How do you get an environmentalist out of a tree?

In California, a judge has issued a court order demanding that tree-sitter vacate the premises before dawn on Thursday. John Quigley, has been perched in a 400 year old oak tree since November 1st. The owner of the land (and tree) is John Laing Homes, a developer who wants to either move or cut down the tree as part of a 21,600 home development. Quigley and others claim the tree would never survive the move, and are demanding that it remain.

The way I see it, Quigley can come down the easy way or the hard way. If he comes down voluntarily, he can still protest on his own land, or in one of California's designated 'free speech zones'. Quigley could also purchase the land and use it (and the tree) any way he sees fit.

If he thumbs his nose at the court order, his options are limited to forcible arrest and imprisonment, or simply coming down when the tree falls. (If he's smart, he'll try to come down on top of the tree and not the other way 'round.)

Although I know the judge won't, I'd like to see the him take a hard line stance with this moron. I'm sick and tired of people trying to tell others what to do with their land. (Which is why I'll never own a house with an HOA.) Regardless of how Quigley comes down, he should literally be imprisoned, made to pay for any applicable construction delays, and forced to watch 1000 old growth trees ground into toothpicks.

Or, we could simply hang him and pull his pants down to set an example.