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In Sweden activists recently blocked a larger road by gluing themselves to the road. The thing is, they also managed to block an ambulance that was rushing som
by lawn 4y ago
In Sweden activists recently blocked a larger road by gluing themselves to the road.
The thing is, they also managed to block an ambulance that was rushing someone to the hospital. That person later died, and now they're all on trial for manslaughter.
How in the world does this help stop climate change?
- TheLoafOfBread 4y ago
- amelius 4y ago> How in the world does this help stop climate change? This is a bit like saying: how in the world will advertising make people buy stuff on a massive scale?
- r3trohack3r 4y agoI’m using Kagi and can’t find any reference to this using “activists glue hand to road charged with manslaughter” Do you have a link handy?
- thraway54321 4y agoI doubt you will get a link and if you do it will not be from a reputable source. A group calling themselves "Återställ Våtmarker" did glue themselves to a road in Sweden and an ambulance was delayed for a few minutes, however nobody died. The people responsible are charged with sabotage, not manslaughter.
- jagaerglad 4y agoThey are not on trial for manslaughter but sabotage and disobedience to law enforcement, which twelve of them were convicted for⁰ 0: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/domen-mot-miljoaktivisterna https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/domen-mot-miljoa...
- fourseventy 4y ago
- kennywinker 4y ago
- AdrianB1 4y agoWere the Tienanmen people climate activists? I am trying to figure out the parallel between the situations.
- veeti 4y agoThe people at Tiananmen had a cause to protest, this is just a bunch of privileged assholes throwing a tantrum.
- kennywinker 4y agoI’d say the impending destruction of our planet is actually a few notches MORE important than the system of government in any one country.
- sixstringtheory 4y agoIt's inappropriate to perform such a protest in a way that can put people at risk. The possibility that protesting in a public city square holds up traffic such that people could die in traffic is a few notches below blockading an expressway right next to a hospital. I find your comparison bunk and offensive.
- kennywinker 4y agoYou may not like my comparison, but advocating for killing protestors is still not ok. We live in a democracy. You can be mad people blocked a street, but to say they deserve death for that is undemocratic, the kind of logic that has tanks rolling out. Roads get blocked for all kinds of reasons: Construction of roads i don’t support, accidents because people drive instead of taking transit, cargo i didn’t buy falling off trucks, parades, concerts, etc. should whoever was behind all those causes die?
- Beltalowda 4y ago> How in the world does this help stop climate change? It doesn't really; I think these are expressions of frustration over the inaction and ridiculous politics of it all. On an emotional level I find it hard to to be sympathetic to be honest. The solutions aren't even that hard, and the amount of investment needed isn't even that large (relatively speaking). It's very frustrating things go at a snail's pace just so $political_party_x can claim 0.2% extra GDP growth or whatever, which will of course be paid for many times over down the line in a country like the Netherlands, half of which is below sea level already. Does this sort of activism help? No, almost certainly not. But it seems like everything else has been tried already, so... why not try it? For my part, I just accepted it's going to be fucked and not much we can do about it.
- inglor_cz 4y agoMaybe there are ulterior motives to such actions, such as harvesting attention on Instagram and TikTok.