What the hell are GreenPeace thinking?
BBC News reports: Four Greenpeace activists were arrested after attempting to hang a banner that read, “Climate Emergency – No Third Runway” on the tailfin of a British Airways Airbus A320. They were arrested, taken to a nearby police station and cited with “unlawful and irresponsible” conduct.
One protester, Anna Jones, said: “Our planet and the people who live on it are in danger. Climate change can be beaten but not by almost doubling the size of the airport.
While I strongly agree with the sentiments expressed and as someone who feels deeply about the environment and global-warming stunts like this don’t help the cause. The end result of actions like this is to associate environmentalist and green issues with the “nut-job” fringe of society… The planet is a real everyday issue, felt by real everyday people and it is only real everyday solutions by these same people, that will bring about the necessary change… not extremist theatrics.
