Warning: climate vandals are back

[Waseley]

PS get real, flash cars for some are still a status symbol.

[first mate]

Very well said.

TheCat Wrote:

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> Waseley Wrote:

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> > Bit reactionary Spartacus.Britain had a proud

> > history of direct action to change society.

> >

>

> 'direct action' targetting corporations,

> interest/political groups or governments is one

> thing....but targetting individuals?

>

> As well as being the very definition of

> vigilantism (just as Spartacus is arguing), I

> would suggest it is likely to be massively

> counter-productive to their intent....I'd be very

> surprised if many car owners who have had their

> tyres let down, has reacted to finding out about

> it with poignant reflection about their own

> climate impact....and (with a thankful nod to wise

> climate activisit foresight) resolved to change

> their ways....

[RoundTable]

joom Wrote:

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> You?re confusing my comments with others. And just

> so you know, I stand 100% with the people doing

> this and all the other civil disobedience actions.

> And yes, I?ve been affected by some of them.

> Boohoo

Do you think these activists should be carrying out their activities in broad daylight and make a fanfare waists doing it to make their point widely known, or covertly in the dead of night?

[Lebanums]

Hear hear Rockets

While manufacturers are producing cars, people will keep buying them. It is not illegal to own or drive a car...

Maybe they should focus their efforts elsewhere, like keeping the no 12 bus and suggesting new connection routes between outside areas. Increasing the train schedule, reducing public transport costs, because in most cases it's still more cost effective to drive even with the increase in fuel unless you are walking or on a bike, but not everyone is so fortunate to engage in those modes to get to work.

Maybe they will start attacking the solar system next, because the sun eventually swallows the earth.

[CD_Rom]

I agree Rockets, attacking SUVs as a status symbol really weakens their argument. Either this is about the environment or it isn't.

Separately, aren't most SUVs fitted with run-flats nowadays anyway? Know most BMWs are as standard.

[CPR Dave]

It's also important to point that this behaviour is not civil disobedience it is criminal damage.

ETA :

There are also criminal offences of tampering with a motor vehicle and vehicle interference under the Road Traffic Act.

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

Jesus overturning the money changers' tables was criminal damage too. Would have loved to hear the EDF Pharisees explain why flipping a table could lead to a spontaneous explosion and take a child's eye out. 🤣

[Spartacus]

DKHB you've obviously never seen an American car chase movie where anything that gets flipped over can and will expolode possibly leading to massive loss of limbs and life except for the hero standing directly in its path.

However as the police have already warned the idiots letting car tyres down then it is criminal damage and vigilantism at its finest.

As described earlier, the let down gang don't know who owns or what circumstances a car is for and could jeapodise someone who needs it urgently (for example an emergency Dr called to theater to help after a car chase resulted in a car flipping ....)