Mission: Impossible?

Fox News ^ | February 18, 2005 | Brit Hume

[Dan Evans]

Thirty-five Greenpeace (search) protesters got more than they may have bargained for when they stormed the International Petroleum Exchange in London on Wednesday. According to "The Times" of London, they slipped into a closing door and then roared onto the trading floor, blowing whistles and sounding foghorns.

They were hoping to paralyze oil trading at the exchange. But the traders, most of them under 25 years old, rushed the protesters, pushing filing cabinets on top of them and kicking and punching them until they retreated. Twenty-seven protesters were arrested. Two were hospitalized, one with a broken jaw and the other with a concussion. One protester says, "I have never seen anyone less amenable to listening our point of view."

[LiteKeeper]

YEAH - That's what I'm talking about

[jocon307]

I LOVE these guys for doing this!

God Save England and God Save the USA!

[dandi]

Gimme the address of that exchange. I want to send them a few cases of Guiness.

[dandi]

I mean Guinness.

[IncPen]

One protester says, "I have never seen anyone less amenable to listening our point of view."

Listening? Son, be glad you're alive.

And next time someone offers you a glass of stupid, say 'no thanks, I'm full'.

[Deetes]

Right F'ing on. greenpeace riiiiiiiiight. Broken jaw I love it. I bet they don't try that again soon ;-)

[Jeff Chandler]

It all started with the Republican accountants in Florida in '00! What's next, fighting programmers?

[Richard Kimball]

Yeah, that line is pretty funny. They commit criminal trespass, start trying to disrupt business, and then go, "gosh, we just wanted to tell them our point of view."

[Dan Evans]

Who would have guessed that oil traders were also soccer fans?

[Ruth A.]

"I have never seen anyone less amenable to listening our point of view."

Rather disingenuous from someone using foghorns and whistles to proclaim his point of view. Yahoo for these Brits and their quick and decisive response.

[wildcatf4f3]

cool, just cool

[FairOpinion]

Great!

[FairOpinion]

Encouraging story. :)

[GeronL]

we should start inviting them to protest, I wonder how many times they would need to get the message?

[UCANSEE2]

Seems like the proper response to uncivil protest.

[skr]

LOL!!! Where's video when you need it?

[FairOpinion]

PING

I thought you'd enjoy this about the Greenpeace protesters.

[Deetes]

You would think a good broken jaw would put them off a bit. But we are talking Demorats , so I would be willing to repeat the performance , especially some loons come onto my private property .Might get worse then a jaw though ;-)

[GeronL]

Demorats?? in London?? =o)