By P Gosselin
Jet-setting climate street-blocker glues himself to Frankfurt airport runway
by AR Göhring at EIKE
A year and a half ago, a climate street-blocking couple became infamous for blocking a federal highway near Stuttgart – “for the climate” – then traveling to Thailand (and Bali?) for months, skipping their court case to do so.
When online BILD and others made the double standards public, the perpetrator Yannick S. wrote a letter to the Berlin newspaper taz, in which he made a hilariously defiant statement. When it came to light that Yannick S. had dropped out of engineering school and was involved in the construction of combustion engines, it was quite clear that street-blocker and his partner were not the least bit concerned about “the climate”.
The couple probably only used the hip topic to pursue individual interests. This may be the assumption of stardom, which later leads to a well-paid, low-effort job at an NGO (“The work is done by others”, Helmut Schelsky 1974). Or it may be a certain pleasure in the suffering of the working population.
Nothing seems to embarrass Yannick S., which is why he glued himself to the tarmac at Frankfurt Airport after returning from his upper-class vacation under palm trees.
Delightful thought: what if there were a lot of left-wing green voters and other climate activists on the long-haul flights he stopped? After all, it’s the high summer holiday season, and the daughters of lawyers and sons of doctors don’t want to be stranded sweating on the tarmac. Instead they would rather enjoy their own prosperity under palm trees.
At least there is one ray of hope: Yannick S. has now been sentenced to a fine of over 100,000 euros for his frequent sticking, which he is unable to pay. If NGOs or collection campaigns don’t help out, the climate-blocking criminal could end up in prison as a substitute. How many years would that amount to?
Background here: https://notrickszone.com/2023/02/03/street-blocking-last-generation-protesters-caught-taking-18000-km-holiday-flight-to-thailand/
I’ve come down from the upper class to mend your rotten ways
My father was a man-of-power whom everyone obeyed. – Jethro Tull
I was a big fan of Jethro Tull in the day- haven’t listened to that music in decades- still have the LPs. I’ll have to dig them out of my closet.
They don’t make ‘em like that these days
Yes they do.
By comparison with the doom-mongering going on today, Barry McGuire’s 1965 song “Eve Of Destruction” was a lullaby.
I was talking great musicianship, not sampling.
These people are “Thick as a Brick”. 😎
It’s not often that I listen to JethroTull, but when I do, my neighbors do too.
I don’t think a fine is adequate in and of itself, especially after skipping a court date. 100,000 Euros AND 10 years in prison would send the right message.
And make that cumulative for EACH offense.
Wanna protest? Carry signs and bellow about your CAUSE all you like. From the sidewalk, and WITHOUT impeding pedestrians or traffic, and without vandalism.
The adult temper tantrums need to stop.
Fining or imprisoning the smurfs is inadequate, bankrupt the trustafarians financing these actions. Hillary Clinton is one of the players, so those people have a fair amount to lose.
Fine and imprison enough of them and they could turn to their financial backers for a Bail Out only to discover their billionaire backers don’t care squat about them
I think a RICO like prosecution of the whole movement would be in order.
When someone illegally glues themselves to a road or tarmac or anything else- they should be forcefully dragged away, ripping the skin off their hands. Then it’ll be at least a few months before they try that again.
The U.S. Secret Service would just pretend to not see him.
ouch !
Sharia law might simply Un-hand them
Careful – British authorities may be monitoring this site.
Of course- ’cause it’s God’s will that we use fossil fuels, since he put it in the ground! Praise Allah! 🙂
And THEY sell oil to the world
Pretty much all they have is Oil and Sand and Sand isn’t a high dollar commodity
🤣
A floor scraper would also be “handy”….
The UK police would hand him a cup of tea.
How cruel of them. Maybe with a not plastic straw.
Yannick S. has now been sentenced to a fine of over 100,000 euros for his frequent sticking, which he is unable to pay
Well that’s what prison is for. A long stint making license plates or picking cabbages on a chain gang would remedy the financial deficiency.
Likely steal the cabbages and chains… sticky hands, after all.🤣
It serves him right. If there was one plane where 200 passengers each paid 500 Euros per ticket, and Yannick the Idiot caused their flight to be cancelled, the refunds would amount to 100,000 Euros.
If he can’t pay the fine, have him work as an indentured baggage handler until the accumulated salary adds up to 100,000 Euros, which might take a few years. That would make him more useful than in prison.
Wouldn’t let him anywhere near any baggage.
This guy is notoriously sticky fingered. !
Stick him/her/it on a broom to clean the place. At least as long as the glue last.
I don’t like Yannick or anybody like Yannick I could care less what happens to him but I do want it to be painful.
“How many years would that amount to?”
Not enough.