Just Stop Oil protests

[r.soleofsalford]

Would loved to have seen Johnny Bairstow slam dunk that prick on the concourse last week

Me too

 

[Deleted member 77198]

I’ve always said that inconveniencing and pissing off the general public is wholly the wrong way to go about a protest when you want to get the general public on your side to increase the voice and raise the pressure.

I’m quite ‘Green’ in my outlook and think we need to reduce use of carbons and plastics radically and to increase use of renewables.

However, I can’t stand the way these fuckers go about their protest. All they’re doing is alienating the general public away from the cause and they won’t make one bit of difference to the big wigs who’ll be watching on, laughing and pointing while saying, ‘look at these cunts’.

Also, one of my biggest pet hates is littering and graffiti, yet these fuckers think it’s alright to go around littering everywhere, throwing paint over things and scrawling graffiti all over bridges and city centres, with their oil based paint!

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Would be a good catchphrase for the Hateful Eight tbf.

 

[grunge]

Did the Wimbledon fans throw strawberries at them? Do that at a football or test match and they will get a shoeing.

Its already happened at football. a few matches last season. they chained themselves to the goal posts

 

[MCFCTrick]

Maybe they need to confront the worst polluters in China and India ... Be interesting to see how their protests are handled there too.

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

Why don’t they take their protests over to China ? The worlds biggest polluter. Simple way of stopping it and saving millions of pounds of public money, is to just fine each individual £5’000, they’d soon run out of will. One day somebody (in an emergency situation) will just drive straight through them, bunch of fuckin hypocrites who’ve all used oil, gas, coal, cfc’s, plastics and so on

 

[Metal Biker]

I believe the premise is basically "how can we brazenly enjoy our lives when the planet is on fire?!?" hence the targeting of sporting events.

The fact is unless the powers that be take the necessary steps there is next to nothing the lowly citizen can do about it. "reducing your carbon footprint" is a buzzterm designed to make people feel better about their contributions. That doesn't mean to say you shouldn't still do it, but it's not going to have the global impact they think it does that industry, production and energy companies reducing their footprint would do, but they never target them.

I'd like to see the look on their faces when they realise wind turbines require oil for lubrication... and it's a lot.

 

[grunge]

I’ve always said that inconveniencing and pissing off the general public is wholly the wrong way to go about a protest when you want to get the general public on your side to increase the voice and raise the pressure.

I’m quite ‘Green’ in my outlook and think we need to reduce use of carbons and plastics radically and to increase use of renewables.

However, I can’t stand the way these fuckers go about their protest. All they’re doing is alienating the general public away from the cause and they won’t make one bit of difference to the big wigs who’ll be watching on, laughing and pointing while saying, ‘look at these cunts’.

Also, one of my biggest pet hates is littering and graffiti, yet these fuckers think it’s alright to go around littering everywhere, throwing paint over things and scrawling graffiti all over bridges and city centres, with their oil based paint!

This is my view. you need to get people on side, they think they are spreading a message but its a message that everyone already knows so there's literally nothing to spread!.

I found it funny the other year where the climate lot blocked the trams in Manchester that drove everyone to Taxi's and busses which are far worse for the environment.

 

[City Hobgoblin]

I believe the premise is basically "how can we brazenly enjoy our lives when the planet is on fire?!?" hence the targeting of sporting events.

The fact is unless the powers that be take the necessary steps there is next to nothing the lowly citizen can do about it. "reducing your carbon footprint" is a buzzterm designed to make people feel better about their contributions. That doesn't mean to say you shouldn't still do it, but it's not going to have the global impact they think it does that industry, production and energy companies reducing their footprint would do, but they never target them.

I'd like to see the look on their faces when they realise wind turbines require oil for lubrication... and it's a lot.

That oil isn't being burned to produce greenhouse gas emissions though.

 

[Metal Biker]

That oil isn't being burned to produce greenhouse gas emissions though.

Still has to be produced, pumped out the ground, which does contribute to the emissions and is still harmful to the environment. Otherwise what do you do with it once it's used?

And these people want to stop oil production entirely, remember.