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[Easy 10]

Did anyone actually do that, or was it our friendly tabloid press finding someone who,did?
I did read one story about a man supposedly missing his father’s funeral, but everyone said the protest was advertised the day before.
That was the one where the police even arrested the journalists and film crew covering the protest. They knew enough details to be present.

Yes, because I'm sure everyone is always well across all the planned GOONERY of these herberts. What heroes they are. Like everyone, I always make a point of checking news and websites to see if someone is planning on climbing up and hanging over J16 of the M25 at 8am with a scabby banner before I set off.

They may advertise it, but they don't say where, and they don't say when - OBVIOUSLY - as they know they'll be intercepted. They want maximum disruption, and that does not involve giving anyone a proper heads-up now does it.

 

[clapham_gull]

It’s going to be pretty disruptive for the London Marathon.

Having seen them as first hand, I'll doubt there will be enough or them or they will have the inclination to disrupt something that closes the streets anyway.

Lots of retired people in their ranks. I found them generally non confrontational apart from their bloody drums.

There are just in a long history of non violent protestors with a cause. I don't see why people get so hot and bothered about them, well beyond out current Government who have convinced a sizeable proportion of the population that you are defined by what you hate.

Just Stop Oil are a completely different kettle of fish and prone to random events.

 

[clapham_gull]

I didn't have to suggest it - It actually happened. As did some poor soul who died in the back of an ambulance from heart failure, stuck in a vast tailback on the M25 on the way to hospital, as a direct result of some No To Oil hand-gluers bringing it all to gridlock.

Price worth paying ? Mmmkay.

Certain stories were reported as such, but then mysteriously disappeared.

I've yet to read anything conclusive.

 

[Randy McNob]

I didn't have to suggest it - It actually happened. As did some poor soul who died in the back of an ambulance from heart failure, stuck in a vast tailback on the M25 on the way to hospital, as a direct result of some No To Oil hand-gluers bringing it all to gridlock.

Price worth paying ? Mmmkay.

I'm always sceptical of these stories, do ambulances use the M25 to go from an incident to a local hospital? I don't usually see ambulances on the M25, unless the incident is actually there and would they just sit in a queue with a life threatened patient?, surely they would go down the hard shoulder or get a police escort?

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Protesting is the new apathy.
Yawn yawn....what cause now....oh....meh.......yawn yawn.

 

[Billy the Fish]

I have already pointed out that motorway disruptions were advertised the night before so people could avoid them. It’s on their Twitter page.

I’ve now posted the ExtinctionRebellion protest in London this weekend so you now have notice of that.

Can you prove this please. I'm calling nonsense.

My understanding is that they were very secretive about their actions in order to avoid police detection. If they announced a time and location the police would've stopped them.

There was a video in the Guardian where this was definitely the case.

*moved goalposts incoming*
My guess is that you're going to produce an incredibly vague announcement that doesn't help anyone.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Can you prove this please. I'm calling nonsense.

My understanding is that they were very secretive about their actions in order to avoid police detection. If they announced a time and location the police would've stopped them.

There was a video in the Guardian where this was definitely the case.

*moved goalposts incoming*
My guess is that you're going to produce an incredibly vague announcement that doesn't help anyone.

Stories from journalists who were arrested, handcuffed and locked up for covering JSO demonstrators.


The journalists knew where to go, the police knew where to go. I said the protestors said a location ie M25. I didn’t mention a time.

 

[The Wizard]

Vandalism etc is inexcusable in any circumstance, the paint throwing, gluing themselves to the road, spray painting monuments etc

Anyone who excuses this behaviour because it’s for a ‘good’ cause, please explain to me where the line is drawn on what IS too far? What next, hijacking a plane? Smashing up graveyards?

They do these things because it garners attention, they obviously believe in the no press is bad press saying but I’ve not met one person who has changed their opinion or viewpoint based on these vandals and public nuisances, if anything lots of these protests are alienating large proportions of the public.

 

[Lenny Rider]

They said the same about the suffragettes…

…and those opposed to apartheid…

…Watt Tyler and the revolting peasants…

Today‘s terrorist is tomorrow’s statesman.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Vandalism etc is inexcusable in any circumstance, the paint throwing, gluing themselves to the road, spray painting etc

Anyone who excuses this behaviour because it’s for a ‘good’ cause, please explain to me where the line is drawn on what IS too far? What next, hijacking a plane? Smashing up graveyards?

They do these things because it garners attention, they obviously believe in the no press is bad press saying but I’ve not met one person who has changed their opinion or viewpoint based on these vandals and public nuisances.

Did you approve of graffiti like BELOTTI OUT?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

This is their Twitter account, with a link to their website, if anyone wants to check next week..

 

[Seagull27]

if we stopped any drilling for oil, how will we raise windfall taxes on the oil companies?

this group protestors want the end of western life. this is a piece from their website:

so point one, if renewables are to be subsidised from fossil fuels, there needs to be fossil fuels, right? second a "grid" based on domestic generation, storage and use leaves nothing for business, industry, commerce to use. we're supposed to become subsistence producers of energy, and inevitably food, since so much production requires oil based chemicals. it is clueless. they want you to live in a smaller home, give up holidays, share your vacuum cleaner, you wont need to buy anything new because you'll just use the existing clothes, electronics and furniture. no, its batshit crazy.

No, you've misread their argument - they want our government to remove the  subsidies currently given to fossil fuels and apply them to renewables instead. Which, quite frankly, should have been done years ago.

The rest of your post is a huge jump from what they said, at least the bit you've quoted. To me it just says they want all of our electricity to come from renewables.

 

[nicko31]

Disruption minimal, no one got hurt, no one was violent, huge publicity. For Just Stop Oil they will consider it job done...

 

[rogersix]

So is there any feasible way this protest could lead to the world ending the use of oil? Are the middle east closing the fields as we speak?

I hope he's locked up.

so how do we cajole, "the middle east", into, "closing the fields as we speak", i'm all ears trig?

 

[rogersix]

Sorry I havent been able to comment for tye last hour. Ive been thrashing my Bentley up and down the M23

peter ustinov, is that you?

 

[rogersix]

And if the powder escalates into something more sinister?

anthrax?

 

[rogersix]

Indeed there were a lot of events that impacted it. I'm not sure Emily dying did anything to make it happen sooner.

just because you can't prove something beyond any doubt, doesn't mean it didn't happen trig

 

[Is it PotG?]

I'm not sure locking people up to prevent somebody else committing a different crime is a good idea

anthrax?

Would certainly get their cause attention.

 

[rogersix]

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Just got sent this - their previous predictions have been pretty accurate…?

was it sent to you by an american? i can't quite put my finger on it..............

 

[beorhthelm]

No, you've misread their argument - they want our government to remove the  subsidies currently given to fossil fuels and apply them to renewables instead. Which, quite frankly, should have been done years ago.

The rest of your post is a huge jump from what they said, at least the bit you've quoted. To me it just says they want all of our electricity to come from renewables.

i think i see what you mean on the wording. there are no subsidies of fossil fuels though, they pay billions in to the Treasury. the rest is from thier blog. its not misreading their general objective, they want people to live differently and see fossil fuels as only benefiting the rich.