Yet it is they who have decided to damage the lives of hardworking people who now msotl detest them with visceral hatred for stopping people getting to work, for all the money people lose because they are late for work etc etc. The fact they are rich enough or lazy enough to have all that time available to them to block roads is the icing on the cake entrenching our intense dislike of the lot of them
It's true. I absolutely despise them for not having the gorm to see that they are going about things totally the wrong way to attract any support. I simply do not have the free time to glue myself to a road. Nobody I know has time to glue themselves to roads. I personally do not admire anybody who thinks holding up traffic is a good idea. Nobody drives just for fun. Lorries deliver stuff. Care givers are visiting the sick and old, getting them up and dressed, and district nurses on their way to change leg dressings etc. Taking kids to school, dropping off shopping for an elderly neighbour, taking folks for hospital appointments. People who have to be at work on time. People who have been working all day and want to go home.
On two occasions when family members were mortally sick I had to hotfoot it up the A1 and hoped I got there in time. Fortunately there were no idiots on the road to fuck up our progress.
Nobody, but nobody, is on the road for shits and giggles. I think I can speak for the vast majority here. We would not be on the bloody road if we had a non driving option.
I just cannot understand why a group who claims to be doing what they do to get the whole of the UK on their side, would engage in activities that make most of the UK totally pissed off with them and most definitely not on their side.
I completely agree that climate change is a serious threat, and that action must be taken. But, chaps, honestly, that's not the way to do it. I mean, having a queue of traffic on engine tickover for hours isn't exactly environmentally friendly.
I have been in those queues and after 3 hours and dying for a pee, have had to pee in a water bottle and tip it out the window. One by one, my car mates did the same. A diabetic friend was relying on buying a sandwich from a services.
No chance. Held up by idiots. I fortunately had a kit kat on hand which kept her going for a bit.
Of the several thousand people who were inconvenienced, some were seriously traumatised because a loved one died before they got there. Some missed a funeral. Some missed a wedding. Some just didn't turn up for a birthday party.
Some lost out money on hotel bookings. Some lonely elderly people had relatives visits cut short.
I mean, OP, can you really overlook all that?
Knowing what I know about life, and people, I really could not do the things
ER do. I see it as making innocent people suffer. If you are so committed then find a better way to get people on your side.