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Perfectly valid comparison.

Two different people were assaulted, in one instance a group of people call for prosecution. In the next instance the assault is justified because they inconvenienced people.

No, people do not have to do what is necxesary to get things moving again. What happened to the public was at best an inconvenience that’s all. No commuters were injured nor assaulted by members of XR It does not justify the perpetrators being assaulted.

For you to suggest that they deserve it just demonstrates how low some levels of society have sunk too regarding their moral compass.

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Moral what?:rofl:

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That thing that points you in the right direction.

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The police haven't been handling it and the public are sick of their antics, they are the losers, pretty much everyone was sympathetic to their cause if not actually supportive of it but they've made people's lives a misery for weeks whilst the police have done nothing but sit and watch and now that support has ebbed away, one of them got kicked in the head, big deal

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The police are damned if they do and damned if they don't.

However, this is not a beauty contest. They should just do their jobs and enforce the law before more people take it into their own hands.

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It is not a valid comparison at all. Nigel was not preventing anyone from going about their business. These anarchists were, though, and caused huge disruption. Who do these people think they are? Self righteous idiots is what they are.

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I would say an equally serious moral problem is the tendency to ascribe all righteousness to one side of a debate whilst ascribing all wicked motives to the other, as you are obviously doing here.

One man climbing on top of a tube train in the morning rush hour does a whole lot more than inconvenience a few people. He puts lives in danger by holding up one of the busiest metro services in the world when the platforms are already crowded. The platform at this and other stations becomes overcrowded, as do the streets outside, making business harder for everyone, including the emergency services who have had no opportunity to plan for an illegal, unexpected action. He traps people on trains that back up behind the one he’s sitting on causing who knows what consequences - especially if the risky measure of evacuating people down the tracks becomes necessary. Eventually he also risks the safety of those whose job it is to forcibly remove him.

The protestors were extremely irresponsible and thoroughly dim witted, disrupting the electrically operated mass transit system that London relies on to limit exhaust emissions into the city air.

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And if you look at my posts regarding when Nigel Farage was assaulted I condemned the actions of the person who assaulted him.

I’ll repeat again I’m in no way justifying the actions that XR took. However they did not deserve to be assaulted.

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Let’s make this very simple so that you understand.


Nigel Farage was assaulted, the culprit justifiably punished
XR protestors assaulted, and you’re attempting to justify the culprits actions because people were inconvenienced.

The offence is the same regardless of circumstances that lead up to it.

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And what you are failing to understand is that in the court of public opinion, the XR protesters got what they deserved. The Nigel Farage incident is totally irrelevant to the argument because he was not obstructing anyone going about their normal business.

You do have a rather strange way of looking at things. Total equality without considering the circumstances.

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Could be a fauxcial worker;)

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The court of public opinion has nothing to do (nor should it) with our legal system.

My statement is truth, yours is wishful nonsense.

Here endeth my discussion with you on this matter. Enjoy your evening

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You may regard it as wishful nonsense. I think you will find that the majority of people disagree with you. I know that won't bother you, because given your belief that we should ignore the referendum result, clearly you have no regard at all for what the majority think.

Thank you for your best wishes. And a good night to you too. :ninja:

EDIT: We love you really!

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Offence is Offence no matter what the circumstances, as mrmistoffelees says.

However, some situations, for example confronting a large group of frustrated and time conscious people going about their everyday business, could be looked upon as self inflicted . . . or even suicidal ;)

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Or deserved ;)

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Maybe the devastating effects of climate change will be deserved, particularly for those that live on the coast and are in denial....