Extinction rebellion

And now the Extinction Rebellion mob go crying to the police asking for protection from the members of the public. Beautiful.
 
Outta interest, isn't the London ug electric. Isn't that as clean a way to travel. So why disrupt a clean travel system..if it is clean. They got off light with a pasting. Try climbing on top of a dirty diesel taxi. 👍
 
Stuart_C said:
He probably dies.
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Has to be a pretty big chance. Isn't that the side with the live rail? At the end of the day, and not just with ER, you don't people making a protest and standing up for their beliefs, but as we've seen around the globe, when the public, police or government get involved and it breaks down into violence then nothing is to be gained for either side. I really think in this case ER should have seen the wider picture and for all the issues with the ancient infra-structure LU is actually an efficient service most of the time and so to disrupt that is immediately going to lose any support and sympathy but I don't condone what happened next
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Has to be a pretty big chance. Isn't that the side with the live rail? At the end of the day, and not just with ER, you don't people making a protest and standing up for their beliefs, but as we've seen around the globe, when the public, police or government get involved and it breaks down into violence then nothing is to be gained for either side. I really think in this case ER should have seen the wider picture and for all the issues with the ancient infra-structure LU is actually an efficient service most of the time and so to disrupt that is immediately going to lose any support and sympathy but I don't condone what happened next
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ER are now just looking like anarchists to me, and have lost the moral high ground when it come to protesting.
As has been already said, to blockade one of the worlds most efficient mass transport systems like that is bonkers.....unless of course all electricity generation is bad.
 
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Bunkermagnet said:
ER are now just looking like anarchists to me, and have lost the moral high ground when it come to protesting.
As has been already said, to blockage one of the worlds most efficient mass transport systems like that is bonkers.....unless of course all electricity generation is bad.
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I’m sure Emma Thompson can fly over the pond from the US and tell which is right and wrong and then fly back once again.
 
Lilyhawk said:
I’m sure Emma Thompson can fly over the pond from the US and tell which is right and wrong and then fly back once again.
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From Twitter. “If you can't be an activist unless you have already somehow purged your whole life of fossil fuels then you'll have a movement of three people.”
 
What I love is the 100+ celebrity supporters of ER that have signed a letter that basically says "yes we're hypocrites due to our lifestyles but let's ignore that fact and focus on the issues that ER are raising". Do as I do not as I say springs to mind.
 
ColchesterFC said:
What I love is the 100+ celebrity supporters of ER that have signed a letter that basically says "yes we're hypocrites due to our lifestyles but let's ignore that fact and focus on the issues that ER are raising". Do as I do not as I say springs to mind.
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The society we live in means it is virtually impossible to not use fossil fuels and to do things that are bad for the environment. We really need to move away from the concept that unless you live in a yurt in a commune recycling your own p**s to drink you can't have an opinion on the environment or that you can't point out that we are in dangerous environmental times. As there are some really powerful people out there who, for mostly financial reasons connected to their personal wealth, want you not to believe that. For example my young daughter has been greatly inspired by Greta and the ilk to make some changes as to be honest she is not a cynical old fart like the rest of us, always looking for a reason not to change their comfortable lifestyle.

Yes there is some hypocrisy there and they know it and have admitted it. But for the sake of the younger generation we should occasionally listen to the message and drop the snark.
 
Hacker Khan said:
The society we live in means it is virtually impossible to not use fossil fuels and to do things that are bad for the environment. We really need to move away from the concept that unless you live in a yurt in a commune recycling your own p**s to drink you can't have an opinion on the environment or that you can't point out that we are in dangerous environmental times. As there are some really powerful people out there who, for mostly financial reasons connected to their personal wealth, want you not to believe that. For example my young daughter has been greatly inspired by Greta and the ilk to make some changes as to be honest she is not a cynical old fart like the rest of us, always looking for a reason not to change their comfortable lifestyle.

Yes there is some hypocrisy there and they know it and have admitted it. But for the sake of the younger generation we should occasionally listen to the message and drop the snark.
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Surely change to effective has to start at the top, especially with those in the financially privelleged position they live in.
A great leader will lead their troops into battle, not push their troops in battle.
Or are we bring Animal Farm to life?
 
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