Greenpeace Parachute Stunt

[Mozz71]

Anyone see this? Although I support them on environment matters, sometimes they don't help themselves with dumbass stunts like this.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/16/police-hold-greenpeace-activist-after-euro-2020-parachute-stunt-goes-awry

[ToraToraTora]

Mozz: "Dave, while I appreciate what you're saying, I think the shoot first attitude is completely unnecessary in this instance. He landed on the pitch, it would've been simple for police, armed or otherwise, to meet him upon landing. He wasn't going to get far was he?" - what if he exploded just before landing with a huge bomb surrounded by nails etc? I'd have shot the plonker and asked questions later.

[Mozz71]

Look, he was an idiot, I said it was a dumbass stunt in the OP, but executing anyone being a dumbass because they might be a terrorist, despite a lack of evidence to confirm it? That's utterly ridiculous. It would have made interesting live television. Bringing public executions to the 21st Century.

[ToraToraTora]

what evidence would you like? He shreds the front three rows?

[ToraToraTora]

if he tried that in a lot of other places he'd be brown bread.

[DTCwordfan]

I wish I had been there armed with my 303 ready....he should have been taken out as he could have been armed with a bomb.

[Mozz71]

Yes Tora, in a lot of places you'll conveniently disappear if you complain about the government. We don't live in those places either.

[Canary42]

/// if he tried that in a lot of other places he'd be brown bread. ///

So why don't you move there, like under other circumstances you advocate for limp-wristed lefties on this forum.

You are in grave danger TTT of becoming a comic parody of yourself.

[William51]

It was just stupid. He injured two people and now Greenpeace has profusely apologised, correctly.

[Ellipsis]

Thomas Harris, author of The Silence 0f The Lambs, wrote a book called "Black Sunday" with a similar plot - suicide bomber plans to fly a blimp into the middle of the Superbowl, and detonate it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sunday_(novel)

A good read (but nowhere near as good as The Silence Of The Lambs).

[ynnafymmi]

How was the motor on his back powered?Was it solar powered or something?What was the motor made of...metal?Seems these environmentalist eejits are using up more fossil fuels than us non-eejits put together.

[ynnafymmi]

While i am at it...why was the message printed in English?A France v Germany game?Should the message not have been printed in French and German?

[royfromaus]

Streaking terrorist.


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