comment by Wetherby White (U6810)
posted 44 minutes ago
One of their ring leaders who was jailed, went on a 80k trip in her 4x4, before joining the protests.
Sorry, but I have zero empathy for any of these hypocrite fooks, same as I can't listen to Jeff Bezos lecturing us at COP26 about climate change.
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Yes, im sure she traveled the equivalent of greenland to australia 8 times in a 4x4 before joining a protest... i mean who wouldnt drive for about 1150 days non stop without sleep before going to a protest
comment by JustYourAverageFan (U21016)
posted 37 minutes ago
comment by Hawkeye78 (U22468)
posted 5 minutes ago
Anyone celebrating these people going to prison is a moron and exactly why this country, and the world, is going down the pan. They didn't want to protest but were left with no choice. I agree it's not maybe the best way to gain public support but they certainly go noticed. Throwing them in jail is a dangerous precedent that we should all be worried about.
And the drama made out of peoples lives being disrupted was, as always, blown out of proportion by the gammon brigade. No one was prevented from reaching hospital. Yes, some people were mildly inconvenienced but it wasn't the end of the world. Just find another way round, it was quite simple.
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How were they left with no choice? I've stated above, social media is huge, they would have probably gained more evidence-based support by starting and sharing a campaign through different social media platforms and having a petition to go to the relevant authorities with, rather than sit in a road with a few banners hacking people off. Yes, they got noticed, but do people engage with messages people are trying to put across if they are getting held up in the process? I wouldn't.
I also don't know where you're getting your information from that people didn't reach certain places on time either, as I can assure you I know of many deliveries to and from my area that did not reach London on time because of this issue.
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So a few deliveries were missed. It's annoying but nothing more.
And they obviously felt this was their only choice. People concerns have fallen on deaf ears for years. I'm not saying they were right in what they did but jail is ridiculous.
Anyway, we're all talking about it so that's something!
comment by moreinjuredthanowen (U9641)
posted 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
I fairness I don't think anyone should be shocked that people who are given every opportunity to stop pestering ordinary people end up in jail when they breech a legal injunction.
these people want the government to insulate their mansions. they don't seem to care that they could do this and save the money back over time themselves. they seem to state the government should insulate social housing and retrofit all private homes as well.
blocking roads will never get this. its pointless and they are lucky nobody has driven over any of them yet.
they are an offshoot of extinction rebellion who seem to think this will actually solve anything for the environment.
Actually what they really mean is they want free heating and such.
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Rubbish.
So its not about climate change, they're blocking the roads to get free heating?
Get the fack outta town mate.
How were they left with no choice? I've stated above, social media is huge, they would have probably gained more evidence-based support by starting and sharing a campaign through different social media platforms and having a petition to go to the relevant authorities with, rather than sit in a road with a few banners hacking people off.
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More rubbish.
There's already a billion petitions and sheet mate. Don't seem to have any effect.
comment by Elvis: King of Cult (U7425)
posted 32 minutes ago
comment by Prankster - I’ll make you famous! (U22336)
posted 13 minutes ago
Whose celebrating, its about time action has been taken.
I don't have an issue with their reason to protest or right to protest.
But blocking motorways and roads and pisssing off the general public ain't the way to go about it, and also walking into and blocking traffic is bloody dangerous.
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I'd actually say that the protests that impact in people going about their daily business are counterproductive, as they will likely turn people of the cause.
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I agree with the cause but have no sympathy for them getting locked up when the consequences were made clear.
comment by Jadon The King Sancho (U10026)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 5 minutes ago
'You're a psychopath if you wouldn't want someone jailed for causing a traffic jam' ffs
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This bloke was against feeding starving children.
Talks about empathy.
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comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by Jadon The King Sancho (U10026)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 5 minutes ago
'You're a psychopath if you wouldn't want someone jailed for causing a traffic jam' ffs
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This bloke was against feeding starving children.
Talks about empathy.
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Fuсk off, save the planet my агse. If they were that concerned they'd pay to have their own homes insulated.
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Titty genius
Climate change is a classic case of the end justifies the means. All the idiots on this thread can be made to shut up by one simple statement. The end justifies the means.
So they slowed traffic down leading to more pollution but the end justifies the means.
comment by Elvis: King of Cult (U7425)
posted 42 minutes ago
comment by Prankster - I’ll make you famous! (U22336)
posted 13 minutes ago
Whose celebrating, its about time action has been taken.
I don't have an issue with their reason to protest or right to protest.
But blocking motorways and roads and pisssing off the general public ain't the way to go about it, and also walking into and blocking traffic is bloody dangerous.
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I'd actually say that the protests that impact in people going about their daily business are counterproductive, as they will likely turn people of the cause.
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I’ve staged a counter-protest by removing all the insulation from my home.
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 13 seconds ago
Climate change is a classic case of the end justifies the means. All the idiots on this thread can be made to shut up by one simple statement. The end justifies the means.
So they slowed traffic down leading to more pollution but the end justifies the means.
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What a ridiculous argument.
"Yes I shot them dead your honour but they didn't believe in blocking roads and after all the end justifies the means".
"Run along young man its climate change so you do whatever you deem necessary".
'Next"!
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 13 seconds ago
Climate change is a classic case of the end justifies the means. All the idiots on this thread can be made to shut up by one simple statement. The end justifies the means.
So they slowed traffic down leading to more pollution but the end justifies the means.
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What a ridiculous argument.
"Yes I shot them dead your honour but they didn't believe in blocking roads and after all the end justifies the means".
"Run along young man its climate change so you do whatever you deem necessary".
'Next"!
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Oh my days.
Just look at that work of art.
A genius interpretation of what I said.
You can see that intelligence plays a huge role in determining political inclination.
comment by Ole dirty Baz tard - penited and penandes (U19119)
posted 1 hour, 55 minutes ago
comment by Neo (U9135)
posted 16 minutes ago
comment by Ole dirty Baz tard - penited and penandes (U19119)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 21 minutes ago
I'll wager that those who sympathise with the protesters would feel very differently if they were stuck in an unnecessary traffic jam for hours preventing them from taking the kids to school, earning a living or getting somebody to hospital.
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Atleast insulate Britain turn up when they block off roads. The true caaants are road workmen who block roads then fack off into thin air
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I swear 95% of the time I drive past works on the motorway you don't see a single worker anywhere.
I understand a lot of them supposedly work during the night because its safer but as it happens I often tend to be on the roads in the early hours because of my workline, and I rarely see them then either.
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Exactly. Makes you wonder what the fack they are actually doing them when it’s a rarity to see a worker at any road site. It’s genuinely a rarity that you see one, and I honestly don’t ever think I’ve seen one doing anything at any time of day or night if I have somehow actually managed to glimpse one of the mythical basssstards.
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Yet somehow roads are built and repaired. Amazing.
Elves I guess.
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 27 minutes ago
Climate change is a classic case of the end justifies the means. All the idiots on this thread can be made to shut up by one simple statement. The end justifies the means.
So they slowed traffic down leading to more pollution but the end justifies the means.
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silly
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 1 hour, 1 minute ago
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 21 seconds ago
comment by Neo (U9135)
posted 55 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Neo (U9135)
posted 5 minutes ago
I'm amazed there are several people on here who are gen saying they wouldn't be annoyed at having to sit in a 5 hour traffic jam because of some silly protestors.
Absolutely fvcking that would be the case in reality
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I'm always annoyed when protesters disrupt my day or travel. In my life I've been inconvenienced by many protests. I get annoyed but I don't go about my life crying about those protesters.
There was this one time I was in Windhoek and there was a protest by women over women's rights. They blocked the road and I missed the seminar Iwas going to. Was I annoyed? Yes, but that doesn't mean I'd celebrate if they started throwing the women in prison.
Why? Because I have a brain.
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There's also a clear difference between not supporting their actions and "celebrating them been thrown in prison" as you put it. Everyone agrees with the message they are trying to get across but there is a time and a place that doesn't cause more bad than good.
Pawl's point is definitely a valid one that if you were suffering at the hands of the protests, you'd likely feel different in how much you support them. In fact, I'd be certain of it, particularly if you had somewhere urgently important to be.
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Hands up who has actually been disrupted by insulate Britain protests on here?
Bet Pawl, Ttliv etc haven’t
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I haven't but members of my family have however it doesn't matter whether I've experienced it first hand or not as I'm able to empathise with those who have.
One of the major traits of a psychopath is the inability to feel empathy so I would suggest that if you can't imagine what being stuck for 5 hours in a preventable traffic jam with a sick child is like then get yourself checked out.
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Impressive, you can empathise woth people stuck in traffic yet have defended this government to the hilt on things like cuts to benefits and free school meals being cut. Didn’t see much empathy from you on both subjects Travis Bickle
comment by plain old dunc (U11713)
posted 53 minutes ago
comment by Wetherby White (U6810)
posted 44 minutes ago
One of their ring leaders who was jailed, went on a 80k trip in her 4x4, before joining the protests.
Sorry, but I have zero empathy for any of these hypocrite fooks, same as I can't listen to Jeff Bezos lecturing us at COP26 about climate change.
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Yes, im sure she traveled the equivalent of greenland to australia 8 times in a 4x4 before joining a protest... i mean who wouldnt drive for about 1150 days non stop without sleep before going to a protest
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Must have been a Lada if it took her over 3 years to go 80 kilometres.
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 3 hours, 16 minutes ago
Loads of sympathy for them myself but there we go. Things like this that make me hate the general public.
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What special kind of being are you that makes you not a member of the general public?
comment by Terminator1 (U1863)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 3 hours, 16 minutes ago
Loads of sympathy for them myself but there we go. Things like this that make me hate the general public.
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What special kind of being are you that makes you not a member of the general public?
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606 Royalty.
There’s only about 100 cars in Windhoek anyway, just park up and walk
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 1 hour, 1 minute ago
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 21 seconds ago
comment by Neo (U9135)
posted 55 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Neo (U9135)
posted 5 minutes ago
I'm amazed there are several people on here who are gen saying they wouldn't be annoyed at having to sit in a 5 hour traffic jam because of some silly protestors.
Absolutely fvcking that would be the case in reality
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I'm always annoyed when protesters disrupt my day or travel. In my life I've been inconvenienced by many protests. I get annoyed but I don't go about my life crying about those protesters.
There was this one time I was in Windhoek and there was a protest by women over women's rights. They blocked the road and I missed the seminar Iwas going to. Was I annoyed? Yes, but that doesn't mean I'd celebrate if they started throwing the women in prison.
Why? Because I have a brain.
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There's also a clear difference between not supporting their actions and "celebrating them been thrown in prison" as you put it. Everyone agrees with the message they are trying to get across but there is a time and a place that doesn't cause more bad than good.
Pawl's point is definitely a valid one that if you were suffering at the hands of the protests, you'd likely feel different in how much you support them. In fact, I'd be certain of it, particularly if you had somewhere urgently important to be.
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Hands up who has actually been disrupted by insulate Britain protests on here?
Bet Pawl, Ttliv etc haven’t
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I haven't but members of my family have however it doesn't matter whether I've experienced it first hand or not as I'm able to empathise with those who have.
One of the major traits of a psychopath is the inability to feel empathy so I would suggest that if you can't imagine what being stuck for 5 hours in a preventable traffic jam with a sick child is like then get yourself checked out.
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Impressive, you can empathise woth people stuck in traffic yet have defended this government to the hilt on things like cuts to benefits and free school meals being cut. Didn’t see much empathy from you on both subjects Travis Bickle
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So much whataboutery on this thread.
This is about the law being applied to those who will keep offending otherwise.
There are those on here who think that if its in the name of climate change then anything goes and fack whoever it inconveniences, I don't agree.
It's not really whataboutery when you brought up not being able to feel empathy for anyone is a sign of a sociopath, yet have shown in the past you clearly don't care about poor people not being able to feed their kids.
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
How were they left with no choice? I've stated above, social media is huge, they would have probably gained more evidence-based support by starting and sharing a campaign through different social media platforms and having a petition to go to the relevant authorities with, rather than sit in a road with a few banners hacking people off.
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More rubbish.
There's already a billion petitions and sheet mate. Don't seem to have any effect.
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How do you know they have no effect? Because it doesn't do an automatic U-turn overnight it means nothing significant has happened?
comment by Hawkeye78 (U22468)
posted 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
comment by JustYourAverageFan (U21016)
posted 37 minutes ago
comment by Hawkeye78 (U22468)
posted 5 minutes ago
Anyone celebrating these people going to prison is a moron and exactly why this country, and the world, is going down the pan. They didn't want to protest but were left with no choice. I agree it's not maybe the best way to gain public support but they certainly go noticed. Throwing them in jail is a dangerous precedent that we should all be worried about.
And the drama made out of peoples lives being disrupted was, as always, blown out of proportion by the gammon brigade. No one was prevented from reaching hospital. Yes, some people were mildly inconvenienced but it wasn't the end of the world. Just find another way round, it was quite simple.
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How were they left with no choice? I've stated above, social media is huge, they would have probably gained more evidence-based support by starting and sharing a campaign through different social media platforms and having a petition to go to the relevant authorities with, rather than sit in a road with a few banners hacking people off. Yes, they got noticed, but do people engage with messages people are trying to put across if they are getting held up in the process? I wouldn't.
I also don't know where you're getting your information from that people didn't reach certain places on time either, as I can assure you I know of many deliveries to and from my area that did not reach London on time because of this issue.
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So a few deliveries were missed. It's annoying but nothing more.
And they obviously felt this was their only choice. People concerns have fallen on deaf ears for years. I'm not saying they were right in what they did but jail is ridiculous.
Anyway, we're all talking about it so that's something!
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posted on 18/11/21
comment by Wetherby White (U6810)
posted 44 minutes ago
One of their ring leaders who was jailed, went on a 80k trip in her 4x4, before joining the protests.
Sorry, but I have zero empathy for any of these hypocrite fooks, same as I can't listen to Jeff Bezos lecturing us at COP26 about climate change.
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Yes, im sure she traveled the equivalent of greenland to australia 8 times in a 4x4 before joining a protest... i mean who wouldnt drive for about 1150 days non stop without sleep before going to a protest
posted on 18/11/21
comment by JustYourAverageFan (U21016)
posted 37 minutes ago
comment by Hawkeye78 (U22468)
posted 5 minutes ago
Anyone celebrating these people going to prison is a moron and exactly why this country, and the world, is going down the pan. They didn't want to protest but were left with no choice. I agree it's not maybe the best way to gain public support but they certainly go noticed. Throwing them in jail is a dangerous precedent that we should all be worried about.
And the drama made out of peoples lives being disrupted was, as always, blown out of proportion by the gammon brigade. No one was prevented from reaching hospital. Yes, some people were mildly inconvenienced but it wasn't the end of the world. Just find another way round, it was quite simple.
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How were they left with no choice? I've stated above, social media is huge, they would have probably gained more evidence-based support by starting and sharing a campaign through different social media platforms and having a petition to go to the relevant authorities with, rather than sit in a road with a few banners hacking people off. Yes, they got noticed, but do people engage with messages people are trying to put across if they are getting held up in the process? I wouldn't.
I also don't know where you're getting your information from that people didn't reach certain places on time either, as I can assure you I know of many deliveries to and from my area that did not reach London on time because of this issue.
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So a few deliveries were missed. It's annoying but nothing more.
And they obviously felt this was their only choice. People concerns have fallen on deaf ears for years. I'm not saying they were right in what they did but jail is ridiculous.
Anyway, we're all talking about it so that's something!
posted on 18/11/21
comment by moreinjuredthanowen (U9641)
posted 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
I fairness I don't think anyone should be shocked that people who are given every opportunity to stop pestering ordinary people end up in jail when they breech a legal injunction.
these people want the government to insulate their mansions. they don't seem to care that they could do this and save the money back over time themselves. they seem to state the government should insulate social housing and retrofit all private homes as well.
blocking roads will never get this. its pointless and they are lucky nobody has driven over any of them yet.
they are an offshoot of extinction rebellion who seem to think this will actually solve anything for the environment.
Actually what they really mean is they want free heating and such.
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Rubbish.
So its not about climate change, they're blocking the roads to get free heating?
Get the fack outta town mate.
posted on 18/11/21
How were they left with no choice? I've stated above, social media is huge, they would have probably gained more evidence-based support by starting and sharing a campaign through different social media platforms and having a petition to go to the relevant authorities with, rather than sit in a road with a few banners hacking people off.
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More rubbish.
There's already a billion petitions and sheet mate. Don't seem to have any effect.
posted on 18/11/21
comment by Elvis: King of Cult (U7425)
posted 32 minutes ago
comment by Prankster - I’ll make you famous! (U22336)
posted 13 minutes ago
Whose celebrating, its about time action has been taken.
I don't have an issue with their reason to protest or right to protest.
But blocking motorways and roads and pisssing off the general public ain't the way to go about it, and also walking into and blocking traffic is bloody dangerous.
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I'd actually say that the protests that impact in people going about their daily business are counterproductive, as they will likely turn people of the cause.
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I agree with the cause but have no sympathy for them getting locked up when the consequences were made clear.
posted on 18/11/21
comment by Jadon The King Sancho (U10026)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 5 minutes ago
'You're a psychopath if you wouldn't want someone jailed for causing a traffic jam' ffs
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This bloke was against feeding starving children.
Talks about empathy.
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posted on 18/11/21
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by Jadon The King Sancho (U10026)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 5 minutes ago
'You're a psychopath if you wouldn't want someone jailed for causing a traffic jam' ffs
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This bloke was against feeding starving children.
Talks about empathy.
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posted on 18/11/21
Fuсk off, save the planet my агse. If they were that concerned they'd pay to have their own homes insulated.
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Titty genius
posted on 18/11/21
Climate change is a classic case of the end justifies the means. All the idiots on this thread can be made to shut up by one simple statement. The end justifies the means.
So they slowed traffic down leading to more pollution but the end justifies the means.
posted on 18/11/21
comment by Elvis: King of Cult (U7425)
posted 42 minutes ago
comment by Prankster - I’ll make you famous! (U22336)
posted 13 minutes ago
Whose celebrating, its about time action has been taken.
I don't have an issue with their reason to protest or right to protest.
But blocking motorways and roads and pisssing off the general public ain't the way to go about it, and also walking into and blocking traffic is bloody dangerous.
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I'd actually say that the protests that impact in people going about their daily business are counterproductive, as they will likely turn people of the cause.
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I’ve staged a counter-protest by removing all the insulation from my home.
posted on 18/11/21
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 13 seconds ago
Climate change is a classic case of the end justifies the means. All the idiots on this thread can be made to shut up by one simple statement. The end justifies the means.
So they slowed traffic down leading to more pollution but the end justifies the means.
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What a ridiculous argument.
"Yes I shot them dead your honour but they didn't believe in blocking roads and after all the end justifies the means".
"Run along young man its climate change so you do whatever you deem necessary".
'Next"!
posted on 18/11/21
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 13 seconds ago
Climate change is a classic case of the end justifies the means. All the idiots on this thread can be made to shut up by one simple statement. The end justifies the means.
So they slowed traffic down leading to more pollution but the end justifies the means.
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What a ridiculous argument.
"Yes I shot them dead your honour but they didn't believe in blocking roads and after all the end justifies the means".
"Run along young man its climate change so you do whatever you deem necessary".
'Next"!
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Oh my days.
posted on 18/11/21
Just look at that work of art.
A genius interpretation of what I said.
You can see that intelligence plays a huge role in determining political inclination.
posted on 18/11/21
This guy.
posted on 18/11/21
comment by Ole dirty Baz tard - penited and penandes (U19119)
posted 1 hour, 55 minutes ago
comment by Neo (U9135)
posted 16 minutes ago
comment by Ole dirty Baz tard - penited and penandes (U19119)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 21 minutes ago
I'll wager that those who sympathise with the protesters would feel very differently if they were stuck in an unnecessary traffic jam for hours preventing them from taking the kids to school, earning a living or getting somebody to hospital.
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Atleast insulate Britain turn up when they block off roads. The true caaants are road workmen who block roads then fack off into thin air
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I swear 95% of the time I drive past works on the motorway you don't see a single worker anywhere.
I understand a lot of them supposedly work during the night because its safer but as it happens I often tend to be on the roads in the early hours because of my workline, and I rarely see them then either.
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Exactly. Makes you wonder what the fack they are actually doing them when it’s a rarity to see a worker at any road site. It’s genuinely a rarity that you see one, and I honestly don’t ever think I’ve seen one doing anything at any time of day or night if I have somehow actually managed to glimpse one of the mythical basssstards.
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Yet somehow roads are built and repaired. Amazing.
Elves I guess.
posted on 18/11/21
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 27 minutes ago
Climate change is a classic case of the end justifies the means. All the idiots on this thread can be made to shut up by one simple statement. The end justifies the means.
So they slowed traffic down leading to more pollution but the end justifies the means.
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silly
posted on 18/11/21
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 1 hour, 1 minute ago
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 21 seconds ago
comment by Neo (U9135)
posted 55 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Neo (U9135)
posted 5 minutes ago
I'm amazed there are several people on here who are gen saying they wouldn't be annoyed at having to sit in a 5 hour traffic jam because of some silly protestors.
Absolutely fvcking that would be the case in reality
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I'm always annoyed when protesters disrupt my day or travel. In my life I've been inconvenienced by many protests. I get annoyed but I don't go about my life crying about those protesters.
There was this one time I was in Windhoek and there was a protest by women over women's rights. They blocked the road and I missed the seminar Iwas going to. Was I annoyed? Yes, but that doesn't mean I'd celebrate if they started throwing the women in prison.
Why? Because I have a brain.
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There's also a clear difference between not supporting their actions and "celebrating them been thrown in prison" as you put it. Everyone agrees with the message they are trying to get across but there is a time and a place that doesn't cause more bad than good.
Pawl's point is definitely a valid one that if you were suffering at the hands of the protests, you'd likely feel different in how much you support them. In fact, I'd be certain of it, particularly if you had somewhere urgently important to be.
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Hands up who has actually been disrupted by insulate Britain protests on here?
Bet Pawl, Ttliv etc haven’t
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I haven't but members of my family have however it doesn't matter whether I've experienced it first hand or not as I'm able to empathise with those who have.
One of the major traits of a psychopath is the inability to feel empathy so I would suggest that if you can't imagine what being stuck for 5 hours in a preventable traffic jam with a sick child is like then get yourself checked out.
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Impressive, you can empathise woth people stuck in traffic yet have defended this government to the hilt on things like cuts to benefits and free school meals being cut. Didn’t see much empathy from you on both subjects Travis Bickle
posted on 18/11/21
comment by plain old dunc (U11713)
posted 53 minutes ago
comment by Wetherby White (U6810)
posted 44 minutes ago
One of their ring leaders who was jailed, went on a 80k trip in her 4x4, before joining the protests.
Sorry, but I have zero empathy for any of these hypocrite fooks, same as I can't listen to Jeff Bezos lecturing us at COP26 about climate change.
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Yes, im sure she traveled the equivalent of greenland to australia 8 times in a 4x4 before joining a protest... i mean who wouldnt drive for about 1150 days non stop without sleep before going to a protest
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Must have been a Lada if it took her over 3 years to go 80 kilometres.
posted on 18/11/21
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 3 hours, 16 minutes ago
Loads of sympathy for them myself but there we go. Things like this that make me hate the general public.
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What special kind of being are you that makes you not a member of the general public?
posted on 18/11/21
comment by Terminator1 (U1863)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 3 hours, 16 minutes ago
Loads of sympathy for them myself but there we go. Things like this that make me hate the general public.
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What special kind of being are you that makes you not a member of the general public?
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606 Royalty.
posted on 18/11/21
There’s only about 100 cars in Windhoek anyway, just park up and walk
posted on 18/11/21
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 1 hour, 1 minute ago
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 21 seconds ago
comment by Neo (U9135)
posted 55 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Neo (U9135)
posted 5 minutes ago
I'm amazed there are several people on here who are gen saying they wouldn't be annoyed at having to sit in a 5 hour traffic jam because of some silly protestors.
Absolutely fvcking that would be the case in reality
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I'm always annoyed when protesters disrupt my day or travel. In my life I've been inconvenienced by many protests. I get annoyed but I don't go about my life crying about those protesters.
There was this one time I was in Windhoek and there was a protest by women over women's rights. They blocked the road and I missed the seminar Iwas going to. Was I annoyed? Yes, but that doesn't mean I'd celebrate if they started throwing the women in prison.
Why? Because I have a brain.
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There's also a clear difference between not supporting their actions and "celebrating them been thrown in prison" as you put it. Everyone agrees with the message they are trying to get across but there is a time and a place that doesn't cause more bad than good.
Pawl's point is definitely a valid one that if you were suffering at the hands of the protests, you'd likely feel different in how much you support them. In fact, I'd be certain of it, particularly if you had somewhere urgently important to be.
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Hands up who has actually been disrupted by insulate Britain protests on here?
Bet Pawl, Ttliv etc haven’t
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I haven't but members of my family have however it doesn't matter whether I've experienced it first hand or not as I'm able to empathise with those who have.
One of the major traits of a psychopath is the inability to feel empathy so I would suggest that if you can't imagine what being stuck for 5 hours in a preventable traffic jam with a sick child is like then get yourself checked out.
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Impressive, you can empathise woth people stuck in traffic yet have defended this government to the hilt on things like cuts to benefits and free school meals being cut. Didn’t see much empathy from you on both subjects Travis Bickle
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So much whataboutery on this thread.
This is about the law being applied to those who will keep offending otherwise.
There are those on here who think that if its in the name of climate change then anything goes and fack whoever it inconveniences, I don't agree.
posted on 18/11/21
It's not really whataboutery when you brought up not being able to feel empathy for anyone is a sign of a sociopath, yet have shown in the past you clearly don't care about poor people not being able to feed their kids.
posted on 18/11/21
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - I got 5 on it. (U1282)
posted 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
How were they left with no choice? I've stated above, social media is huge, they would have probably gained more evidence-based support by starting and sharing a campaign through different social media platforms and having a petition to go to the relevant authorities with, rather than sit in a road with a few banners hacking people off.
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More rubbish.
There's already a billion petitions and sheet mate. Don't seem to have any effect.
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How do you know they have no effect? Because it doesn't do an automatic U-turn overnight it means nothing significant has happened?
posted on 18/11/21
comment by Hawkeye78 (U22468)
posted 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
comment by JustYourAverageFan (U21016)
posted 37 minutes ago
comment by Hawkeye78 (U22468)
posted 5 minutes ago
Anyone celebrating these people going to prison is a moron and exactly why this country, and the world, is going down the pan. They didn't want to protest but were left with no choice. I agree it's not maybe the best way to gain public support but they certainly go noticed. Throwing them in jail is a dangerous precedent that we should all be worried about.
And the drama made out of peoples lives being disrupted was, as always, blown out of proportion by the gammon brigade. No one was prevented from reaching hospital. Yes, some people were mildly inconvenienced but it wasn't the end of the world. Just find another way round, it was quite simple.
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How were they left with no choice? I've stated above, social media is huge, they would have probably gained more evidence-based support by starting and sharing a campaign through different social media platforms and having a petition to go to the relevant authorities with, rather than sit in a road with a few banners hacking people off. Yes, they got noticed, but do people engage with messages people are trying to put across if they are getting held up in the process? I wouldn't.
I also don't know where you're getting your information from that people didn't reach certain places on time either, as I can assure you I know of many deliveries to and from my area that did not reach London on time because of this issue.
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So a few deliveries were missed. It's annoying but nothing more.
And they obviously felt this was their only choice. People concerns have fallen on deaf ears for years. I'm not saying they were right in what they did but jail is ridiculous.
Anyway, we're all talking about it so that's something!
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It's a little more than annoying, it can be commercially damaging.
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