Brisbane's Anti-Adani Protestors Glued to street...Again
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:19 am
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/nation ... 5278d.html
https://www.news.com.au/technology/envi ... 67e3a08388
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-11/ ... c/11298146
I'm sorry, I could only find one non-paywall article from today's protest, but have made up for it with articles from other protestors
So, apparently the in-fashion method of protesting climate change in Brisbane is to glue yourself to Queen St, one the city's busiest thoroughfare and disrupt morning peak hour traffic. It's happened multiple times before, and, according to the group/s who run these protests, it will happen again in the future.
Today's protest was against the Adani Coal Mine in Central Queensland
Frustrated commuters in Brisbane were screaming "Why don't you get a job" and had to be removed by police. Today's protestors face arrest.
Okay, so here's my opinion on things:
"Why don't you get a job" is a very idiotic comment- How do you know that these people don't have jobs. Not commuting to work on Monday=/=not having a job. They could be shift workers. Or on annual leave. They might even work from home. Also, they might have other reasons for not being at work, e.g. they might be carers for disabled people. Whilst, in the heat of the moment of being stuck in the chaos isn't exactly a time for people to think these things through, the commenters who weren't there and thus read these things from secondary sources that should consider these things. Anyways /tangent. Now to the main topic: (Don't worry folks, my rant is just beginning)
Protestors who glue themselves to streets. As much as I disagree with your cause (and I strongly do), I believe you have every right to express yourself and to protest. It is your right, neigh, duty, as a free citizen to protest against unfairness, whether or not I agree with you. However, protesting is one thing, actively going out of your way to be a nuisance is a completely different thing all together. I mean, do you honestly expect people to take you seriously if you're going to actively go out of your way to make everyone else's life difficult? Supergluing ones self to the road is utterly stupid and selfish. And yes, I am well aware that helping the environment is a very non-selfish endeavour, and it changes nothing. Supergluing one's self to the road is a stupid and selfish act. How is it that such a large group is incapable of thinking of better methods of protesting that actively going out of their way to be public nuisances? And even if they can't, do they honestly think that being a public nuisance is going to win them any supporters? This is the bad kind of attention seeking, and it's really not gonna help their cause. F**k me dead. If anything, it will lose you any fence sitters or your even the weaker members of your supporter base.
Now, what I wanna know is this- how much planning do they put into this? Did they either bring food with them and/or eat enough before the protest to not require sustenance before hand? What about hydration? And in either case, what do they do when they need to use the toilet? It's not exactly like they can unglue themselves to go to the toilet, and no matter how much planning you do, it won't stop the invadable.
For the record I don't care about the fact that they're protesting, I only care about the fact that their actively going out of their way to be 1st degree public nuisances. And that applies to all protestors, whether I support or oppose their cause
Anyways, what's your take on all this, NSG?
https://www.news.com.au/technology/envi ... 67e3a08388
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-11/ ... c/11298146
I'm sorry, I could only find one non-paywall article from today's protest, but have made up for it with articles from other protestors
So, apparently the in-fashion method of protesting climate change in Brisbane is to glue yourself to Queen St, one the city's busiest thoroughfare and disrupt morning peak hour traffic. It's happened multiple times before, and, according to the group/s who run these protests, it will happen again in the future.
Today's protest was against the Adani Coal Mine in Central Queensland
Frustrated commuters in Brisbane were screaming "Why don't you get a job" and had to be removed by police. Today's protestors face arrest.
Okay, so here's my opinion on things:
"Why don't you get a job" is a very idiotic comment- How do you know that these people don't have jobs. Not commuting to work on Monday=/=not having a job. They could be shift workers. Or on annual leave. They might even work from home. Also, they might have other reasons for not being at work, e.g. they might be carers for disabled people. Whilst, in the heat of the moment of being stuck in the chaos isn't exactly a time for people to think these things through, the commenters who weren't there and thus read these things from secondary sources that should consider these things. Anyways /tangent. Now to the main topic: (Don't worry folks, my rant is just beginning)
Protestors who glue themselves to streets. As much as I disagree with your cause (and I strongly do), I believe you have every right to express yourself and to protest. It is your right, neigh, duty, as a free citizen to protest against unfairness, whether or not I agree with you. However, protesting is one thing, actively going out of your way to be a nuisance is a completely different thing all together. I mean, do you honestly expect people to take you seriously if you're going to actively go out of your way to make everyone else's life difficult? Supergluing ones self to the road is utterly stupid and selfish. And yes, I am well aware that helping the environment is a very non-selfish endeavour, and it changes nothing. Supergluing one's self to the road is a stupid and selfish act. How is it that such a large group is incapable of thinking of better methods of protesting that actively going out of their way to be public nuisances? And even if they can't, do they honestly think that being a public nuisance is going to win them any supporters? This is the bad kind of attention seeking, and it's really not gonna help their cause. F**k me dead. If anything, it will lose you any fence sitters or your even the weaker members of your supporter base.
Now, what I wanna know is this- how much planning do they put into this? Did they either bring food with them and/or eat enough before the protest to not require sustenance before hand? What about hydration? And in either case, what do they do when they need to use the toilet? It's not exactly like they can unglue themselves to go to the toilet, and no matter how much planning you do, it won't stop the invadable.
For the record I don't care about the fact that they're protesting, I only care about the fact that their actively going out of their way to be 1st degree public nuisances. And that applies to all protestors, whether I support or oppose their cause
Anyways, what's your take on all this, NSG?