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http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/06/05/050608_fuel_protest_hys_feature.shtml


bank holiday weekend, lets get together, polish our bikes and ride slowly - showing off how 'cool' we think we are - better call it a fuel protest so it doesnt look like a bunch of middle class weekend rebels on a jolly tho 

that doesnt irritate me in the least

actually, sell the car you invariably have if you're that strapped for cash  8-)

[Proz]

Maybe they genuinely are pi**ed off getting ripped off every time you buy fuel .... i know i am  :-/

[HolyCount]

TBH it's about time the "populace" stood up for itself once more.  Maybe the lorry drivers will repeat their protest.

We brits do have a tendency to be "lambs to the slaughter".

[Proz]

Yep i totally agree ... enough is enough . The oil barons and the government are just robbing bas****s

[Turk]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/06/05/050608_fuel_protest_hys_feature.shtml


bank holiday weekend, lets get together, polish our bikes and ride slowly - showing off how 'cool' we think we are - better call it a fuel protest so it doesnt look like a bunch of middle class weekend rebels on a jolly tho 

that doesnt irritate me in the least

actually, sell the car you invariably have if you're that strapped for cash  8-)

Blimey, another one that just accepts the 'Born free....Taxed to death' way.   

[KW]

Blimey, another one that just accepts the 'Born free....Taxed to death' way.   

No understanding of the word cohesion, that's why.


They came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up.

[Banjax]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/06/05/050608_fuel_protest_hys_feature.shtml


bank holiday weekend, lets get together, polish our bikes and ride slowly - showing off how 'cool' we think we are - better call it a fuel protest so it doesnt look like a bunch of middle class weekend rebels on a jolly tho 

that doesnt irritate me in the least

actually, sell the car you invariably have if you're that strapped for cash  8-)

Blimey, another one that just accepts the 'Born free....Taxed to death' way.   

yep, a few accountants on Harleys - that'll make them think twice - vive la revolution  :-? :-? 

[HolyCount]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/06/05/050608_fuel_protest_hys_feature.shtml


bank holiday weekend, lets get together, polish our bikes and ride slowly - showing off how 'cool' we think we are - better call it a fuel protest so it doesnt look like a bunch of middle class weekend rebels on a jolly tho 

that doesnt irritate me in the least

actually, sell the car you invariably have if you're that strapped for cash  8-)

Blimey, another one that just accepts the 'Born free....Taxed to death' way.   

yep, a few accountants on Harleys - that'll make them think twice - vive la revolution  :-? :-? 

OK --- 1) You have no idea what their occupations, class or bikes are.

2) What does it matter ? We all have the right to peaceful protest.

3) Similar protests in the past have had some impact.

Finally 4) Every journey starts with a single step, Grasshopper.

[Turk]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/06/05/050608_fuel_protest_hys_feature.shtml


bank holiday weekend, lets get together, polish our bikes and ride slowly - showing off how 'cool' we think we are - better call it a fuel protest so it doesnt look like a bunch of middle class weekend rebels on a jolly tho 

that doesnt irritate me in the least

actually, sell the car you invariably have if you're that strapped for cash  8-)

Blimey, another one that just accepts the 'Born free....Taxed to death' way.   

yep, a few accountants on Harleys - that'll make them think twice - vive la revolution  :-? :-? 

They could be garden gnomes on little red tricycles.  If it draws enough attention and highlights the issue then it's job done !

[CaptainZok]

You're not exactly Mr Current Affairs today are you BJ.

last updated: 05/06/2008 at 15:06
created: 05/06/2008

[Banjax]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/06/05/050608_fuel_protest_hys_feature.shtml


bank holiday weekend, lets get together, polish our bikes and ride slowly - showing off how 'cool' we think we are - better call it a fuel protest so it doesnt look like a bunch of middle class weekend rebels on a jolly tho 

that doesnt irritate me in the least

actually, sell the car you invariably have if you're that strapped for cash  8-)

Blimey, another one that just accepts the 'Born free....Taxed to death' way.   

yep, a few accountants on Harleys - that'll make them think twice - vive la revolution  :-? :-? 

OK --- 1) You have no idea what their occupations, class or bikes are.

2) What does it matter ? We all have the right to peaceful protest.

3) Similar protests in the past have had some impact.

Finally 4) Every journey starts with a single step, Grasshopper.

1) In my opinion 
2) Correct - but I'll bet if you're stuck behind them for 4 hours you'd change your mind
3) No fuel protest in this country ever makes a blind bit of difference - I remember travelling from Perth to Glasgow every day for a week down the A9 at 30mph - it was curiously relaxing, but ultimately futile
4) True, but if you're going round in circles whats the point of the journey?

my solution? start targetting petrol companies at random - this month, no one buy any Shell for example, the month after Esso, then Tesco for a month, then Asda and so on (we all need fuel so having days you don't buy any is pointless)....also make it completely random and picket the targeted petrol stations - i'd give it 3 months before the gov't were begged by the oil companies to reduce tax 


direct action, not parping about on hogs 

[Banjax]

You're not exactly Mr Current Affairs today are you BJ.

last updated: 05/06/2008 at 15:06
created: 05/06/2008

Mr Current affairs is away seeing to an oil spill with Major Disaster, I'll be working closely with General Election all week 

[Turk]

Here's the current one:
http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=153237549

[HolyCount]

1) In my opinion 
2) Correct - but I'll bet if you're stuck behind them for 4 hours you'd change your mind
3) No fuel protest in this country ever makes a blind bit of difference - I remember travelling from Perth to Glasgow every day for a week down the A9 at 30mph - it was curiously relaxing, but ultimately futile
4) True, but if you're going round in circles whats the point of the journey?

my solution? start targetting petrol companies at random - this month, no one buy any Shell for example, the month after Esso, then Tesco for a month, then Asda and so on (we all need fuel so having days you don't buy any is pointless)....also make it completely random and picket the targeted petrol stations - i'd give it 3 months before the gov't were begged by the oil companies to reduce tax 

direct action, not parping about on hogs 

Your solution, BJ, carries some merit -- but the little protests help get the word out and highlight the problems ... like a spark becoming a fire.

Regarding 3) We need to get better at it, look on this as practice 

And 4) ....... Life is a circle, Grasshopper 

[Banjax]

Here's the current one:
http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=153237549

cheers Turk - you're right that ones 2 years old 

now i understand what you're wittering on about