Quote Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays View Post
Look, I think most contributors realise you have some personal need to serve about your intellect and debating skills but you are making yourself look slightly ridiculous when viewed over time.

Farmers blocking roads about inheritance tax or other grievances, let's start threads about stupid government picking silly fights against those with just cause.

Just Stop Oil or Extinction Rebellion causing disruption, idiots stopping people going about their legitimate business.

That's before this little charade about when you think it is right and proper for people to disobey or break the law. Answer, in your own words, when you think a law is stupid breaking it should not be punishable and when you think it sound then those breaking it should be punished.

Most contributors to this section of the board have polarised views and favour a certain type of protestor. You seem unique in thinking you are some voice of consistent reason about the merits of a protest or law break, despite all the evidence to the contrary!
Weird for someone forensic enough to spend their time trawling through old posts is not able to Google the difference between the examples you give and farmers, extinction rebellion or anyone else, is that one group is illegal and the other isn't.

You could ask yourself why the government did that but of course that would require you to consider for a short moment that maybe you backed the wrong horse here and shock of shocks, you and others may be wrong. Heaven forbid, it seems unlikely, but maybe thats possible?! Clearly there is a grand conspiracy at play! Even Bob said the police and govt are probably lying about engine costs.

Yes, people do have polarized views. If it were another group destroying something for their own end (let's say lifeboats or police vehicles or fire engines) and they were a proscribed right-wing group you would all be demanding the police take action...Sludge would be calling people Nazis faster than you can count to ten. When it suits you, you don't want it.

I don't think I'm unique in being a voice I reason and never remotely said that (you are superb at targeting strawmen I'll grant you that!)

I'm just happy to devolve the law to (checks notes) umm lawmakers instead of a bunch of old lefties on a football message board!