Another Example of Idiocy

wolfie138 · 21 Jun 2019 at 07:15

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48714864

so why should he apologise to this *********? I think he had pretty good reactions and exactly the right approach.

Dis86 · 21 Jun 2019 at 07:21

Um...it was a non-violent peaceful protest and he assaulted her!

Hedge · 21 Jun 2019 at 07:30

What if it wasn't a peaceful protest and let's say she had acid in her bag or something (unlikely I know)

Turn up somewhere you aren't invited and expect to be ejected.

If it was a male protestor would the reaction be the same?

wolfie138 · 21 Jun 2019 at 07:32

Dis86 said:
Um...it was a non-violent peaceful protest and he assaulted her!

sure. because no one's ever gone up placidly then assaulted/killed someone, right?

ivrytwr3 · 21 Jun 2019 at 07:34

Hedge said:
What if it wasn't a peaceful protest and let's say she had acid in her bag or something (unlikely I know)

Turn up somewhere you aren't invited and expect to be ejected.

If it was a male protester would the reaction be the same?

That's a real possibility, however, she went through security searches, so there is the assumption she was not carrying anything. Prior to this similarly dressed protesters were evicted, security missed her. Security are employed, trained and licensed to deal with this, unfortunately security on this occasion was crap. Lastly, she was walking past peacefully when he chose to lash out.

He was in the wrong and will be investigated accordingly. It's also the exact reaction the protesters were hoping for.

singularity · 21 Jun 2019 at 07:37

Hedge said:
What if it wasn't a peaceful protest and let's say she had acid in her bag or something (unlikely I know)

Turn up somewhere you aren't invited and expect to be ejected.

If it was a male protestor would the reaction be the same?

yeah, lets say she was a suicide bomber,

Seems a fair assumption.

aardvark · 21 Jun 2019 at 07:38

i don't see a problem - like said above, what would the response be if it was a man? What if she was a bit brown?
What if she did try to attack him? were they having a meal and were there knives on the table?
Anything could have happened, he didn't know.

tom_e · 21 Jun 2019 at 07:41

I'm going to assume someone will have asked her to leave at some point before this and she has refused, in that case reasonable force can be used to eject her.

Freakbro · 21 Jun 2019 at 07:45

I'm glad no milkshakes were used as that would have been beyond the pail...

Thecaferacer · 21 Jun 2019 at 07:47

So people in the room who actually witnessed it state what he did was right and proportionate. Known virtue signallers and liars who weren't think he is a woman beating monster who should be executed at dawn. Business as normal

Hedge · 21 Jun 2019 at 07:48

All she's achieved is remind people how annoying greenpeace are and end a person's career. She should be proud

dirtychinchilla · 21 Jun 2019 at 07:48

OP seems nice

singularity · 21 Jun 2019 at 07:50

wolfie138 said:
sure. because no one's ever gone up placidly then assaulted/killed someone, right?

yeah its fair to make the assumption that everyone is going to kill you

singularity · 21 Jun 2019 at 07:51

aardvark said:
i don't see a problem - like said above, what would the response be if it was a man? What if she was a bit brown?
What if she did try to attack him? were they having a meal and were there knives on the table?
Anything could have happened, he didn't know.

he looked absolutely terrified the poor man, not in a blind rage at all.

Randomface74 · 21 Jun 2019 at 07:53

Only the protester knows it's non-violent.
If a bunch of weirdos stormed my dinner I'd be assuming they were terrorists.

singularity · 21 Jun 2019 at 07:54

billysielu said:
Only the protester knows it's non-violent.
If a bunch of weirdos stormed my dinner I'd be assuming they were terrorists.

do you go outside at all

Dis86 · 21 Jun 2019 at 07:55

singularity said:
do you go outside at all

Hedge · 21 Jun 2019 at 08:00

singularity said:
do you go outside at all

Do you protest yourself?

FishFluff · 21 Jun 2019 at 08:01

Thecaferacer said:
So people in the room who actually witnessed it state what he did was right and proportionate. Known virtue signallers and liars who weren't think he is a woman beating monster who should be executed at dawn. Business as normal

Tories, at a posh dinner to hear a Tory speaker, are sticking up for a Tory. Sounds pretty unbiased to me!

Stumble Bum · 21 Jun 2019 at 08:01

If you want to gatecrash an event like that then expect a hostile welcoming.

That man should be applauded. What a guy.