLY ALL ASPECTS OF THE GREENSPACEINDUSTRY, IN-

CLUDING GOLF AND PROFESSIONALLAWNCARE, AND HAS SERVED IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, WORKPLACE SAFETY, AND ENVIRON-MENTAL COMPLIANCE. MR.GATHERCOLE HAS SUPERVISED, CONSULTED, PROGRAMMED, AND/OR OVERSEEN THE EXECUTION OF HUN-DREDSOFTHOUSANDS OF PEST CONTROL APPLICATIONS IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE. HE HAS TRAINED, INSTRUCTED, AND CON-

SULTED WITH THOUSANDS OF TURF MANAGERS AND TECHNICIANS. MR.GATHERCOLE HAS ALSO BEEN AN AGRICULTURAL AGRONO-MIST. FOR MANY YEARS,MR.GATHERCOLE WAS A CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST FOR TURF&RECREATION MAGAZINE,CANADAS TURF

ANDGROUNDS MAINTENANCE AUTHORITY.

MR.GATHERCOLE HAS FOLLOWED THE EVOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTALTERRORISM FOR OVER A QUARTERCENTURY. HIS IN-

VOLVEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES REACHED A FEVERED PITCH IN THE 1990S, WHEN HE ORCHESTRATED, WITH HIS COLLEAGUES,LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE PROHIBITION OF PEST CONTROL PRODUCTS IN THE TOWN OF HUDSON,QUEBEC. FORFIFTEENYEARS,THE STRATEGIES DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED BY MR.GATHERCOLE AND HIS COLLEAGUES GUARANTEED THE CONTROL OF ENVIROTERROR FOR THE ENTIRE MODERN GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY ACROSS CANADA. MR.GATHERCOLE IS PERSONALLY CREDITED FOR

CRAFTING THE GOLF INDUSTRY EXCEPTION STATUS, THAT ENDURES TO THIS DAY. HE IS ALSO THE CREATOR OF THE SIGNS THAT ARENOW USED FOR POSTING AFTER APPLICATION. ALTHOUGH HE CAN BE ACCUSED OF BEING ANTIENVIRONMENTMOVEMENT, HE IS, IN

FACT, SIMPLY A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THEMODERN GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY. HOWEVER, THIS POSITION HAS NOT PRECLUDED HIMFROM CRITICIZING THE GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY ITSELF. NONETHELESS, HIS VAST KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LONG JOURNEY WITH ENVI-

RONMENTAL ISSUES IS UNDENIABLE. (HOPEFULLY !)

FORCE OF NATURE IS THE INSTRUMENT OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONRESPONDING AGAINST HUJE THAT HARM THE GREEN SPACE IN-DUSTRY (NORAHG) BY CONCOCTING STATEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES SEEKING TO PROHIBIT FEDERALLYLEGAL,SCIENTIFI-CALLYSAFE,TOTALLYIRREPLACEABLE, AND ABSOLUTELYINDISPENSABLE CONVENTIONAL PEST CONTROL PRODUCTS.

ENVIROMANIACS ARE IDENTIFIED ON THE BASIS OF THEIR STATEMENTS, ACTIVITIES, AFFILIATIONS, AND WHEREABOUTS. EVENTHOUGH EACH ENVIROMANIACCULPRIT IS A MISGUIDED ADVERSARY, EACH STILL DESERVES OUR RESPECT. THE TERMS MANIAC,

CULPRIT,TERRORIST, OR BASTERD ARE NOT ACCUSATIONS OF ANY LEGAL WRONGDOING. FORCE OF NATURE IS SIMPLY HOLDINGALLEGED CULPRITS ACCOUNTABLE FOR CONSPIRING TO CHANGE PUBLIC POLICIES THAT TERRORIZE AND THREATEN THE GREEN

SPACE INDUSTRY. THEIR PRETENTIOUS PROHIBITIONIST RANTS HAS CREATED LOSSOFREVENUES,BUSINESSFAILURES,

BANKRUPTCY, AND UNEMPLOYMENT, INFLICTING DESPAIR AND DESTITUTION FOR THOUSANDS OF HAPLESS VICTIMSTHROUGHOUT THE GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY. THE ACTIONS OF MANIACCULPRITTERRORISTBASTERDS ARE VIEWED AS A FORM OFTERROR AGAINST THE GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY. THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN FORCE OF NATURE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR

THE EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT OF THE READER BY PROVIDING A SEQUENCE OF HISTORICAL EVENTS WITH COMMENTARY . ADDI-TIONALLY,FORCE OF NATURE INSPIRES PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT ENVIRONMENTALTERRORISM CAN BE STOPPED ! THEEVENTS, CHARACTERS, COMPANIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS, DEPICTED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE NOT ALWAYS FICTITIOUS. ANY SIMILAR-

ITY TO ACTUAL PERSONS, LIVING OR DEAD, MAY NOT BE COINCIDENTAL. ALL DOCUMENT EXCERPTS AND PICTURES CONTAINED INFORCE OF NATURE WERE FOUND SOMEWHERE ON THE INTERNET. WE BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, SERVING ONE

OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES : ARCHIVE, EDUCATION, PROMOTION, PUBLICITY, OR PRESS RELEASE.

THE FOLLOWING FORCE OF NATURE DOCUMENTS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ALOOK AT ALBERTA PROHIBITION BRITISHCOLUMBIA PROHIBITION CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT MILLIONAIRECANCERSOCIETY

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION CONSEQUENCES DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION DDTAND POLITICIZED SCI-ENCE DEATH AND THE ENVIRONMENTALTERRORMOVEMENT ENVIROMONEY ENVIRONMENTALTERRORISTS UNMASKED FERTILIZERTERROR IS NEXT JUNEIRWIN,THE CLOWN OF JUNKSCIENCE KAZIMIERA JEANCOTTAM LANDSCAPE TRADES

CAPITULATE NEW BRUNSWICK PROHIBITION NOVASCOTIA PROHIBITION ONTARIO PROHIBITION ORGANIC FERTILIZERS PESTICIDE FREE BC PETS AND LAWNCARE CHEMICALS PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND PROHIBITION QUEBEC PROHIBITION

RACHEL CARSON,THE QUEEN OF JUNKSCIENCE SALMON ARM BCPROHIBITION THE 9/11ERA OF THE GREEN SPACE INDUS-

TRY THE FAILURE OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT THE LOOMING GOLF INDUSTRY SHIPWRECK THE INDUSTRY STRIKESBACK THE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT CANCER THE NATIONAL ANNIHILATION OF THE MODERN GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY THEWISDOM OF BILL BELL THE WISDOM OF DRYSDALE THE WISDOM OF HEALTH CANADA THE WISDOM OF HOLLAND THE

WISDOM OF LOWES THE WISDOM OF MAINS THE WISDOM OF THE SOLOMONS ASK FOR A COPY OF ANY BACK ISSUE OFFORCE OF NATURE TODAY. READ ALL ABOUT ENVIROMANIACACTIVISTS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTALTERRORORGANIZATIONSIN FORCE OF NATURE ! THE WHOLE TRUTH FROMAN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ! FORCE OF NATURE IS TOTALLYINDEPEND-

ENT OF ANY TRADE ASSOCIATION OR BUSINESS OPERATING WITHIN THE GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY. DONTTHANKUS. ITSAPUBLICSERVICE. ANDWEAREGLADTODOIT.


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