Posted on 02/17/2020 7:12:40 PM PST by rktman
An international organization of environmental protestors dug up the lawn of Trinity College, Cambridge, as part of a week-long series of demonstrations for fossil fuel divestment.
Extinction Rebellion protestors dug channels into the turf of Trinity College’s 16th-century great gate with shovels and pitchforks and planted their flags. “Trinity College must cut ties with fossil fuel companies and stop trying to hawk off nature for profit,” the organization’s Facebook page says. “Oh, and it should take the opportunity to replace the lawn with flowers. Spring is just around the corner after all.”
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Can’t fix stupid.
What did that accomplish?
Wooden shampoos all around.
They better not dig the hole all the way to China—might catch a nasty virus. ;-)
They better not dig the hole all the way to China—might catch a nasty virus. ;-)
Oh, provided some work for the grounds keeper, sod provider (not that ‘sod’) and fertilizer company?
Send massive bills to their parents if they are students. If not sue them in court for damages.
Where’s the Tonka Toys?
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Give them a haircut with a weed eater.
And to think, fifty years ago the most important thing to be discussed among college and university students was...”Do Whales have souls?”
Have they sold their cars and phones/computers and turned off their heat? Of course not, they make some symbolic statement and are virtuous.
We need a reality TV show where college lefties spend several months living without the modern amenities provided by the misnamed fossil fuels.
A hut with a hole in the roof and burning cow patties to stay warm and cook food. No synthetic materials whatsoever. Latrines with leaves to wipe their butts. Wooden buckets to haul water from the creek.
The gross ignorance of these environmentalists is stunning. And pathetic, that they have reached college age with so little knowledge of the world. They really do believe that unicorn poop and pixie dust can power the world.
A knuckle massage.
plant the flower people 6 ft under and thank them for digging the hole
Vandalism is not protected speech.
A college lawn?
Turn on the damned sprinklers.
They’ve never had a car.
Only people with jobs have to have one.
There is no such a thing as a fossil fuel
‘Those boys should be more careful, jumping around in and out of holes and all with shovels. Someone is likely to get their privates hurt.’
Completely dead pan. Then he dropped his cigarette and crushed it out with his foot and walked back inside.
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