| Stop Oil protestors, if only someone was holding a cricket bat (n/t) 11:12 - Jun 28 with 3703 views | Woolfenthen | |  | | |  |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 11:19 - Jun 28 with 2532 views | Bloots | ....the Railway workers going on strike. It's so commonplace that nobody really takes any notice anymore and it just gets largely ignored. "OMG some smelly hippies have just chucked some orange powder around" "Again?......oh well" |  |
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| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 11:25 - Jun 28 with 2486 views | Ryorry |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 11:19 - Jun 28 by Bloots | ....the Railway workers going on strike. It's so commonplace that nobody really takes any notice anymore and it just gets largely ignored. "OMG some smelly hippies have just chucked some orange powder around" "Again?......oh well" |
Not at Lords though, the chorus of booing was loud enough to have woken the most ancient of blazers who'd already dropped off for a snooze. |  |
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| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 11:26 - Jun 28 with 2477 views | brazil1982 |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 11:19 - Jun 28 by Bloots | ....the Railway workers going on strike. It's so commonplace that nobody really takes any notice anymore and it just gets largely ignored. "OMG some smelly hippies have just chucked some orange powder around" "Again?......oh well" |
...plus their protests seem to be exclusively in the capital which is seen as a different country by many others. Spread the protests round! |  | |  |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 11:27 - Jun 28 with 2469 views | WD19 |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 11:26 - Jun 28 by brazil1982 | ...plus their protests seem to be exclusively in the capital which is seen as a different country by many others. Spread the protests round! |
I am hoping they target Aberdeen's first home game........... |  | |  |
| They are mostly trust fund kids..... on 11:32 - Jun 28 with 2403 views | Bloots |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 11:26 - Jun 28 by brazil1982 | ...plus their protests seem to be exclusively in the capital which is seen as a different country by many others. Spread the protests round! |
....that still live with Mummy and Daddy in the home counties. Arabella, Poppy and Clementine aren't going to lower themselves by travelling to the North! |  |
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| They are mostly trust fund kids..... on 11:35 - Jun 28 with 2363 views | J2BLUE |
| They are mostly trust fund kids..... on 11:32 - Jun 28 by Bloots | ....that still live with Mummy and Daddy in the home counties. Arabella, Poppy and Clementine aren't going to lower themselves by travelling to the North! |
To be fair, who can blame them? |  |
| "These middle class, perma-offended, virtue-signalling woke w@nkers have declared that the great unwashed are just one tasteless joke away from turning into fascists" - Jonathan Pie |
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| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 11:39 - Jun 28 with 2324 views | SaigonTractor |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 11:19 - Jun 28 by Bloots | ....the Railway workers going on strike. It's so commonplace that nobody really takes any notice anymore and it just gets largely ignored. "OMG some smelly hippies have just chucked some orange powder around" "Again?......oh well" |
There's no winning is there? Either they disrupt things (which is what protests should do) and people complain about being slightly inconvenienced. Or they protest more traditionally and everyone ignores them anyway. No matter what happens clearly no one is listening while the planet continues to die. But hey at least we'll have slightly earlier start times for the cricket eh? [Post edited 28 Jun 2023 11:42]
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| They are mostly trust fund kids..... on 11:41 - Jun 28 with 2305 views | leitrimblue |
| They are mostly trust fund kids..... on 11:32 - Jun 28 by Bloots | ....that still live with Mummy and Daddy in the home counties. Arabella, Poppy and Clementine aren't going to lower themselves by travelling to the North! |
Wow, you know these hippies? |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 11:45 - Jun 28 with 2262 views | BrianTablet |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 11:39 - Jun 28 by SaigonTractor | There's no winning is there? Either they disrupt things (which is what protests should do) and people complain about being slightly inconvenienced. Or they protest more traditionally and everyone ignores them anyway. No matter what happens clearly no one is listening while the planet continues to die. But hey at least we'll have slightly earlier start times for the cricket eh? [Post edited 28 Jun 2023 11:42]
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Why don't they disrupt oil companies? |  |
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| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 11:46 - Jun 28 with 2252 views | DanTheMan |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 11:45 - Jun 28 by BrianTablet | Why don't they disrupt oil companies? |
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ne |  |
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| Stop Oil protestors, if only someone was holding a cricket bat (n/t) on 11:46 - Jun 28 with 2250 views | wischip | Wimbledon Tennis up next, presumably. That would be such an easy target for them on Live BBC |  | |  |
| Yep. (n/t) on 11:47 - Jun 28 with 2246 views | Bloots |
| They are mostly trust fund kids..... on 11:41 - Jun 28 by leitrimblue | Wow, you know these hippies? |
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| Plus Mummy and Daddy are..... on 11:48 - Jun 28 with 2243 views | Bloots |
| Stop Oil protestors, if only someone was holding a cricket bat (n/t) on 11:46 - Jun 28 by wischip | Wimbledon Tennis up next, presumably. That would be such an easy target for them on Live BBC |
....members anyway, so it's easier for them to get in. Hurrah. "Let's go Andy, let's go!!!" |  |
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| They are mostly trust fund kids..... on 11:51 - Jun 28 with 2216 views | leitrimblue |
| They are mostly trust fund kids..... on 11:41 - Jun 28 by leitrimblue | Wow, you know these hippies? |
Same private school was it? |  | |  |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 12:02 - Jun 28 with 2155 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 11:45 - Jun 28 by BrianTablet | Why don't they disrupt oil companies? |
Unfortunately they are p1ssing in the wind. Until China, USA and India make drastic changes we are doomed. Our 30m households can use their heating less and buy less sh1te from Amazon, but that isn’t going to offset China’s 1,000+ (and counting) coal burning power stations. |  | |  |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 12:21 - Jun 28 with 2066 views | noggin |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 12:02 - Jun 28 by SuperKieranMcKenna | Unfortunately they are p1ssing in the wind. Until China, USA and India make drastic changes we are doomed. Our 30m households can use their heating less and buy less sh1te from Amazon, but that isn’t going to offset China’s 1,000+ (and counting) coal burning power stations. |
Or, if everyone stopped demanding cheap consumables..... We are guilty of driving demand. |  |
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| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 12:25 - Jun 28 with 2060 views | DanTheMan |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 12:21 - Jun 28 by noggin | Or, if everyone stopped demanding cheap consumables..... We are guilty of driving demand. |
Yeah, it needs to be put into context. India emits loads but their per capita is very low and they have nearly 20% of the world population. China is bad and their per capita is high (although still not as high as say the US) but they also produce massive amounts of the world's goods. It was a very clever sleight of hand that many nations that have moved manufacturing to China and other places now claim low emissions because they can pretend the goods they import come with 0 emissions just because they were not produced here. If you factor in consumption we are actually really bad, although these stats are a bit out of date. https://ourworldindata.org/con |  |
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| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 12:30 - Jun 28 with 2021 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 12:21 - Jun 28 by noggin | Or, if everyone stopped demanding cheap consumables..... We are guilty of driving demand. |
It’s largely unavoidable unless you are making a conscious effort to make a big purchase like a MG (which also directly funds the regime since it’s partly state owned). The only way that will stop is by slapping huge tarriffs on products made in China. |  | |  |
| Stop Oil protestors, if only someone was holding a cricket bat (n/t) on 12:32 - Jun 28 with 2003 views | textbackup | Wonder why they didn’t protest at Glastonbury? Hold up the traffic going down there etc |  |
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| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 12:32 - Jun 28 with 1998 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 12:25 - Jun 28 by DanTheMan | Yeah, it needs to be put into context. India emits loads but their per capita is very low and they have nearly 20% of the world population. China is bad and their per capita is high (although still not as high as say the US) but they also produce massive amounts of the world's goods. It was a very clever sleight of hand that many nations that have moved manufacturing to China and other places now claim low emissions because they can pretend the goods they import come with 0 emissions just because they were not produced here. If you factor in consumption we are actually really bad, although these stats are a bit out of date. https://ourworldindata.org/con |
The per capita measurement is pointless in saving the planet though, other than finger pointing. Only total output matters. |  | |  |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 12:32 - Jun 28 with 1990 views | noggin |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 12:30 - Jun 28 by SuperKieranMcKenna | It’s largely unavoidable unless you are making a conscious effort to make a big purchase like a MG (which also directly funds the regime since it’s partly state owned). The only way that will stop is by slapping huge tarriffs on products made in China. |
As Dan says though, it's only unavoidable because we shipped manufacturing to countries with cheaper labour. |  |
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| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 12:42 - Jun 28 with 1942 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 12:32 - Jun 28 by noggin | As Dan says though, it's only unavoidable because we shipped manufacturing to countries with cheaper labour. |
Yep but all our politicians are too feeble to put up trade barriers with China. A belligerent regime in addition to environmental concerns. |  | |  |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 12:55 - Jun 28 with 1884 views | DanTheMan |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 12:32 - Jun 28 by SuperKieranMcKenna | The per capita measurement is pointless in saving the planet though, other than finger pointing. Only total output matters. |
I disagree, it's definitely worth looking at. If they have a population that is 20x times the size of ours I think it's really unrealistic to then ignore why they emit so much in comparison to ourselves. It removes any context or nuance from the statistics. |  |
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| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 12:59 - Jun 28 with 1848 views | Ryorry |
| Just Stop Oil protesters are becoming similar to..... on 12:55 - Jun 28 by DanTheMan | I disagree, it's definitely worth looking at. If they have a population that is 20x times the size of ours I think it's really unrealistic to then ignore why they emit so much in comparison to ourselves. It removes any context or nuance from the statistics. |
The eco systems on the planet really don't care which human construct 'nations' behind human construct artificial borders are slowly killing them. |  |
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| Stop Oil protestors, if only someone was holding a cricket bat (n/t) on 13:03 - Jun 28 with 1814 views | leitrimblue | Was a sh1te enough protest but is still probably one of the more interesting thing to ever happen on a cricket pitch |  | |  |
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