boaty
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Post by boaty on Apr 21, 2019 22:36:57 GMT
Many thousands of protestors, non-violent, prepared to be arrested to draw attention to the elephant-in-the-room - climate change, and UKhippies are talking about Emma Thompson flying to the protest.
Are we sponsored by Rupert Murdoch ?
Come on people, get a grip.
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Post by NomadCris on Apr 21, 2019 23:20:39 GMT
Emna Thomson was just one small comment.Plenty of folk got arrested and criminal records throughout the 80's trying to stop the building of roads for increased car use that contribute to pollution and climate change but no one thought anything good of them,they were regarded as scum by most middle class Daily Mailers and it didnt stop the road building program one bit.
You get a grip
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Post by pyke13 on Apr 21, 2019 23:33:03 GMT
Bad publicity is better than no publicity, anyone raising awareness for a cause and getting it mentioned and folk talking about it has to be a good thing. For all any of us know in 30 years time we will be glad these lot got of their arses and did something.
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Post by NomadCris on Apr 21, 2019 23:41:22 GMT
If anyone had took notice of Greenpeace and FOE 30 to 40 years ago and all the enviro protesters we might not be in the mess we in already.
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Post by itinerantchild on Apr 22, 2019 7:40:09 GMT
BRING BACK SWAMPY - Dan if you are out there,your country needs you ;-) xx
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Post by VanWoman84 on Apr 22, 2019 10:04:02 GMT
Protesters have 'paused' not cancelled their protest activity. They warn they may go back to the streets if they don't get what they want.
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Post by lonewolf on Apr 22, 2019 10:13:39 GMT
I see one of the main organisers lives in a £700,000 house, another has a daddy who is a millionaire who is fighting with his neighbours cos he wants to chop down some trees, hardly "green" is it?
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Post by itinerantchild on Apr 22, 2019 11:05:48 GMT
What,do you mean hypocracy exists in the uk !!!!
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orthio
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Post by orthio on Apr 22, 2019 12:56:08 GMT
Nothing wrong with being a millionaire and protesting tbf
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Post by NomadCris on Apr 22, 2019 13:53:23 GMT
BRING BACK SWAMPY - Dan if you are out there,your country needs you ;-) xx Too right...Daily Mail made out he (and all the others) was a dirty layabout scrote. Theyd be doing the same now if it was a load of scruffys and chavs protesting in the streets. |
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Post by boaty on Apr 22, 2019 18:50:10 GMT
I see one of the main organisers lives in a £700,000 house, another has a daddy who is a millionaire who is fighting with his neighbours cos he wants to chop down some trees, hardly "green" is it? So are they disqualified from wanting to save the planet ? That's exactly the kind of populist smear that the media propagandists love to use, I thought we could all see through it. |
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Post by VanWoman84 on Apr 22, 2019 21:11:47 GMT
No of course not. The thing is, the ordinary people who got inconvenienced, can't afford to take time out of paying rent and feeding kids to sit in the middle of the road singing.
If you have a 700k house and chances are you can take that time out.
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Post by NomadCris on Apr 22, 2019 22:02:18 GMT
Not to forget that the well heeled with several homes a few gas guzzling luxury executive cars,private yachts,4x4s and jetting round the world every week are by their lifestyle choices contributing more carbon pollution than an average family might in their lifetime....then they have the front to tell everyone to think about the planet.
Dump all the hypocrisy i might listen to them.Its not them who will suffer from global warming and sea rise,its the ordinary citizens of low lying islands and coastal areas who will lose homes and livelihoods.
Its great having big names backing the campaign but I dont see many of them dumping their extravagant polluting lifestyles as an example.
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Post by pyke13 on Apr 22, 2019 22:37:02 GMT
Do you even get a 2 bedroom flat in London for 700k?
In today's housing market I recon 700k would get a decent sized detached property set in less than an acre of ground. 700k won't buy a country mansion with hundreds of acres.
Even if one of the protesters FATHERS owns a country mansion how on gods green earth does that exclude his offspring from having the right to protest?
Is there any other rights having a parent who owns a nice house takes away from you? Just wondering in case I build my truck nice and it affects my sons rights to protest or vote or something
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Post by NomadCris on Apr 22, 2019 22:46:54 GMT
They can protest all they like but if theyre going to lecture about everyone causing pollution and that it needs to be curtailed then they need to do some curtailing themselves.
Its no different to the Government telling us we all need a harsh dose of austerity because we all cost the country too much while they and their elite carry on living the highlife and robbing the country's finances.
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