AGW protesters glue themselves to gov energy department (UK)

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Is it ironic that they are using aerosolized paint? Or most are wearing synthetic fiber apparel?

https://fashionista.com/2017/09/fashion-...ainability

Just saying.

Or why they live in buildings instead of caves, or why they get vaccinated, or why they ...

[brewer]

I've had a serious sense of humour failure recently. Are you suggesting they're not "doing their bit" that day on AGW?

Not at all. Just not a fan of radical protests. Like to poke fun at some of the absurdities. Not knocking their passion, just their delivery. 

https://feralculture.blog/2018/07/30/int...rebellion/

https://xrblog.org/

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Or why they live in buildings instead of caves, or why they get vaccinated, or why they ...

Piss off.

[onlinebiker]

There's glue and there's glue....

If these guys are serious - they need to use cyanoacrylate....

[Duty]

[Duty]

Actually, the two main protesters in the vid display nepotism to a disgusting degree. "MY children" and "MY grandchildren".

[Amarok]

I've had a serious sense of humour failure recently. Are you suggesting they're not "doing their bit" that day on AGW?

Not at all. Just not a fan of radical protests. Like to poke fun at some of the absurdities. Not knocking their passion, just their delivery. 

https://feralculture.blog/2018/07/30/int...rebellion/

https://xrblog.org/

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Or why they live in buildings instead of caves, or why they get vaccinated, or why they ...

Piss off.

It's a valid counter the idea that we must give up everything to protest anything taken to it's extreme .

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I'm blowed if I'll watch 45 minutes of people being ineffectually stupid.  This isn't much different than PETA loons throwing (fake) blood at people for wearing fur.

Boru

[Duty]

I guess they can't think of a better way to influence policy. Are they really being so incredibly stupid, Boru? There must be some glaringly obvious modus operandi which is non-disruptive and infinitely more effective...it escapes me for now, however - I guess I'm an appaling thicko too then. Please alleviate me of my stunning ignorance. 

Climate protesters glue themselves to Downing Street gates

Protesters have been arrested after defacing government buildings and super-gluing themselves to the gates of Downing Street.
At least 27 environmental campaigners, including Labour councillors and NHS staff, were arrested, police said.
Campaign group Extinction Rebellion said more civil disobedience was planned.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I guess they can't think of a better way to influence policy.

That much seems painfully clear.

 

Are they really being so incredibly stupid, Boru?

Yes.

There must be some glaringly obvious modus operandi which is non-disruptive and infinitely more effective

There is.

...it escapes me for now, however -

Obviously.

 I guess I'm an appaling thicko too then.

 
Your words, not mine.

Please alleviate me of my stunning ignorance.

I'd be delighted.

First off, can you think of an instance, even one, where protests of this type and scale have EVER effected change in government or business policy? I'll save you the trouble - you can't. A handful of people defacing property and gluing themselves in place are simply not enough of a nuisance to cause an energy company to change their scandalous money-making methods, or cause government to pressure them to do so. If you could get 100 000 or so members of Extinction Rebellion to march down Whitehall, you might have a shot.

If you want to impact a business, the one method which has proved effective is economic boycott.  If you want to impact government, you'll need to convince enough like-minded people to vote your way.  But what the people in your links are doing really (and sadly) amounts to nothing more than pointless grandstanding.  A better use of their time and resources would be to invest in renewables and organize petition drives.

Boru

[Amarok]

I guess they can't think of a better way to influence policy.

That much seems painfully clear.

 

Are they really being so incredibly stupid, Boru?

Yes.

There must be some glaringly obvious modus operandi which is non-disruptive and infinitely more effective

There is.

...it escapes me for now, however -

Obviously.

 I guess I'm an appaling thicko too then.

 
Your words, not mine.

Please alleviate me of my stunning ignorance.

I'd be delighted.

First off, can you think of an instance, even one, where protests of this type and scale have EVER effected change in government or business policy? I'll save you the trouble - you can't. A handful of people defacing property and gluing themselves in place are simply not enough of a nuisance to cause an energy company to change their scandalous money-making methods, or cause government to pressure them to do so. If you could get 100 000 or so members of Extinction Rebellion to march down Whitehall, you might have a shot.

If you want to impact a business, the one method which has proved effective is economic boycott.  If you want to impact government, you'll need to convince enough like-minded people to vote your way.  But what the people in your links are doing really (and sadly) amounts to nothing more than pointless grandstanding.  A better use of their time and resources would be to invest in renewables and organize petition drives.

Boru

Economic boycotts never work on a multinational corporation or it's powerful lobby machine