Protesters Under Lorries Again

Indymedia via Little Green Footballs ^ | April 2, 2003 | "Charles"

[Salman]

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Protesters Under Lorries Again

Oh man. If you thought yesterday's story about the British peace ninnies who chained themselves to a bomb convoy was funny, you are not going to believe this. They did the exact same thing again today, and the whining went up a few octaves. I can't stop laughing. (Hat tip: Rob Hinkley, who comments: "Even a *squirrel* learns to try a different trick when its first attempt at the birdfeeder fails. This leads us to ask an inevitable question: Are bomb convoy protestors actually as clever as squirrels?")

It is with disappointment that I have to tell you that we failed to stop another bomb convoy from the Munitions depot at Welford to USAF Fairford. We had another plan, it worked – except for one factor that we didn't take into consideration: that the drivers of the bomb lorries were perfectly prepared (instructed?) to drive off with PROTESTERS UNDER THE LORRIES.

Waiting in a ditch by the side of the slip road of the Cheiveley Junction/Roundabout (M4) the first set of protesters ran on to the motorway, locking themselves together with armtubes and straps. This stopped the convoy long enough for others to attempt to lock on to the lorries themselves, before being manhandled to the side of the motorway. Meanwhile, two made it under the trucks, and began to lock-on. Despite being told that that there was protesters under the lorry by the support team the lorries started edging forward. Understandably, the two under the lorries didn't finish locking themselves to moving vehicles and were dragged out by the Police.

Again, after removing the blockage the police showed no interest in arresting us, and a few of the activists managed to get to a vehicle and pursue the convoy.

Others walked back to the service station, and we're subsequently searched under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (section 44).

Having just made it back home, I have been feeling despondent that we didn't manage it at the second attempt, but self-pity is especially pathetic at a time when people are being murdered from a great height by your own government: we'll come up with a new plan and we'll try again.

Bwahahaha! Oh... oh... bwahahahaha! Gasp... heh. Heh heh. BWAHAHAHA!

[Salman]

I just love those Little Green Footballs

[Salman]

You're the best UK informant around here. Know anything about this bunch? Thank you.

[HHFi]

Good thing they didn't try this here in Texas. We don't even slow our trucks down for speed bumps.

[arly]

next time I hope they get a chance to chain themselves under the front wheels.

[arly]

they must be working 24 hours a day at the "Darwin Awards" cranking out the Darwin Trophy's.

[husky ed]

The funniest thing is under the Poll Archives "who-do-we-attack-next"

[Darksheare]

"except for one factor that we didn't take into consideration: that the drivers of the bomb lorries were perfectly prepared (instructed?) to drive off with PROTESTERS UNDER THE LORRIES."

Why can I imagine this being said in a whiny nasaly voice?
And why is it that I can imagine these people as being too stoned to understand anything in reality?

[TenaciousZ]

there was protesters under the lorry

Each day the protesters' behavior seem to more closely resemble that of cockroaches.