[arista]

Another Group demands
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]

[Alf]

Those wise words from the late Jade Goody came to mind.

"Sandy, be careful"

[arista]

Originally Posted by Alf

Those wise words from the late Jade Goody came to mind.

"Sandy, be careful"

The Ambulance has to stay there in case one falls

[Toy Soldier]

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.

[bitontheslide]

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

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

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.

I think they're paid plants.

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.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

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

Saw a video of a woman being dragged off a road by a couple of people and missed by a truck by inches. She was like "Reeee why did you move me?" and the guy had to explain that they didn't really care about them blocking the road - but had seen that the truck (massive) was going too fast to be able to stop before reaching her and she would have been killed. She seemed totally unaware that large vehicles at speed CANNOT stop quickly and have a far, far longer stopping distance than a car. She'd have been mashed into the road .

Not only risking her own life - random bystanders put themselves at risk to pull her out of the way.

[arista]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

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

Yes that is the problem.