The tent pole climber (was Unbelievable wanker)

[Beatmonkey]

It's not gay if you don't push back, everyone knows that

[ouzodave]

Or in some Euroasian places to give is not gay to take is.................well make up you own minds

[baldmosher]

"I need a 44-hole, two-headed mutant baby to fuck, it's the only way I can cum"

I can't wait til September

[hutchy]

dry your eyes, build a bridge and get over it etc etc etc

[Sperge]

Nice pic. I dunno what everyones complaining about to be fair, people climbed those poles last year and without any decent cause to back it up, at least this women had a cause. And to all of those people who didn't have a clue what the flag was, WAKE THE FUCK UP.

Yeah, didn't anyone notice all the Chinese diplomats, International Olympic Committee officials and other such dignitaries that were swarming all over the Glade Festival? Wasn't the world watching as this stunt was being beamed around the world on live television?

Now, in contrast, here's a meaningful protest about Tibet: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... 468263.ece

[dannybee]

Nice pic. I dunno what everyones complaining about to be fair, people climbed those poles last year and without any decent cause to back it up, at least this women had a cause. And to all of those people who didn't have a clue what the flag was, WAKE THE FUCK UP.

Yeah, didn't anyone notice all the Chinese diplomats, International Olympic Committee officials and other such dignitaries that were swarming all over the Glade Festival? Wasn't the world watching as this stunt was being beamed around the world on live television?

Now, in contrast, here's a meaningful protest about Tibet: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... 468263.ece

I don't see the harm the stunt at Glade caused. Just because it wasn't on TV or in the media it still can raise awareness. Sometimes things like the flag incident at a festival can make me stop and think for a bit. Even for people who don't know what the flag is can see it again in the media and be reminded of Glade which can in turn perhaps make you look into the issue and get on your soapbox yourself.

Sorry to sound a bit arsey but any form of protesting is good imo. Too many people take the attitude that "it's not worth it" or "what difference will it make" If everyone took that attitude then we would all be stripped of the few rights as human beings we have left.

/rant

[buzzingtalk]

I don't see the harm the stunt at Glade caused. Just because it wasn't on TV or in the media it still can raise awareness. Sometimes things like the flag incident at a festival can make me stop and think for a bit. Even for people who don't know what the flag is can see it again in the media and be reminded of Glade which can in turn perhaps make you look into the issue and get on your soapbox yourself.

Sorry to sound a bit arsey but any form of protesting is good imo. Too many people take the attitude that "it's not worth it" or "what difference will it make" If everyone took that attitude then we would all be stripped of the few rights as human beings we have left.

/rant

+100000

did anyone speak to her? i guess people are worrying becuase they presume she was wasted and would fall, but she was fine and climbed a few different tent poles

[Sperge]

Nice pic. I dunno what everyones complaining about to be fair, people climbed those poles last year and without any decent cause to back it up, at least this women had a cause. And to all of those people who didn't have a clue what the flag was, WAKE THE FUCK UP.

Yeah, didn't anyone notice all the Chinese diplomats, International Olympic Committee officials and other such dignitaries that were swarming all over the Glade Festival? Wasn't the world watching as this stunt was being beamed around the world on live television?

Now, in contrast, here's a meaningful protest about Tibet: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... 468263.ece

I don't see the harm the stunt at Glade caused. Just because it wasn't on TV or in the media it still can raise awareness.

Whose, exactly?

Can you name one single example of a person at Glade who isn't aware of the Tibet issue? If everyone at Glade was already "aware" of the Tibet issue, and I seriously doubt that there was a single person there who isn't aware of it by now, then it was pointless empty posturing - not all to be confused with the protesters arrested in Beijing who actually did make an impact where it really counts, in China itself.

- 1,000,000,000

any form of protesting is good imo

Does that include the Countryside Alliance demonstrating for the return of hunting with hounds? Anti-abortionists picketing clinics? BNP supporters on a "send 'em back" march? If not, why not? They are all forms of protesting.

Context is everything. Peter Tatchell putting himself at risk of a serious kicking from Robert Mugabe's bodyguards and the police to 'arrest' him to highlight human rights abuses in Zimbabwe - a meaningful protest. Highlighting the oppression of Tibet by demonstrating against the Olympic torch being paraded through London - a meaningful protest. Demonstrating outside the Beijing Olympics site to highlight the oppression of Tibet - a meaningful protest. Preaching to the converted at a small music festival with no significant presence of Chinese or UK officials or media - a pretty pointless empty gesture.

[dannybee]

any form of protesting is good imo

Does that include the Countryside Alliance demonstrating for the return of hunting with hounds? Anti-abortionists picketing clinics? BNP supporters on a "send 'em back" march? If not, why not? They are all forms of protesting.

While I do not agree with what these people are protesting for/against. I do think a peaceful protest is a human right.

Everyone maybe aware of the issue in Tibet and maybe I used the wrong wording. However a reminder at a festival from one peaceful protester might help the cause and if it is something you believe strongly enough to do, then do it.

Maybe the protests you mentioned are more meaningful to you but that is open to interpretation. Some people believe that a protest is about flying a flag and others may want to violently protest. The person Violently protesting might be doing it because he likes violence and the the person wearing a t-shirt might be directly involved in protesting behind the scenes (letters, websites etc..) On the other side of the fence someone might see someone violently protest and this spurs an interest and others may be put off. All forms of protesting have their merits and bad points.

All that really matters at the end of the day is that we still have a right to protest peacefully. Right?

[Sperge]

Once again, context is everything. A protest or stunt that gets the message across to the Chinese government - or better still, the Chinese people - has infinitely more impact than a stunt that preaches to the converted, no matter how sincere it may be. What this woman did at Glade was relatively harmless (although it could have ended with people being seriously injured) - but it was also of little value politically because there was no-one particularly relevant to the issue who would receive the message and it's highly unlikely that there was anyone there who was not already aware of the Tibet issue.

I think what you're getting at is that it may inspire others to take direct action - but her energies would still have been better spent on a more carefully chosen target IMO, e.g. the Chinese embassy.

I'm off upstairs now to have a wank against global capitalism. That'll show them, huh?

[ouzodave]

Hope she protests at V festival next week. There she could raise awareness.

[joe_techno]

I do not belong in this thread. blissfully unaware

[baldmosher]

any form of protesting is good imo

Does that include the Countryside Alliance demonstrating for the return of hunting with hounds? Anti-abortionists picketing clinics? BNP supporters on a "send 'em back" march? If not, why not? They are all forms of protesting.

All of those are perfectly valid protests for perfectly valid causes. (In fact, in the first two cases, they've got a very good point indeed, and if the BNP had everyone sent back, Britain would be empty). Although I do personally think that picketing is one step too far, so when I see people picketing anywhere (around Manchester, it's usually outside McDonalds or animal rights idiots outside the Stopford Building) I always tell them they're doing it for the wrong reasons (e.g. McD's - so what if they destroy rainforests to supply beef to the US? All the McDonalds beef in Britain comes from Britain or Holland. If you're gonna protest, protest about how fucking unhealthy and overpriced the food is) or just lay into them completely (e.g. animal rights, wtf, lab research is one of the most animal-rights-conscious industries! All animals are kept humanely, treated as pets, and then killed humanely before they're sliced up and the slithers of tissue are used in cancer research - you would be better picketing Asda for selling chickens that have been living in the dark in their own faeces and piss and fed antibiotics for the whole 24 weeks of their painful, underdeveloped lives).

Once again, context is everything. A protest or stunt that gets the message across <snip>

The Butterfly Effect.