In a spectacle of utter predictability, five Just Stop Oil protestors have been found guilty, prompting a wave of outrage from their sanctimonious supporters and an eyebrow-raising intervention from the United Nations. The press release from Just Stop Oil is a masterclass in melodrama, painting these convicted clowns as noble crusaders crushed under the oppressive boot of justice. Let’s take a moment to savor the delicious irony and sheer absurdity of their plight.
The Self-Inflicted Martyrdom
These environmental zealots have spent their days causing chaos, blocking roads, defacing monuments, and generally making a nuisance of themselves—all under the guise of saving the planet. Now that they’ve been called to account for their antics, the cries of “injustice” are echoing far and wide. What did they expect? A standing ovation and a Nobel Peace Prize?
The press release laments the so-called “undemocratic” trial and condemns the sentences as harsh. They claim the UK Government is in the pocket of big oil, more interested in corporate profits than in the right to protest. This tired, overplayed narrative would be laughable if it weren’t so tiresome. The world is supposed to believe these environmental messiahs are the only bastions of truth and justice?
The jury entered guilty verdicts against all defendants after Judge Christopher Hehir removed all legal defences, ruling that the climate crisis was ‘irrelevant’ to the trial. He has indicated they now face lengthy prison sentences, despite the UN intervening publicly to question the legality of proceedings.
Despite this information being presented to the jury, following the departure of Mr Forst from the trial, the judge directed the jury to treat the existential threat to humanity as “irrelevant” and to ignore it entirely.
Furthermore, despite the admission of these matters in evidence as objective ‘Facts Not In Dispute’, Judge Hehir continued to refer to the defendants’ motivations for taking action as matters of “political opinion or belief”.
https://juststopoil.org/2024/07/11/5-just-stop-oil-supporters-found-guilty-as-un-slams-trial/
Hypocrisy at Its Finest
The irony here is too rich. These protestors claim to champion the environment, yet their stunts cause more harm than good. Blocking traffic leads to endless idling cars and increased emissions. Vandalizing public property diverts resources to clean up their mess. Their actions are less about saving the planet and more about feeding their own egos.
Their simplistic call to stop oil production immediately overlooks the complex reality of global energy needs. But who cares about practicality when there’s a righteous crusade to be had? The livelihoods of countless workers, the stability of the economy—none of this matters to these eco-warriors as they bask in their self-appointed martyrdom.
The UN’s Laughable Involvement
Then there’s the United Nations, stepping in to critique the trial. Oh, how noble! Are we to believe that disrupting society and breaking the law in the name of environmentalism should exempt one from accountability? The UN’s condemnation is less about justice and more about pandering to an overzealous, misguided activist base.
Conclusion: Reveling in Their Deserved Fate
So, here we are. Five Just Stop Oil protestors, guilty as charged, wallowing in their self-inflicted martyrdom. Their dramatic press release is a testament to their delusions of grandeur. It’s high time they faced the consequences of their juvenile antics.
Let this be a lesson to anyone who thinks that disrupting the lives of ordinary people and vandalizing public property is the way to effect change. The real world doesn’t hand out medals for throwing tantrums. So, let’s all enjoy a hearty laugh at the expense of these self-righteous clowns as they reap what they’ve sown.
Check out Just Stop Oil’s press release to bask in their impotent pontification
I have a decent idea for their punishment. Let them serve six months in a location where the only things available to them are not connected in any way to oil production.
To name a few:
No phones,
No plastics,
No electricity (ores must be mined for the power grid) – if generous, they could have a wind turbine and solar panels (even though those take oil to produce) but no backup batteries, so it’s only available during sunny or breezy times
No foods shipped in from elsewhere – basically nothing that arrives from outside of the country (and that is being generous)
No synthetic fibers for clothes
Want to sleep on a bed – oh so sorry, no coils of metal, no synthetics if it’s a air or water bed, you’ll have to do with a cotton (oh no not that, cotton isn’t locally grown), a bed of grass then.
etc.
Gilligan’s Island.
Yours is the short list.
That aside, they would have to grow their own food, too, and not be allowed to cook it.
Wood produces CO2 when burned.
They would also have to dig, without tools, a latrine or relish the squalor they create by not having one.
Also, no meds.
The list is much longer, but the point seems clear.
I just noticed – none of them like getting their bums wet, they’re sitting on the road, not the squelchy mud verge.
Is being able to go cross country to avoid JSO clowns a reason to upgrade to an off-road diesel powered vehicle for all daily driving?
I upgraded to a diesel 4WD when Australian government stopped taking care of the roads – and I’m glad I did, my road vehicle would have been well beaten up by now if I hadn’t upgraded.
My car is a bit low on the road for some of the
potholesroad craters. !!This came from a road crater next to a kerb.
What an injustice that their narcissism and self-righteousness doesn’t exempt them from the laws that the rest of us have to obey.
The UN’s condemnation is less about justice and more about pandering to an overzealous, misguided activist base.
The UN is an overzealous, misguided activist base.
Code Red. Precipice. And the official Youth Advisor for Climate who claims the way to solve the Climate crisis is to help the most vulnerable, black female transgender.
Glad to see a bit of sanity.
Did they appear in court sans clothing, jewelry, watches, electronics? Or did they show up covered in oil.
Friday, a day to rant about insanity.
Well, they got one thing right. The color of their orange, oil based, rain gear. Not sure of UK, but orange is a common color in US prisons.
Why would the UN intervene in the result of a legal trial conducted against citizen behavior in a sovereign country?
Is that part of the UN charter? Maybe they will intervene when I get a parking ticket next time.
Perhaps the current leadership of the UN has some delusions about their mission.
The UN thinks it’s mission is to save the planet and it assumes jurisdiction accordingly.
If we accept democracy as carrying out the wishes of the majority then this trial is extremely democratic.
Why were all these nutcases wearing all that petroleum by-product? Shouldn’t they be in ‘furs’, or ‘feathers’, or animal skins?