Extinction Rebellion or how not to win an argument

[Diggs]

If what they are doing helps to persuade a future Government to reduce C02 emissions faster then a little inconvenience for a few people is a small price to pay. Labour have picked up on the idea that reducing C02 emissions is a potential vote-winner, and I have no doubt that campaigns like ER have contributed to this view. If people don't shout about something, Governments don't act....

It comes down to whether you think that we contribute to global warming or not, and whether you think that we as a nation should lead the way in slowing it down or whether we should not have a view.
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[linuxyeti]

[Fizzoid]

[doggone]

Only a matter of time before some kind of opposing group is formed who will scare the hippy c*nts to death with violence if need be.

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[stinkwheel]

[bhinso]

South America is looking a bit barren in that map tho...

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[bhinso]

Tell that to Brazil's BURN baby BURN president.

[Ribenapigeon]

For all the whinging about the disruption, its less of a problem than what the protestors are demonstrating about. It's not just about carbon emissions either its about all sorts of other planning issues for human activity that effects the environment.

[stinkwheel]

[doggone]

[Johnnythefox]

My Labour council (Plymouth) has declared a climate emergency yet the Council Leader would like to see the airport reopened. We also have a ban on single use plastics, although it's a voluntary ban they claim we are a Plastic free city. Major new road and house building underway as the council pursues it's aim of growing the local population by 30,000 all whilst a declared climate emergency is in place.

[Diggs]

A Council declaring a climate emergency doesn't mean anything for planning decisions, unless the designation and accompanying policies are incorporated into the Development Plan and Adopted by the Secretary of State.

Councils may refuse things thinking that they are doing the right thing, but without direction from above they will lose at Appeal and have to pay the appellant's costs if deemed 'unreasonable' by the Planning Inspectorate.
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[chickenstrip]

[BTTD]

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And it's started, just as I predicted. I wondered how long it would be before normal tax paying, hard working members of the public got fed up with middle class, work dodging, hypocritical soap dodgers disrupting their day and take matters into their own hands.

Watch the video.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7582765/Extinction-Rebellion-protesters-cause-misery-morning-commuters-converge-Canning-Town.html#v-88233084269577864

[doggone]

https://twitter.com/HollyJoCollins/status/1184713537232556032?s=20
About time too
Disrupting public transport especially electric trains doesn't seem quite on message anyway.

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[BTTD]

[bhinso]

Nice new Avatar Diggs.

[bhinso]

Why are they protesting on Tube Trains anyway?

I would have thought they would be relatively environmentally friendly, instead of all those commuters using cars etc.

EDIT: This agrees with what Doggone already wrote, sorry.