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Originally Posted by Chris
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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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
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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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.