General Discussions

[DJC]

Do the idiotic climate activists who block traffic realise that they do more harm to their cause than benefit?
Very few who are stuck in those gridlocks are thinking "good on them. I'll think more about climate issues in future".
They are actually putting people at risk.
Folks with health issues, pregnancy, job interviews, all sorts of different scenarios that could be life changing.
The cause is valid, the method of protest is not.
Fines are useless...six months in gaol may have them thinking of a different and more appropriate methods of promoting their views.

When you hear their spokespersons try to justify the disruption of ordinary folk's lives, it's pretty obvious that they're not graduates from marketing school.  Haranguing folk and making their lives more difficult rarely wins arguments.

I saw a post on Facebook (so it must be true) about two climate activists who tried to disrupt a Beethoven concert in Hamburg by gluing their hands to a rail on the musicians' podium.  The rail wasn't fixed to the podium and it was removed and relocated to the foyer, with the two activists firmly attached.

Being passionate about a good cause is fine, but you still need empathy, understanding and common sense to get your message across.