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26-10-2021, 06:57 AM | #1 | |||
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the Government must defund meat? Central London Climbing up the building. Was Live on GMBHD itv. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ng-London.html https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/15...arrest-updates [Activists from Animal Rebellion climb up structure on Marsham Street in London Using climbing equipment to protest on building housing Defra and Home Office Group organise demonstration ahead of United Nations climate change summit Police, firefighters and paramedics are all at scene after protest began at 6am] Last edited by arista; 26-10-2021 at 07:05 AM. |
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26-10-2021, 07:13 AM | #2 | |||
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Those wise words from the late Jade Goody came to mind.
"Sandy, be careful" |
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26-10-2021, 10:06 AM | #3 | |||
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26-10-2021, 10:12 AM | #4 | ||
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My honest opinion having seen a few of these extinction rebellion / insulate Britain type videos recently is that I strongly suspect a lot of these people are just bored. I don't mean they finished their latest Netflix show and couldn't find another of course... but deeper, existential boredom. Seeking meaning and excitement by scaling buildings or gluing themselves to roads "for the greater good" ... ... ... but at the end of the day, the sceptic in me suspects that "the cause" doesn't matter all that much. So long as it's "something" and they get to "do a thing".
I sympathise really, late-stage/post-capitalism chaos. I sometimes wonder if I'd be more susceptible to it if I was less busy? Will I listen to another podcast today - or will I climb a building like Spider-man and insist (to myself and observers) that I'm doing it to literally save the world? I'll never know because I have actual responsibilities instead ... but I do wonder. |
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26-10-2021, 10:15 AM | #5 | |||
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they don't seemed to have clocked it yet that the public is not supporting them. It's not going to be long before someone ends up killed
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26-10-2021, 10:18 AM | #6 | |||
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You just have to look how little in numbers they are yet they get constant media attention even invited onto TV programmes, whilst the huge protests that have been happening regularly for the past 18 months for lockdowns and vaccine passports get zero attention. Although you can watch them on youtube. Last edited by Alf; 26-10-2021 at 10:19 AM. |
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26-10-2021, 10:24 AM | #7 | ||
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Not only risking her own life - random bystanders put themselves at risk to pull her out of the way. |
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26-10-2021, 10:29 AM | #8 | |||
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