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  1. #26

    Re: M25 Blocked in Both Directions

    Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
    Nonsense on numerous levels. You sound like a fanatic and pretty selfish too. Good luck blocking the M4 then mate. Not sure that tin foil hat will protect you from traffic. There are ways and means of protesting and this isn't it, not least because it damages what is an important cause and clearly there is total disregard for anyone caught up in it.

    Incidentally, UK carbon emissions have dramatically fallen in the last two decades and we are well above most countries in the use of clean energy.

    So quite clearly voting is getting us somewhere in this regard so your post is wrong on almost every level.
    Exactly the same arguments used against Mandela, King, Ghandi. I’ve been listening to people like you for decades. If your way of doing things is the right one, then wouldn’t the environment be in a better place now? We knew all about the extinction event on the horizon decades ago?

    Your way of doing things hasn’t worked……mate.

  2. #27

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    Quote Originally Posted by stan butler View Post
    Because they are and what they are doing.
    Run over the scum
    OK. Make sure you recycle today’s copy of The Sun.

  3. #28

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    Quote Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew View Post
    OK. Make sure you recycle today’s copy of The Sun.
    Bore off tree hugger. Next week you and the follow like sheep turds will be protesting about something else..
    Any protesters that are arrested or identified and are claiming should have any benefits or student money stopped and told find a job..

  4. #29

    Re: M25 Blocked in Both Directions

    Quote Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew View Post
    Exactly the same arguments used against Mandela, King, Ghandi. I’ve been listening to people like you for decades. If your way of doing things is the right one, then wouldn’t the environment be in a better place now? We knew all about the extinction event on the horizon decades ago?

    Your way of doing things hasn’t worked……mate.
    Ghandi and Mandela were fighting against undemocratic governments; in Mandelas case against a racist government who kept people as second class citizens.

    Martin Luther King was protesting against a system that treated people differently because of their race.

    To compare that to Tarquin, Esme and Talulah blocking the M4 because of their radical beliefs in respect of climate change (when our country has made substantial positive moves in recent years and is far far better at this than others) is narcissistic and unreasonable.

    Climate change is a critical topic, but you have to take people with you. This kind of action may work well with the Socialist Worker crowd, but in the real world it pisses people off, causes great disruption and turns people against the cause.

    Personally I think the principle of properly insulating homes is absolutely critical; it helps us use less energy and theoretically saves consumers money too.

    The issue is the way they go about it in a selfish way and also the way they ignore the progress made.

    As stated; if they want to make a big difference then argue against imports from China, protest at the Chinese or Indian embasssy, support a home-grown agricultural sectors.

    There is loads to do without f*****g over ordinary folk trying to live their lives.

  5. #30

    Re: M25 Blocked in Both Directions

    Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
    Ghandi and Mandela were fighting against undemocratic governments; in Mandelas case against a racist government who kept people as second class citizens.

    Martin Luther King was protesting against a system that treated people differently because of their race.

    To compare that to Tarquin, Esme and Talulah blocking the M4 because of their radical beliefs in respect of climate change (when our country has made substantial positive moves in recent years and is far far better at this than others) is narcissistic and unreasonable.

    Climate change is a critical topic, but you have to take people with you. This kind of action may work well with the Socialist Worker crowd, but in the real world it pisses people off, causes great disruption and turns people against the cause.

    Personally I think the principle of properly insulating homes is absolutely critical; it helps us use less energy and theoretically saves consumers money too.

    The issue is the way they go about it in a selfish way and also the way they ignore the progress made.

    As stated; if they want to make a big difference then argue against imports from China, protest at the Chinese or Indian embasssy, support a home-grown agricultural sectors.

    There is loads to do without f*****g over ordinary folk trying to live their lives.
    Well said that man

  6. #31

    Re: M25 Blocked in Both Directions

    Quote Originally Posted by stan butler View Post
    Bore off tree hugger. Next week you and the follow like sheep turds will be protesting about something else..
    Any protesters that are arrested or identified and are claiming should have any benefits or student money stopped and told find a job..
    Wow! Seems like it’s not just the trees that need a hug.

  7. #32

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    Quote Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew View Post
    Wow! Seems like it’s not just the trees that need a hug.
    You won't be hugging me ya soap dodging pest

  8. #33

    Re: M25 Blocked in Both Directions

    Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
    Ghandi and Mandela were fighting against undemocratic governments; in Mandelas case against a racist government who kept people as second class citizens.

    Martin Luther King was protesting against a system that treated people differently because of their race.

    To compare that to Tarquin, Esme and Talulah blocking the M4 because of their radical beliefs in respect of climate change (when our country has made substantial positive moves in recent years and is far far better at this than others) is narcissistic and unreasonable.

    Climate change is a critical topic, but you have to take people with you. This kind of action may work well with the Socialist Worker crowd, but in the real world it pisses people off, causes great disruption and turns people against the cause.

    Personally I think the principle of properly insulating homes is absolutely critical; it helps us use less energy and theoretically saves consumers money too.

    The issue is the way they go about it in a selfish way and also the way they ignore the progress made.

    As stated; if they want to make a big difference then argue against imports from China, protest at the Chinese or Indian embasssy, support a home-grown agricultural sectors.

    There is loads to do without f*****g over ordinary folk trying to live their lives.
    You post all that and you probably think protesters have too much time on their hands! What do you do for a living again?

  9. #34

    Re: M25 Blocked in Both Directions

    Quote Originally Posted by stan butler View Post
    You won't be hugging me ya soap dodging pest
    💋

  10. #35

    Re: M25 Blocked in Both Directions

    Quote Originally Posted by stan butler View Post
    Bore off tree hugger. Next week you and the follow like sheep turds will be protesting about something else..
    Any protesters that are arrested or identified and are claiming should have any benefits or student money stopped and told find a job..
    Do you think the majority of people would be pro or against this protest?

  11. #36

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    Lets hope there are cars or emergencies vehicles effected and someone dies as a consequence , anyone would think we'd done nothing on climate we are 17th in the world for CO2 Emissions by Country well better than a lot including all singing and dancing Germany .

    https://www.worldometers.info/co2-em...ns-by-country/

  12. #37

    Re: M25 Blocked in Both Directions

    Quote Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew View Post
    You post all that and you probably think protesters have too much time on their hands! What do you do for a living again?
    It only took a couple of minutes, but I was responding to your points.

    Complex issues need more than a few lines - that's twitter's problem, and probably a reason so many people with radical and unreasonable views garner a lot of their views from twitter.

  13. #38

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    Quote Originally Posted by life on mars View Post
    Lets hope there are cars or emergencies vehicles effected and someone dies as a consequence , anyone would think we'd done nothing on climate we are 17th in the world for CO2 Emissions by Country well better than a lot including all singing and dancing Germany .

    https://www.worldometers.info/co2-em...ns-by-country/
    Come on LOM….and I’m the extremist!?!

  14. #39

    Re: M25 Blocked in Both Directions

    Quote Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew View Post
    Come on LOM….and I’m the extremist!?!
    One woman suffered a stroke , and another was due to have a child , others had real important appointments lots had children and old folk trapped in their cars all good I guess .

    I would suggest the argument is won in the UK on global warning, time for this lot to man up and bugger off to China , India , Russia , USA the real polluters or is it case were too soft on protesters and they know it .

  15. #40

    Re: M25 Blocked in Both Directions

    Quote Originally Posted by life on mars View Post
    One woman suffered a stroke , and another was due to have a child , all good I guess
    Come on, you're better than this. The woman suffering a stroke was going to anyway. The woman due a child was risking it going on the M25 in the first place. The M25 is the dog's breath of a motorway and is to be avoided at all costs. I've literally lost days of my life stuck on the M25 over my lifetime. Idiots driving like idiots cause more death and carnage than a few misguided but well-intentioned protesters.

    FWIW I think these kinds of protests are doing more harm than good but I weighed in yesterday because of the cynical language and attitudes of many e.g. tree-huggers, narcissists, scum etc. which is just playing into the divide and conquer tactics of the media and governments who want to demonise environmental protesters.

    Sometimes things are so important that it takes radical action to initiate change. This has been true throughout history, hence my references to some of the biggest protesters and movements who were also demonised by the establishments of the time.

    It's the cynism that I can't abide. I have no problem with discussion and suggesting different ways of doing things but I can't stand the cheap shots or the flag-waving, patriots who think being 17th in some meaningless table of meaningless data actually has any meaning at all.

    So yeah, I'll fight their corner when they're being ganged up on by a bunch of cynics. Sometimes I do it because I truly believe in the cause, and sometimes I do it because I don't like the name-calling.

  16. #41

    Re: M25 Blocked in Both Directions

    Quote Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew View Post
    Come on, you're better than this. The woman suffering a stroke was going to anyway. The woman due a child was risking it going on the M25 in the first place. The M25 is the dog's breath of a motorway and is to be avoided at all costs. I've literally lost days of my life stuck on the M25 over my lifetime. Idiots driving like idiots cause more death and carnage than a few misguided but well-intentioned protesters.

    FWIW I think these kinds of protests are doing more harm than good but I weighed in yesterday because of the cynical language and attitudes of many e.g. tree-huggers, narcissists, scum etc. which is just playing into the divide and conquer tactics of the media and governments who want to demonise environmental protesters.

    Sometimes things are so important that it takes radical action to initiate change. This has been true throughout history, hence my references to some of the biggest protesters and movements who were also demonised by the establishments of the time.

    It's the cynism that I can't abide. I have no problem with discussion and suggesting different ways of doing things but I can't stand the cheap shots or the flag-waving, patriots who think being 17th in some meaningless table of meaningless data actually has any meaning at all.

    So yeah, I'll fight their corner when they're being ganged up on by a bunch of cynics. Sometimes I do it because I truly believe in the cause, and sometimes I do it because I don't like the name-calling.
    This is a reasonable post.

    The overwhelming majority support the right to protest and the significant majority support the need to do something about Climate change.

    It's the way they go about it thats the issue and I think they will soon recognise this is no way to win public support, which is critical.

  17. #42

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    Quote Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew View Post
    Come on, you're better than this.
    I can't think of a single thing in his 19000+ posts that would give you reason to think this is true

  18. #43

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    Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
    This is a reasonable post.

    The overwhelming majority support the right to protest and the significant majority support the need to do something about Climate change.

    It's the way they go about it thats the issue and I think they will soon recognise this is no way to win public support, which is critical.
    Cheers, and I guess another concern I have is the general attitude that the government is encouraging (and acting out through legislation) is that protesting is some kind of subversive act. This is very dangerous in what is supposed to be a democracy and could well create the complete opposite of what they are hoping to achieve i.e. the very extreme subversive tactics they want to avoid.

    It's too easy to think that environmental protesting is confined to things like the M25 protest (incidentally by a group I don't really know much about) but they're not. Here's an interesting piece that is heartbreaking.

    Climate activists are being killed for trying to save our planet.

    If environmental protesters are demonised through language and media/government attitude then the collective consciousness becomes one of 'these people are nutters' when they're not. In the article, there are major protests against some truly despicable corporations and regimes. There are governments who are using all the right terminology and ticking all the right boxes just to get funding in Foreign Aid and then pocketing the money in off-shore accounts.

    It's so much more complicated than reducing it to the M25 blockades and we're already hearing about hefty prison sentences which implies their criminality is on a par with drug dealers or people traffickers.

    I do a lot of writing of letters regarding disability rights and issues and advocating regarding discrimination. I've been on the receiving end of the government's demonisation of disabled people and it's really nasty. I don't want to see this happen to anyone protesting.

    I'm not on here to fall out with anyone and I was actually saying to Mrs Citizen yesterday that I actually respect our good if heated discussion and our exchanges definitely fall into that category!

  19. #44

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    Quote Originally Posted by delmbox View Post
    I can't think of a single thing in his 19000+ posts that would give you reason to think this is true
    Hope? After all, we all support City so maybe I'm resigned to expecting the worst and hoping for the best.

  20. #45

    Re: M25 Blocked in Both Directions

    Quote Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew View Post
    Come on, you're better than this. The woman suffering a stroke was going to anyway. The woman due a child was risking it going on the M25 in the first place. The M25 is the dog's breath of a motorway and is to be avoided at all costs. I've literally lost days of my life stuck on the M25 over my lifetime. Idiots driving like idiots cause more death and carnage than a few misguided but well-intentioned protesters.

    FWIW I think these kinds of protests are doing more harm than good but I weighed in yesterday because of the cynical language and attitudes of many e.g. tree-huggers, narcissists, scum etc. which is just playing into the divide and conquer tactics of the media and governments who want to demonise environmental protesters.

    Sometimes things are so important that it takes radical action to initiate change. This has been true throughout history, hence my references to some of the biggest protesters and movements who were also demonised by the establishments of the time.

    It's the cynism that I can't abide. I have no problem with discussion and suggesting different ways of doing things but I can't stand the cheap shots or the flag-waving, patriots who think being 17th in some meaningless table of meaningless data actually has any meaning at all.

    So yeah, I'll fight their corner when they're being ganged up on by a bunch of cynics. Sometimes I do it because I truly believe in the cause, and sometimes I do it because I don't like the name-calling.
    Yes the woman would have had the stroke, but the chances of a recovery were greatly diminished by the delays. According to her son, the medical staff said it was unlikely that she would have suffered the full left side paralysis that she has, had she gotten to the hospital sooner.

  21. #46

    Re: M25 Blocked in Both Directions

    Quote Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew View Post
    Cheers, and I guess another concern I have is the general attitude that the government is encouraging (and acting out through legislation) is that protesting is some kind of subversive act. This is very dangerous in what is supposed to be a democracy and could well create the complete opposite of what they are hoping to achieve i.e. the very extreme subversive tactics they want to avoid.

    It's too easy to think that environmental protesting is confined to things like the M25 protest (incidentally by a group I don't really know much about) but they're not. Here's an interesting piece that is heartbreaking.

    Climate activists are being killed for trying to save our planet.

    If environmental protesters are demonised through language and media/government attitude then the collective consciousness becomes one of 'these people are nutters' when they're not. In the article, there are major protests against some truly despicable corporations and regimes. There are governments who are using all the right terminology and ticking all the right boxes just to get funding in Foreign Aid and then pocketing the money in off-shore accounts.

    It's so much more complicated than reducing it to the M25 blockades and we're already hearing about hefty prison sentences which implies their criminality is on a par with drug dealers or people traffickers.

    I do a lot of writing of letters regarding disability rights and issues and advocating regarding discrimination. I've been on the receiving end of the government's demonisation of disabled people and it's really nasty. I don't want to see this happen to anyone protesting.

    I'm not on here to fall out with anyone and I was actually saying to Mrs Citizen yesterday that I actually respect our good if heated discussion and our exchanges definitely fall into that category!
    With respect, I dont think the government are doing that. What they are doing is balancing the right to protest with the rights of others to go about their business, lives and livlihoods.

    The right to protest is sacrosanct, but you do it the right way.

    Liberalism means taking account of and respecting the rights of all, not allowing one group to disproportionately impact upon another.

  22. #47

    Re: M25 Blocked in Both Directions

    Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
    Except the UK has done better than most other countries in decarbonising and in terms of renewal energy production, particularly wind energy.

    It's the narcissistic fanaticism of it, and disregard for other opinions. It will achieve nothing. They are better off encouraging a boycott of Chinese (and other high carbon country) products if they want to be radical.

    There will always be more to do and always causes people care about but you cant just decide you want to disrupt everyones lives because of it.
    I think china uses about 30% renewable energy these days, and is taking impressive steps to reduce their carbon output. Also the average carbon footprint per capita is lower than here.
    Perhaps they should be boycotting us?

  23. #48

    Re: M25 Blocked in Both Directions

    Quote Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew View Post
    Come on, you're better than this. The woman suffering a stroke was going to anyway. The woman due a child was risking it going on the M25 in the first place. The M25 is the dog's breath of a motorway and is to be avoided at all costs. I've literally lost days of my life stuck on the M25 over my lifetime. Idiots driving like idiots cause more death and carnage than a few misguided but well-intentioned protesters.

    FWIW I think these kinds of protests are doing more harm than good but I weighed in yesterday because of the cynical language and attitudes of many e.g. tree-huggers, narcissists, scum etc. which is just playing into the divide and conquer tactics of the media and governments who want to demonise environmental protesters.

    Sometimes things are so important that it takes radical action to initiate change. This has been true throughout history, hence my references to some of the biggest protesters and movements who were also demonised by the establishments of the time.

    It's the cynism that I can't abide. I have no problem with discussion and suggesting different ways of doing things but I can't stand the cheap shots or the flag-waving, patriots who think being 17th in some meaningless table of meaningless data actually has any meaning at all.

    So yeah, I'll fight their corner when they're being ganged up on by a bunch of cynics. Sometimes I do it because I truly believe in the cause, and sometimes I do it because I don't like the name-calling.
    Sorry its not a safe thing to do , and it will at some point result in death and again we are one of the better countries pushing the green agenda and have been for quite some time .

    I'd love to see peoples reactions if they laid down on the M4 whilst families , workers ,emergencies are trying to do their best ,Im sure the same demonstrators will rock up at another cause anytime soon.

  24. #49

    Re: M25 Blocked in Both Directions

    Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
    With respect, I dont think the government are doing that. What they are doing is balancing the right to protest with the rights of others to go about their business, lives and livlihoods.

    The right to protest is sacrosanct, but you do it the right way.

    Liberalism means taking account of and respecting the rights of all, not allowing one group to disproportionately impact upon another.
    With respect, I think your reply is a cop-out to everything I wrote and not how radical change has ever taken place. I think you've swallowed the party line. The Met has used extremely heavy-handed tactics on peaceful protesters in London for years. You or any government don't get to say what 'the right way to protest' is. You don't sound like you've ever been on the receiving end of prejudice or discrimination because if you had you wouldn't be so compliant and passive.

  25. #50

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    Let's be honest, nothing will be done about climate change until the older generations die off, many of them are in complete denial when it comes to anything scientists recommend.

    I don't know if it's caused by a lifetime of murdoch media, lead paint or being the most economically privileged generation in the history of the planet but the boomers will be remembered as the most selfish generation ever.

    Just get out of the way.

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