PSA: Protest Action blocking roads in Wellington may start again from Monday 28th August

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jamesrt

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#306848 27-Aug-2023 13:08

This is just being posted as a PSA:

https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/planned-protest-28-august

I don't want this to turn into a political discussion or argument - this is not been posted in the right forum for that!

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#3121162 28-Aug-2023 13:37

The Bellamy Brothers song Old Hippy applies here for me and I really relate to it, I am an old hippy, I protested Vietnam War, Manapouri, Anti-Nuclear, Abortion rights and so on.

The way to protest is to do it in a fashion that encourages thought, debate and joining. The Restore Rail here and the End Oil protests in the UK and beyond are only resulting in negative debate. Sadly these folks don't see this and are failing to bring folks along and to join. In my view they are damaging a good cause and generating an opposite outcome to what the cause needs.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#3122613 1-Sep-2023 11:28

The rule of "don't be a dick'' applies to protesting just like it does to everything else in life.

An organised march, informing the authorities of the time and place then standing on the lawn outside parliament for an hour or so challenging politicians is not being dick.

Camping on said lawn, trashing and vandalising the place, illegally parking, blocking roads and intimidating the public going about their business for weeks on end is being a dick.

Blocking and glueing yourself to a major arterial road is being a dick, throwing around orange powder disrupting a large scale sports events is being a dick.

Don't be a dick!

Sometimes I use big words I don't always fully understand in an effort to make myself sound more photosynthesis.