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arista
14-08-2022, 02:23 PM
[Extinction Rebellion activists fill golf
course holes with Cement
in protest against greens being
exempt from water ban in France as
country battles extreme drought
Extinction Rebellion targeted courses
in Vieille-Toulouse and Blagnac
The group said golf was the
'leisure industry of the most privileged'
French residents are banned from
watering their gardens or washing their
cars in some areas, but the golf industry is
except from the nation-wide water ban
Half of EU land is currently under a drought
warning because of heatwaves]


The Magic of Cement
setting overnight.

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/08/14/10/61369045-11110267-image-a-25_1660471096155.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/08/14/11/61369049-11110267-A_climate_activist_sign_reads_This_hole_drinks_277 _000_litres_of-a-38_1660472039450.jpg
[A climate activist sign reads:
'This hole drinks 277,000 litres of water a day.
Do you drink that much?']

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11110267/Climate-activists-golf-course-holes-CEMENT-protest-against-water-ban-exemption.html

bots
14-08-2022, 02:27 PM
the revolutionary french are at least consistent

arista
14-08-2022, 02:44 PM
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/08/14/13/61317525-11110267-This_photo_provided_by_the_fire_brigade_of_the_Gir onde_region_SD-a-43_1660480863230.jpg
[This photo provided by the fire brigade
of the Gironde region SDIS 33,
shows a wildfire burning near Saint-Magne,
south of Bordeaux, southwestern France]

Alf
14-08-2022, 03:41 PM
Just criminal vandals. Just give them 10 years in prison and it might make them grow up.

Jordan.
14-08-2022, 03:50 PM
Just criminal vandals. Just give them 10 years in prison and it might make them grow up.

They are protesting against unjust water bans, I thought you'd be for that?

Alf
14-08-2022, 05:50 PM
They are protesting against unjust water bans, I thought you'd be for that?You can protest without resorting to vandalising the publics things. Who are they protesting against, the public?

What is putting cement into golf holes gonna achieve expect spoil the publics recreation?

Crimson Dynamo
14-08-2022, 05:56 PM
They are protesting against unjust water bans, I thought you'd be for that?

criminal damage is not protesting

:facepalm:

Jordan.
14-08-2022, 06:05 PM
You can protest without resorting to vandalising the publics things. Who are they protesting against, the public?

What is putting cement into golf holes gonna achieve?

Well it's brought more eyes to the situation than if they'd have just whinged behind their keyboards about it.

A climate activist sign reads:
'This hole drinks 277,000 litres of water a day.
Do you drink that much?'

I imagine many will see this statistic and question why they shouldn't water their garden tonight.

bots
14-08-2022, 06:07 PM
we need water to survive so its a pretty important resource so i have more sympathy for people complaining about misuse watering golf courses

The Slim Reaper
14-08-2022, 06:19 PM
Bots is sneaking ever so close to joining my Marxist revolution :smug:

Swan
14-08-2022, 06:27 PM
You need water to knock up a bit of Pug, just saying.

Beso
14-08-2022, 06:47 PM
I was wondering about the football clubs if any hosepipe ban came in to force in england.

Crimson Dynamo
14-08-2022, 06:49 PM
we need water to survive so its a pretty important resource so i have more sympathy for people complaining about misuse watering golf courses

we all have

just not kids doing criminal damage

kids with no property, no business, no dependents

bragging on social media

Zizu
14-08-2022, 08:28 PM
[Extinction Rebellion activists fill golf
course holes with Cement
in protest against greens being
exempt from water ban in France as
country battles extreme drought
Extinction Rebellion targeted courses
in Vieille-Toulouse and Blagnac
The group said golf was the
'leisure industry of the most privileged'
French residents are banned from
watering their gardens or washing their
cars in some areas, but the golf industry is
except from the nation-wide water ban
Half of EU land is currently under a drought
warning because of heatwaves]


The Magic of Cement
setting overnight.

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/08/14/10/61369045-11110267-image-a-25_1660471096155.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/08/14/11/61369049-11110267-A_climate_activist_sign_reads_This_hole_drinks_277 _000_litres_of-a-38_1660472039450.jpg
[A climate activist sign reads:
'This hole drinks 277,000 litres of water a day.
Do you drink that much?']

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11110267/Climate-activists-golf-course-holes-CEMENT-protest-against-water-ban-exemption.html


That claim makes zero sense


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MTVN
14-08-2022, 09:08 PM
I am biased as a golfer but if clubs can't water their greens then it will go a long way to spoiling the course at what is their peak season

Peoples private gardens being a bit brown for a few weeks is not as important