I think yesterday's not guilty verdict for the Greenpeace activists that climbed, defaced the chimney (criminal damage) at Kingsnorth Power Station and endangered people that work at the Power Station was totally wrong.
Criminal damage is criminal damage, yes they have every right to protest but causing damage to property no matter what the cause should not be condoned. This judgement has given the right to every protester that they can damage that which they are protesting against.
I wonder some times if these people use electric at home. They want to build a better coal fire station that is wrong, they want to build a nuclear power station that is wrong, they want to build wind turbines that is wrong. Hey what about "water" no one appears to object to that, well not until they want to do it and build the dam across the beautiful river spoiling the countryside. So we all want electric but not every one can agree how we produce it, and that which we are not happy about we can now wantonly vandalise.
I ask this. If those that wish to protest against the car, bus, plane etc because they endanger the planet, then go and paint over those forms of transport, is that Ok, after all it can not be denied they endanger us all even though we use them day by day.
Then we have the hypocrite scientist who travelled all the way by plane from America to speak for those that were on trial. Did he with all his knowledge not think that plane was also adding to global warming?
It does not matter what they painted on the chimney at Kingsnorth, they entered the site which was also illegal and damaged the property, how that can be condoned I do not know. Just wait for the next vandal that vandalises yours or my car and stands up to say he/she did it as cars damage their health. Stupid may be, but so was that verdict.
