2) On at least two major issues where the Hamiltonians make no concessions, their positions are wrong on the merits, so as to obstruct any good the project might otherwise do.
In September 2017 Chacón told police that unknown men had threatened to kill him or those close to him if he continued obstructing the dam project.
This has mainly been, again, because the dominant issue of budgetary constraints and the dependency on external actors were out of their control and could potentially obstruct the accomplishment of a project that is highly relevant for them.
Cape Wind, an approved and controversial offshore project once planned for Cape Cod, is basically dead in the water after missing deadlines earlier this year and being riddled with lawsuits from affluent residents who criticized the project for obstructing views.
A giant wall designed to act as a sound barrier to the massive turbines the project requires now obstructs the view from Heinhorst family's front porch where they used to sit and watch deer eat from the pear tree on the other side of the road.
Most interviews sought to establish project participants' views of progress towards peace, and the role of the project in facilitating or obstructing that progress.
But other villagers along the route, unhappy with payments they have or have not received for their land, continue to resist the project, erecting blockades of barbed wire and boulders to obstruct traffic and further construction.
When children eager to take part were obstructed by their parents, Mer-Khamis would go around to their houses and explain why the project was worthwhile.
The F.C.C. recently closed its 17-month inquiry into the project, Street View, with a finding that Google broke no laws but had obstructed its investigation.
In the workplace, obstructing a project through silent treatment or limited communication becomes the coping mechanism.
The project won accolades from numerous environmental groups and several public officials, while a few local groups and officials objected to obstructing the view of the horizon and questioned the windmills' potential effects on birds and fish.
