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lightinthebox · 19/07/2024 21:44

Regardless of your views of Just Stop Oil, we should all be worried.

This has gone through easily because people hate Just Stop Oil, it’s an easy target and has fooled people.

We should not be celebrating lengthy jail sentences for planning protests, we should be scared about what this means.

Not just that, but if peaceful protests equal a jail sentence then what’s to stop people from going to violence if they know they can’t protest.

People should stop and think, ignore your prejudice and see the bigger picture.

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JudgeJ · 19/07/2024 23:05

Standupcitizen · 19/07/2024 22:43

Maybe next time they'll plan protests that don't block ambulances.

When they get out of jail, that is.

Which will be too soon. The police should have the power to physically remove them with no comeback. What happened to Boris Johnson's water canon that May wouldn't let him use in London? They'd be useful, especially in winter.

Begsthequestion · 19/07/2024 23:02

RegimentalSturgeon · 19/07/2024 22:46

In the short time history has left.

Exactly.

Amazing how many mothers are happy to let the world burn.

Edingril · 19/07/2024 22:48

It was in no way peaceful protests it was a bunch of toddlers throwing their toys onto the floor and causing chaos

RegimentalSturgeon · 19/07/2024 22:46

Begsthequestion · 19/07/2024 22:37

History will absolve them.

In the short time history has left.

Standupcitizen · 19/07/2024 22:43

Maybe next time they'll plan protests that don't block ambulances.

When they get out of jail, that is.

Justcallmebebes · 19/07/2024 22:41

I appreciate their view and what they're trying to say, but JSO are going about it the wrong way and alienating people to their cause. They're not very bright

Begsthequestion · 19/07/2024 22:37

History will absolve them.

Allfur · 19/07/2024 22:36

Whammyammy · 19/07/2024 22:36

They caused so much misery. Hope they have 5 long miserable years in jail.

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They don't just cause misery

Whammyammy · 19/07/2024 22:36

They caused so much misery. Hope they have 5 long miserable years in jail.

OhHelloMiss · 19/07/2024 22:14

I mean, what did they actually achieve?

MeouwCat · 19/07/2024 21:51

I agree with you. 5 years is utterly ridiculous. I don't totally support what they did.

The justification for the sentence seems to be the potential deaths that could have occurred because of their actions. But what about the doctors' strike? The deaths that could have and may have occurred because of the doctor's strike.

Allfur · 19/07/2024 21:49

People find it very hard to see the bigger picture

OhHelloMiss · 19/07/2024 21:48

It's being considered to fall under 'terrorism'

Prison is appropriate place for them too.

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