Climate protesters block roads

[hyphen]

Langweilig said:

From Greta Thunberg's Facebook page.

Police have banned peaceful, nonviolent Extinction Rebellion protests in London.
Amnesty UK says it is “an unlawful constraint of our rights to Freedom of Expression and peaceful assembly.”
If standing up against the climate and ecological breakdown and for humanity is against the rules then the rules must be broken.

I decline your invitation to break the law.

Guardian had an article about how Black Londoners do their best to avoid being arrested, and now these white Londoners have come along and are doing their best to get arrested

[Graveworm]

Langweilig said:

From Greta Thunberg's Facebook page.

"Police have banned peaceful, nonviolent Extinction Rebellion protests in London.
Amnesty UK says it is “an unlawful constraint of our rights to Freedom of Expression and peaceful assembly.”
If standing up against the climate and ecological breakdown and for humanity is against the rules then the rules must be broken".

I am struggling to see how this isn't encouraging the commission of an offence. I know that it will give them martyrs and a platform but that might be preferable.

[hyphen]

Graveworm said:

Langweilig said:

From Greta Thunberg's Facebook page.

"Police have banned peaceful, nonviolent Extinction Rebellion protests in London.
Amnesty UK says it is “an unlawful constraint of our rights to Freedom of Expression and peaceful assembly.”
If standing up against the climate and ecological breakdown and for humanity is against the rules then the rules must be broken".

I am struggling to see how this isn't encouraging the commission of an offence. I know that it will give them martyrs and a platform but that might be preferable.

Do you use Facebook? Press the report button on it.

[Agammemnon]

Langweilig said:

From Greta Thunberg's Facebook page.

"Police have banned peaceful, nonviolent Extinction Rebellion protests in London.
Amnesty UK says it is “an unlawful constraint of our rights to Freedom of Expression and peaceful assembly.”
If standing up against the climate and ecological breakdown and for humanity is against the rules then the rules must be broken".

No thanks. I'm not interested in gluing myself to trains.

What "right of peaceful assembly" is this? I thought that was a US thing.

[andy_s]

Langweilig said:

From Greta Thunberg's Facebook page.

"Police have banned peaceful, nonviolent Extinction Rebellion protests in London.
Amnesty UK says it is “an unlawful constraint of our rights to Freedom of Expression and peaceful assembly.”
If standing up against the climate and ecological breakdown and for humanity is against the rules then the rules must be broken".

No thanks. I'm not interested in gluing myself to trains.

Edited by Langweilig on Sunday 20th October 12:58

Forgetting that they had a week of ‘peaceful protest’ with low key policing and benefit of the doubt when it came to glueing yourselves to aeroplanes etc.
Very much in line with the general rhetoric and hyperbole of this group.

[Cold]

I wonder if their rule breaking ideal extends to knocking people from the roof of a tube train or helping with the disposal of wooden structures in Oxford Circus?

[Digga]

jakesmith said:

Yertis said:

ER are "inspiring the people to rise up", as they claimed they would do.

But obviously not in the way they hoped.

LOL

Sums it up.

If you don't want to get dragged off the roof of a tube train, don't get up there and stop (potentially thousands of) people from going about their daily routine. Simple.

[Blakewater]

Cold said:

CAPP0 said:

Where were they today? I've been in Piccadilly/St James' this morning and the police and TSG were very visible everywhere.

Oxford Circus.

How do they actually go about stopping the traffic and doing this in the road? Do they start at night when the roads are fairly quiet and just run out with the tent or whatever they're using?

Without the police there, people would be dragging them down.

[Cold]

Flashmob of a human barricade combined with banners and whatnot. They run out into the road, link arms and sing kumbaya while relying on the fact that most Londoners are decent folk and won't mow them down.

[grumbledoak]

Cold said:

Flashmob of a human barricade combined with banners and whatnot. They run out into the road, link arms and sing kumbaya while relying on the fact that most Londoners are decent folk and won't mow them down.

Or the police stopped the traffic to prevent Londoners giving them some more "support".

[Cold]

grumbledoak said:

Or the police stopped the traffic to prevent Londoners giving them some more "support".

I don't think the police are informed enough to be proactive about this lot. They will react to reports of what's happening and then act within a brief as ordered. That may well involve some peacekeeping, yes.

[Langweilig]

hyphen said:

Graveworm said:

Langweilig said:

From Greta Thunberg's Facebook page.

"Police have banned peaceful, nonviolent Extinction Rebellion protests in London.
Amnesty UK says it is “an unlawful constraint of our rights to Freedom of Expression and peaceful assembly.”
If standing up against the climate and ecological breakdown and for humanity is against the rules then the rules must be broken".

I am struggling to see how this isn't encouraging the commission of an offence. I know that it will give them martyrs and a platform but that might be preferable.

Do you use Facebook? Press the report button on it.

Oh, now. One is NOT allowed to criticize Greta Thunberg. You'll be called all sorts of nasty names and be blamed for causing climate change.

[anonymous-user]

Langweilig said:

From Greta Thunberg's Facebook page.

"Police have banned peaceful, nonviolent Extinction Rebellion protests in London.
Amnesty UK says it is “an unlawful constraint of our rights to Freedom of Expression and peaceful assembly.”
If standing up against the climate and ecological breakdown and for humanity is against the rules then the rules must be broken".

No thanks. I'm not interested in gluing myself to trains.

At this point she’s the perfect example of a useful idiot/innocent.

Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 20th October 21:26

[turbobloke]

fblm said:

Langweilig said:

From Greta Thunberg's Facebook page.

"Police have banned peaceful, nonviolent Extinction Rebellion protests in London.
Amnesty UK says it is “an unlawful constraint of our rights to Freedom of Expression and peaceful assembly.”
If standing up against the climate and ecological breakdown and for humanity is against the rules then the rules must be broken".

No thanks. I'm not interested in gluing myself to trains.

At this point she’s the perfect example of a useful idiot/innocent.

The possibility that she wrote the above statement is remote.

[Wills2]

Cold said:

This bell-end is 43 year old tree surgeon Ben Atkinson. He's just climbed up the outside of Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) while dressed in a Boris wig.
Interesting wave.

Edited by Cold on Friday 18th October 16:58

Well Oswald was Labour MP before he decided that they weren't far enough left for him.....

[untakenname]

Single person clears out protestors blocking the road in America, if the Police weren't actively protecting and enabling them here then the same would happen imo with the general public.

https://www.facebook.com/JeffDye/videos/1152504538...

[turbobloke]

untakenname said:

Single person clears out protestors blocking the road in America, if the Police weren't actively protecting and enabling them here then the same would happen imo with the general public.

https://www.facebook.com/JeffDye/videos/1152504538...

Given the number of people who are aware of tube train events and the effectiveness of our police force service marxist protection squads, the suspicion has to be that it will happen more often now on this side of the pond.

Anyone would think there's a London-wide ban on XR imposed by the police. What a joke.

[768]

I always wondered what became of the kids who did drama.

[Vanden Saab]

anonymous said:

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In the comments... It actually identifies as a cauliflower...

[Mandalore]

Langweilig said:

hyphen said:

Graveworm said:

Langweilig said:

From Greta Thunberg's Facebook page.

"Police have banned peaceful, nonviolent Extinction Rebellion protests in London.
Amnesty UK says it is “an unlawful constraint of our rights to Freedom of Expression and peaceful assembly.”
If standing up against the climate and ecological breakdown and for humanity is against the rules then the rules must be broken".

I am struggling to see how this isn't encouraging the commission of an offence. I know that it will give them martyrs and a platform but that might be preferable.

Do you use Facebook? Press the report button on it.

Oh, now. One is NOT allowed to criticize Greta Thunberg. You'll be called all sorts of nasty names and be blamed for causing climate change.

Has she still not gotten her own Umpa-Lumpa yet then??

No wonder she always has a face like thunder.