[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

I always think those cowards should protest the things they're actually protesting about - blockade places like... cruel halal and Kosher slaughter houses; car production plants; ungreen power stations... Downing Street or the Houses of Parliament...

The purpose of protest is to inconvenience and disrupt as many people as possible. Tucked away in a factory abattoir car park doesn't reach the same level of news, even though all of those places have also been protested at different times.

You can agree or disagree, but calling them cowards for putting themselves in harms way to protest for a cause they believe in (and for which all of us stand to benefit), is nothing like cowardice.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

The purpose of protest is to inconvenience and disrupt as many people as possible. Tucked away in a factory abattoir car park doesn't reach the same level of news, even though all of those places have also been protested at different times.

You can agree or disagree, but calling them cowards for putting themselves in harms way to protest for a cause they believe in (and for which all of us stand to benefit), is nothing like cowardice.

I agree with all that really.

It's hard to see as you say how effective protests on causes can be without some disruption

Even moreso when authority and governments take no notice of more peaceful demonstration.
So often the only way to grab any real media attention is to disrupt .

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

The purpose of protest is to inconvenience and disrupt as many people as possible. Tucked away in a factory abattoir car park doesn't reach the same level of news, even though all of those places have also been protested at different times.

You can agree or disagree, but calling them cowards for putting themselves in harms way to protest for a cause they believe in (and for which all of us stand to benefit), is nothing like cowardice.

Okay, maybe "cowards" was a bit harsh

I get your point about them being as mainstream as possible, but blocking main roads etc isn't something I can get behind, especially as one of the repercussions seems to be people not minding when anti-protest laws are put in place....