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Tom4784 05-08-2016 05:20 PM

They are incredibly moronic and I'm guessing they're just after attention rather than being interested in the actual cause as disrupting UK roads and airports like that won't solve any problems in the US.

All they are doing is giving the racists more ammo to use against BLM.

azelf 05-08-2016 05:22 PM

Must you call them punks in every post?

azelf 05-08-2016 05:24 PM

This was badly thought out and executed. Though some posters in here are using it as an excuse to bash the whole movement.

arista 05-08-2016 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azelf (Post 8886146)
Must you call them punks in every post?


Look They Broke Laws


10 Got Arrested.

GiRTh 05-08-2016 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azelf (Post 8886148)
This was badly thought out and executed. Though some posters in here are using it as an excuse to bash the whole movement.

:clap1:

azelf 05-08-2016 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 8886157)
Look They Broke Laws


10 Got Arrested.

I understand. Try saving the anger for some real criminals.

arista 05-08-2016 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azelf (Post 8886148)
This was badly thought out and executed. Though some posters in here are using it as an excuse to bash the whole movement.



No I do not mind
the Movement
so long as they Follow the Law.

But I had a Business Partner
who missed his Flight
that fecking Cost Me MONEY

azelf 05-08-2016 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 8886162)
No I do not mind
the Movement
so long as they Follow the Law.

But I had a Business Partner
who missed his Flight
that fecking Cost Me MONEY

ask him for it back

arista 05-08-2016 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azelf (Post 8886167)
ask him for it back

No as a Business Partner
all costings are shared.

Kizzy 05-08-2016 05:52 PM

It was ill thought out, look as how the police are handling the situation in the pics...
What does it tell us?

It tells us that the protesters have massively damaged their own cause, now when those impacted think of BLM they won't think of any injustices...they'll think of this, people being prevented from going to work or on holiday.

Should this have been students or any other peaceful protest that impacted on the public there would have been a distinctly more heavy handed approach involving specialist officers.

Alf 05-08-2016 05:58 PM

I'm on the side of law and order, not the side of a criminal cult.

Jordan. 05-08-2016 06:18 PM

Tragic, should've just run them over for being so dumb.

arista 05-08-2016 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alf (Post 8886194)
I'm on the side of law and order, not the side of a criminal cult.


You Are Most Wise Alf

arista 05-08-2016 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jordan. (Post 8886214)
Tragic, should've just run them over for being so dumb.


No thats what they Want
sent round the World on TV news.


Arrest the Punks
is the only way

arista 05-08-2016 06:32 PM

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...0388207600.jpg
Well Done Officer
handle the Gentleman with Care
and Lock the Punk Up

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...0388220137.jpg
Before that The Fella
stopping Airport Traffic

Tom4784 05-08-2016 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alf (Post 8886194)
I'm on the side of law and order, not the side of a criminal cult.

Criminal Cult? I thought they were a civil rights group.

Kizzy 05-08-2016 08:40 PM

One might say that an organisation which allows it's members to murder people is a 'criminal cult' :smug:

Ithinkiloveyoutoo 05-08-2016 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 8886797)
One might say that an organisation which allows it's members to murder people is a 'criminal cult' :smug:

The organizers call for peace. Nobody is allowing anyone to do anything. It's not new for people to use organisations names to further their own agendas.

Kizzy 05-08-2016 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo (Post 8887015)
The organizers call for peace. Nobody is allowing anyone to do anything. It's not new for people to use organisations names to further their own agendas.

I was referring to the police :)

Ithinkiloveyoutoo 05-08-2016 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 8887122)
I was referring to the police :)

Oh :laugh:

lostalex 10-08-2016 01:30 AM

It's about time black people started waking up in europe. They are treated far worse in Europe than in the US. Europe makes the US look like a racial utopia.

Crimson Dynamo 10-08-2016 07:29 AM

i saw this when i was away, what a bunch of deluded twits, the poor police having to deal with young fools like this and the poor commuters. I hope some got a proper kick up the arse like they need. smh

Livia 10-08-2016 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 8900921)
It's about time black people started waking up in europe. They are treated far worse in Europe than in the US. Europe makes the US look like a racial utopia.

Alex, you've never been to Europe, right?

I've live in the USA, and let me assure you, there is more racial tension, there is a bigger racial divide, in the US than there is in Europe, without a doubt. And that has always been the same.

Braden 10-08-2016 10:49 AM

I understand the principle, but that way of protesting is just stupid. They need to find the right time to practice in order for the message to be taken seriously.

Vicky. 10-08-2016 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 8885245)
Yay stop people from going about their business, or on holiday, this is a great way to endear a cause to the public

Quote:

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey (Post 8885359)
Er what are these idiots protesting about over here?I mean we don't even have armed police:shrug:

Indeed, ****ing pathetic.

If anything, things like this are going to make people give less of a crap about what they are protesting about. When it gets to this stage I think its less about the actual protest and more about just attentionseeking tbh.

Vicky. 10-08-2016 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jordan. (Post 8886214)
Tragic, should've just run them over for being so dumb.

:joker:

Crimson Dynamo 10-08-2016 11:03 AM

I wonder if any of them had read the year long study by that USA newspaper (forget which but i have linked to it before) that showed conclusive evidence that black people have not been targetted?


I am going to guess at none


:facepalm:

Ithinkiloveyoutoo 10-08-2016 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vicky. (Post 8901319)
Indeed, ****ing pathetic.

If anything, things like this are going to make people give less of a crap about what they are protesting about. When it gets to this stage I think its less about the actual protest and more about just attentionseeking tbh.

Like people gave a crap before.

Ithinkiloveyoutoo 10-08-2016 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 8901338)
I wonder if any of them had read the year long study by that USA newspaper (forget which but i have linked to it before) that showed conclusive evidence that black people have not been targetted?


I am going to guess at none


:facepalm:

Great. Meanwhile, black people are actually being targeted.

Crimson Dynamo 10-08-2016 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo (Post 8901358)
Great. Meanwhile, black people are actually being targeted.

And which year long exhaustive study are you basing this on?

Vicky. 10-08-2016 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo (Post 8901357)
Like people gave a crap before.

A lot of people did/do. Pissing people off in this way is NOT the way to gather more support for your cause. Surely you can see this?

Livia 10-08-2016 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vicky. (Post 8901389)
A lot of people did/do. Pissing people off in this way is NOT the way to gather more support for your cause. Surely you can see this?

I agree. I can never understand groups who protest by alienating the people they should be getting on board.

BBfanUSA 10-08-2016 01:09 PM

I feel like blocking roads, while it brings attention to their cause, doesn't help their case.

It's been a miracle that someone hasn't said screw it and plowed through the crowd.

Maru 10-08-2016 04:10 PM

Politically speaking, this isn't the wisest action to take for a protest group that has already managed to shove it's way through the door so to speak. I think certain segments of BLM have gone off-script and went the more antagonistic route with their expression and that it is detrimental to the underlying (original) agenda.

BLM has had a ton of press coverage, they have a platform of sorts now and I read somewhere that politicians were trying to get them involved in some changes. The issue for me isn't really that they inconvenienced people or caused discord. The issue for me is why block a road when you are not being blocked from getting your message out to the public through other (ironically more convenient) means. Not only does it feed the counter-arguments, but this isn't the 60's or 70's anymore where media exposure was fairly limited and if you didn't get into the local newspaper or TV station your message was virtually non-existent in the public mind space. Otherwise, just feels more to me like a middle school demonstration.

Personally, I'm used to traffic as the city here is one of the most vast. Taking more than an hour to cross town is nothing unusual. On the other hand, my husband hates traffic. Me? Cool as a cucumber. I crank the music, make phone calls to old friends, take selfies of me standing outside the car and giggle internally at all the other people acting like we're waiting for the mother ship from Independence Day. Best part is watching the mobile Mexican restaurants open up shop on the 610 Loop.

When I was care taking for my grandmother and she was fresh out of surgery, I had to rush her to the doctor in town for a possible blood clot. Thankfully we got there, but on the way back we got stuck on a ramp due to an 18 wheeler petroleum spill (all 4 lanes) and were stuck at a standstill for 4-5 hours. If I was trying to catch a flight to a sick relative then I would feel fairly victimized.

They're not branding themselves to be a very tolerant group which is non-conducive to their goal of promoting racial tolerance. Maybe it is due to lack of having a weak or non-unifying message/political platform, but I think there are also too many interests jumping on the bandwagon (the media) who want their own goals to be met that could care less about racial tolerance.

Ithinkiloveyoutoo 10-08-2016 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 8901383)
And which year long exhaustive study are you basing this on?

Show yours first, you brought it up. I hope it includes how this man conducted this study. Hopefully not in the safety of a police department which dozens of interviews from police and not from actual civilians that deal with it.

Ithinkiloveyoutoo 10-08-2016 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vicky. (Post 8901389)
A lot of people did/do. Pissing people off in this way is NOT the way to gather more support for your cause. Surely you can see this?

Sure. But my overall issue is that whatever is done is not good enough. The people that should actually give a damn to make a change call it a farce. People feel hopeless.

arista 11-08-2016 12:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo (Post 8902653)
Sure. But my overall issue is that whatever is done is not good enough. The people that should actually give a damn to make a change call it a farce. People feel hopeless.


No they are Working
Not dossing like the few on these events


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