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32 SUVs disabled across Oxford.

Von: Doug (jagmad@riseup.net) [Profil]
Datum: 18.07.2008 15:49
Message-ID: <69c5d375-ee14-40df-84f0-4dfbdc0a8493@u36g2000pro.googlegroups.com>
Newsgroup: uk.transport
Rough justice? A very small amount of harm to discourage a much bigger
amount?

" Up to 32 SUV owners awoke this morning to discover that their
destructive vehicles had been disabled.

Using the 'mung bean trick', whereby a mung bean is inserted into the
valve of a tyre before the cap is screwed back on, tyres were let down
in Marston, Headington, and the highly affluent area of Summertown.
Messages were left under windscreen wipers warning the owners not to
attempt to drive their 4x4s, and explaining why it was felt that
direct action had to be taken to resist their assault on this planet.
They were informed that more than a quarter of the UK's CO2 generation
is attributable to the transport sector, and that many Sports Utility
Vehicles emit up to 300% more greenhouse gases than the average car.
They were also told that driving a car is not a 'right', and that
driving an SUV is an unacceptably selfish act in the face of what may
become unstoppable climate change.

This is a simple action that anyone can do, anytime or place..."

More:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/07/404048.html

--
UK Radical Campaigns
www.zing.icom43.net
"The 4x4, more of a sewer than a convenience".


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