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Originally Posted by papa smurf
I would never disrespect my car in such a way when there is a perfectly good kerb at my feet.
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Yes, that's the one!
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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
I must of missed the part where one of the individuals who assaulted a member of XR owned the train?
Pointless point... no comparison between the two scenarios.
Are you going to go and pull a truck driver from his cab and try and hit him because him and a convoy are staging a go slow protest on the motorway? Would you go and pull a farmer out of his tractor if him and a group of farmers staged a go slow on a dual carriageway?
Of course you wouldn't as you would probably get your head caved in by said truck driver or farmer....
I'm not justifying what XR did it was wrong, but the individuals who responded to them in the manner in which they did are just as bad, if not arguably worse.
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The vast majority of the British public would probably swear a bit and do some tutting. That's it....
Funny really when Nigel Farage got pelted with a milkshake there was hell on... A couple of climate protestors however get dragged of trains, get kicked. Have food and liquids thrown over them and that's OK?
Some people have a serious issue with double standards.....
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Pointless point... no comparison between the two scenarios. In the first, a group of irritating people are trying to prevent people from going about their lawful business. In the second, a guy is going about his lawful campaigning when he is accosted by an asshole.
An assault is called for in the first example but not in the second (maybe not legally, though!)
In the absence of an adequate police response, people have to do what is necesary to get things moving again.
You do have a serious issue with double standards....