Just Stop Oil protests

[blueinsa]

Have you tried yoga and yoghurt knitting?

I did, got angry and gave it up.

 

[BlueHammer85]

I've not read every post in this thread but I guess I'll throw in my two penn'orth:

I think they have every right to protest but why don't they protest outside the offices of the oil companies they are protesting about? Or even inside.
Or why don't they protest outside Parliament or at the end of Downing Street?
Somewhere where the people who make the decisions are? The ordinary members of the public who they are disrupting will, quite naturally, get annoyed if they can't go about their lawful business because of the protesters. The decision makers are laughing all the way to the bank. JMHO :-)

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[Eccles Blue]

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Thank you. :-)

 

[TonyM]

Peaceful protests, violent protests, martyrdom protests, terrorism, etc are generally justified in that no alternative was effective. I'd wonder though were the alternatives ever really attempted with real determination.

Is there a political party that has set out a real plan to have a sustainable planet? And if so do they have a long term plan and the discipline to be sustainable as a party themselves over multiple decades or even generations? If they can't manage that then it seems like they weren't really that bothered.

Most of the environmental protests seem to be screaming out for someone else to solve the problem. Or maybe I'm wrong and most of the protesters are college graduates working in the pharmaceutical industry, etc.

 

[bluesmith]

Nothing. Same as they’re achieving now, because their ‘demand’ is not possible.

So sitting outside the office of oil companies would be a net benefit as the majority of the general public wouldn’t be actively against you.

If they are achieving nothing why is there a thread on here discussing it. I can guarantee there wouldn't be one if they were protesting at shell hq.

We don't know what their end game is, albeit we know their current position is not workable.

 

[TonyM]

One more thing if all the environmentalists just picked a party, e.g. the labour party - doesn't matter which, and decided to back it to the hilt, e.g. gain more votes for them, get involved in research for all their challenges, listened to all opinions and worked to make a better society for all... in return they could have a massive say in environmental issues.

But it just seems a lot easier to remain on the fringes and complain.

 

[hilts]

And you wonder why people don't support the cause.. im out

But you add so much:-)

 

[domalino]

Think the suffragettes pissed a few off when they chucked themselves in front of horses, or whatever it was.

The suffragettes were the biggest domestic terrorist group in British history.

They burned down houses, placed bombs in parks and postboxes, tried to kill the PM (one threw an axe at him and narrowly missed hitting another MP).

They tried to burn down the royal theatre in Dublin in the middle of a sold out performance, which would have killed hundreds.

They set fire to a train as it went into Harrow station, they fucked up signals trying to make trains crash.

They invented the letter bomb and sent them to dozens of high profile politicians including the PM, whose house they nearly burned down.



They tried to burn down the all England tennis club aka Wimbledon.

They tried to bomb the 1913 FA Cup final at Crystal Palace’s ground.

All in all 250 of them were arrested and they killed half a dozen people and injured dozens more.

The reason Arsenal moved away from South London? The suffragettes burned down their stadium.

In May 1913 alone they carried out 52 bombings and many more were foiled. All completely erased from history because we agree with their cause.


Honestly seeing people getting upset over some people throwing orange powder around is both tragic and hilarious - people have no idea what was done to secure many of the rights and freedoms we take for granted now.

 

[hilts]

One more thing if all the environmentalists just picked a party, e.g. the labour party - doesn't matter which, and decided to back it to the hilt, e.g. gain more votes for them, get involved in research for all their challenges, listened to all opinions and worked to make a better society for all... in return they could have a massive say in environmental issues.

But it just seems a lot easier to remain on the fringes and complain.

The labour party aren't interested in more than half of its own lot so its a non starter I'm afraid.

There is a Green party but due to the shite voting system we incorporate and mainly the cuntish attitude of the human race they can never have any power.

The course we are on has been inevitable for decades. I salute those still fighting the good fight and shan't knock them.

It's just odd that posters put up all sorts of deflections year after year when deep down they know what they are.

 

[hilts]

The suffragettes were the biggest domestic terrorist group in British history.

They burned down houses, placed bombs in parks and postboxes, tried to kill the PM (one threw an axe at him and narrowly missed hitting another MP).

They tried to burn down the royal theatre in Dublin in the middle of a sold out performance, which would have killed hundreds.

They set fire to a train as it went into Harrow station, they fucked up signals trying to make trains crash.

They invented the letter bomb and sent them to dozens of high profile politicians including the PM, whose house they nearly burned down.



They tried to burn down the all England tennis club aka Wimbledon.

They tried to bomb the 1913 FA Cup final at Crystal Palace’s ground.

All in all 250 of them were arrested and they killed half a dozen people and injured dozens more.

The reason Arsenal moved away from South London? The suffragettes burned down their stadium.

All completely erased from history because we agree with their cause.

Was the crucible fine though? :-)