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Pictures Of Children Blockade At World Freight Centre

camp imc | 18.08.2007 16:54 | Climate Camp 2007 | Climate Chaos | London

At around 3pm this afternoon children and their parents from around the UK gathered at Heathrow's World Freight Centre to blockade its access road. Around 15 people took part in the blockade which was taken over by others from the Camp For Climate Action after 45 minutes. No one has been arrested so far and police, FIT team as well as BAA security are present at the scene. The blockaders unrolled a banner reading 'Enjoy Local Food' to highlight the effects to climate change that flying food around the world causes.

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A disgrace

18.08.2007 19:06

I think its pretty disgraceful to use children in this way.

Sitting your kids down in a public road to stop cars passing by???

wtf???

Why have the Social Services not intervened?

Mark

No danger

18.08.2007 21:01

The kids wern't in any danger - there were enough police around to keep the road closed and vehicles away.

Whether the children involved have thought about the issues and decided to protest, or have just been brought by their parents is a different question. But even if they are just their with their parents, it's hardly the first time. I recall a photo of an eight year old white South African girl at an AWB rally wearing a T shirt with the slogan "This land is our land". And remember John Gummer force feeding his daughter dodgy beefburgers? At least the environment is a cause which the kids can understand and relate to, unlike apartheid and dodgy beef.

Mike

So

18.08.2007 22:20

the end justifies the means -

immimental global environmental catastrophie = use your kids as a roadblock.

Mark

Great Stuff

18.08.2007 22:51

Looking back a few years i'd have been more than happy to take part in road blocks at that age.

These kids will probably look back and say at least they did something. After all it's people of my generation and their generation that are going to be greatly effected by climate change so do us all a favour, Mark, and shut the hell up.

-=(A)=-

Teenage Rampage

no Mark

18.08.2007 23:03

don't use your kids as a roadblock.
Take them back home, put them in front of the telly, feed them junk food and watch them grow up
in siberian temperatures because the melting ice from greenland will have killed off the gulf stream.

Roadkill

18.08.2007 23:29

Could we not 'arrange' to have these kids run over in order to attract public sympathy for the campaign?

Ideally the Israeli ambassador's car.

kEiTh

Rampant Keith

vr -

18.08.2007 23:35

Don't worry, I have turfed them out of bed and got them out on the road.

I will tell social services and/or the police you told me to do it you crusty twat.

Mark

Mark, old bean..

19.08.2007 02:13

you're one of those Daily Hate Mail readers, aren't you? You know, one of the ones who wrote to the paper to say all climate campers should be investigated for benefit fraud, or should be locked up in Guatanamo for 10 years.
People with your type of reactionary values do at least serve one useful purpose - you give people like me a damn good chuckle at your rabid rantings. It's good to laugh.

Oh, don't bother with any "crusty twat" epithets, by the way. I am in fact a fat, respectable middle-aged spinster with a regular job. The only reason I am not actually at the climate camp is that I couldn't get time off from said job. Pity.

spartaca
Homepage: http://www.rightsandwrongsuk.blogspot.com

Sacrifice

19.08.2007 09:44

Keith, I would definately kill the children if it would save the planet - but it would have to be an electric vehicle charged from a renewable source. And the children would have to be recycled.

Emma

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Emma

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It would be a shame

19.08.2007 14:41

It would be a shame to run over those kids, they're kinda sexy :-)

Ian Huntley
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My Mum.....

19.08.2007 19:38

....took me to the anti- sizewell b, demonstrations and blockades when I was young i:

a) loved it
b) wanted to take a stand

Good on you young people for your valient effort

Fly posters

chill out mark!!

20.08.2007 00:34

AS one of the parents involved in the blockade,i understand your concerns mark, there was no risk to the children as the road was blocked by adults first and then we began our picnic. this is an important cross generational problem which needs to be tackled by people of all ages, we weighed up the risk, took a doctor with us and had a good afternoon. i think social services would be better dealing with people who hurt and abuse kids,possibly the true disgrace is those people who sit at home and do nothing but criticize from the keyboard! your planet and therefore you (and maybe your children) are dying,stop your talk get up and act. cheerz to all for the positive comments from the other readers.

one of the parents in the block

Missing the point Mark

20.08.2007 17:34

Mark,

In addition to the above, you appear to be missing the point of the blockade. Did you notice the banner that said "Enjoy local food"? Did you notice that it was a blockade of the FREIGHT terminal or did you just think "fantastic, here's something to moan about" in your obviously small mind? We were not there to stop cars passing by but to make a point about food being flown around the world.

Also, did you notice the presence of the men wearing black? They were police.

From another of the parents who would no more put her children in danger than fly to Scotland.

Spartacus - thanks

Eddie - you're just a bit wierd aren't you

wicki
mail e-mail: wickinilkinson@yahoo.co.uk

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A disgrace

No danger

So

Great Stuff

no Mark

Roadkill

vr -

Mark, old bean..

Sacrifice

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It would be a shame

My Mum.....

chill out mark!!

Missing the point Mark

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