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    Septimus Hedgehog
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    Local Auntie[^] has been covering this protest for over a week now. I never knew we had so many police officers in West Sussex. I wonder how much the policing operation is costing as officers are diverted from other other essential duties? The protestors can say what they like, I've no problem with that. What seems to be in the under-current is an orchestrated strategy to cause maximum disruption. The tree-huggers are there, the unwashed weirdos are there, there's an occasional celeb dragged out from obscurity to promote the protest and voice their objection. I know some of the locals are pissed off about the drilling but I hope they remember that the next time they switch on the kettle and settle down to a nice roast prepared on a gas or oil fueled Aga stove exactly where the energy comes from in the first place.

    If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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      Local Auntie[^] has been covering this protest for over a week now. I never knew we had so many police officers in West Sussex. I wonder how much the policing operation is costing as officers are diverted from other other essential duties? The protestors can say what they like, I've no problem with that. What seems to be in the under-current is an orchestrated strategy to cause maximum disruption. The tree-huggers are there, the unwashed weirdos are there, there's an occasional celeb dragged out from obscurity to promote the protest and voice their objection. I know some of the locals are pissed off about the drilling but I hope they remember that the next time they switch on the kettle and settle down to a nice roast prepared on a gas or oil fueled Aga stove exactly where the energy comes from in the first place.

      If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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      Lost User
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      Leslie, you can set up an effective counter protest if you take along some undead friends. :)

      Sent from my BatComputer via HAL 9000 and M5

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        Local Auntie[^] has been covering this protest for over a week now. I never knew we had so many police officers in West Sussex. I wonder how much the policing operation is costing as officers are diverted from other other essential duties? The protestors can say what they like, I've no problem with that. What seems to be in the under-current is an orchestrated strategy to cause maximum disruption. The tree-huggers are there, the unwashed weirdos are there, there's an occasional celeb dragged out from obscurity to promote the protest and voice their objection. I know some of the locals are pissed off about the drilling but I hope they remember that the next time they switch on the kettle and settle down to a nice roast prepared on a gas or oil fueled Aga stove exactly where the energy comes from in the first place.

        If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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        Mike Diack
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        Totally agree with you - I only live about 5 miles from Balcombe, and am really hacked off with the protestors, many of whom seem to be NIMBYs and rentaprotestors, plus don't even know much about the facts behind what they are protesting against.

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          Local Auntie[^] has been covering this protest for over a week now. I never knew we had so many police officers in West Sussex. I wonder how much the policing operation is costing as officers are diverted from other other essential duties? The protestors can say what they like, I've no problem with that. What seems to be in the under-current is an orchestrated strategy to cause maximum disruption. The tree-huggers are there, the unwashed weirdos are there, there's an occasional celeb dragged out from obscurity to promote the protest and voice their objection. I know some of the locals are pissed off about the drilling but I hope they remember that the next time they switch on the kettle and settle down to a nice roast prepared on a gas or oil fueled Aga stove exactly where the energy comes from in the first place.

          If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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          They should move here to Surrey; our energy comes out of the walls of my house. ;P

          Use the best guess

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            Local Auntie[^] has been covering this protest for over a week now. I never knew we had so many police officers in West Sussex. I wonder how much the policing operation is costing as officers are diverted from other other essential duties? The protestors can say what they like, I've no problem with that. What seems to be in the under-current is an orchestrated strategy to cause maximum disruption. The tree-huggers are there, the unwashed weirdos are there, there's an occasional celeb dragged out from obscurity to promote the protest and voice their objection. I know some of the locals are pissed off about the drilling but I hope they remember that the next time they switch on the kettle and settle down to a nice roast prepared on a gas or oil fueled Aga stove exactly where the energy comes from in the first place.

            If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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            I'm with you on this one!:thumbsup:

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              Local Auntie[^] has been covering this protest for over a week now. I never knew we had so many police officers in West Sussex. I wonder how much the policing operation is costing as officers are diverted from other other essential duties? The protestors can say what they like, I've no problem with that. What seems to be in the under-current is an orchestrated strategy to cause maximum disruption. The tree-huggers are there, the unwashed weirdos are there, there's an occasional celeb dragged out from obscurity to promote the protest and voice their objection. I know some of the locals are pissed off about the drilling but I hope they remember that the next time they switch on the kettle and settle down to a nice roast prepared on a gas or oil fueled Aga stove exactly where the energy comes from in the first place.

              If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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              jschell
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              Leslie Nielsen 151576 wrote:

              What seems to be in the under-current is an orchestrated strategy to cause maximum disruption

              Is that an unusual\new strategy for the UK? It has been a rather common strategy in the US for 20 years for any protestors that have any idea what they are doing. They have specific strategies for causing disruptions and even for breaking laws so they can get arrested.

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                Local Auntie[^] has been covering this protest for over a week now. I never knew we had so many police officers in West Sussex. I wonder how much the policing operation is costing as officers are diverted from other other essential duties? The protestors can say what they like, I've no problem with that. What seems to be in the under-current is an orchestrated strategy to cause maximum disruption. The tree-huggers are there, the unwashed weirdos are there, there's an occasional celeb dragged out from obscurity to promote the protest and voice their objection. I know some of the locals are pissed off about the drilling but I hope they remember that the next time they switch on the kettle and settle down to a nice roast prepared on a gas or oil fueled Aga stove exactly where the energy comes from in the first place.

                If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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                I'd be one of those unwashed hippies; frack in your back yard if you must.

                Leslie Nielsen 151576 wrote:

                I hope they remember that the next time they switch on the kettle and settle down to a nice roast prepared on a gas or oil fueled Aga stove exactly where the energy comes from in the first place

                Yawn. From oil wells and a Russian pipeline. Fracking to save a dime is friggin' idiotic :)

                Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

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                  I'd be one of those unwashed hippies; frack in your back yard if you must.

                  Leslie Nielsen 151576 wrote:

                  I hope they remember that the next time they switch on the kettle and settle down to a nice roast prepared on a gas or oil fueled Aga stove exactly where the energy comes from in the first place

                  Yawn. From oil wells and a Russian pipeline. Fracking to save a dime is friggin' idiotic :)

                  Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

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                  Septimus Hedgehog
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                  Eddy Vluggen wrote:

                  I'd be one of those unwashed hippies

                  Soap is in the post. :-D

                  If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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                    Local Auntie[^] has been covering this protest for over a week now. I never knew we had so many police officers in West Sussex. I wonder how much the policing operation is costing as officers are diverted from other other essential duties? The protestors can say what they like, I've no problem with that. What seems to be in the under-current is an orchestrated strategy to cause maximum disruption. The tree-huggers are there, the unwashed weirdos are there, there's an occasional celeb dragged out from obscurity to promote the protest and voice their objection. I know some of the locals are pissed off about the drilling but I hope they remember that the next time they switch on the kettle and settle down to a nice roast prepared on a gas or oil fueled Aga stove exactly where the energy comes from in the first place.

                    If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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                    Joezer BH
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                    Leslie said:

                    ... I hope they remember that...

                    Protests show emotions, in 99% they have nothing to do with the facts. Does not necessarily contradict them, but might as well...

                    It is a paradox that paradoxes would actually exist in reality. That means of course that they don't exist. However, they do!

                    ∫(Edo)dx = Tzumer ∑k(this.Kid)k = this.♥

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                      Leslie said:

                      ... I hope they remember that...

                      Protests show emotions, in 99% they have nothing to do with the facts. Does not necessarily contradict them, but might as well...

                      It is a paradox that paradoxes would actually exist in reality. That means of course that they don't exist. However, they do!

                      ∫(Edo)dx = Tzumer ∑k(this.Kid)k = this.♥

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                      There's also the Rent-A-Crowd supply chain. We don't see them too much in UK politics but they are used extensively in the US where they're used as a backdrop behind, for example, the US president or other official representatives or regulatory bodies. We've all seen them I'm sure; they stand in the background and nod their heads approvingly at every word. Long after the speaker has gone, they are still there nodding away, all controlled by a rogue C# thread that refused to terminate. On the subject of emotions there was a case in late 2011 when some happy-go-lucky student fees protestor, Edward Wollard, allowed his emotions to get the better of him. He lobbed a fire extinguisher from the top of a building down onto an assembled crowd of protestors and police far below. How it landed without hitting anyone was remarkable. He was hot-headed for sure but he was a whisker's width from causing death or serious injury.

                      If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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                        There's also the Rent-A-Crowd supply chain. We don't see them too much in UK politics but they are used extensively in the US where they're used as a backdrop behind, for example, the US president or other official representatives or regulatory bodies. We've all seen them I'm sure; they stand in the background and nod their heads approvingly at every word. Long after the speaker has gone, they are still there nodding away, all controlled by a rogue C# thread that refused to terminate. On the subject of emotions there was a case in late 2011 when some happy-go-lucky student fees protestor, Edward Wollard, allowed his emotions to get the better of him. He lobbed a fire extinguisher from the top of a building down onto an assembled crowd of protestors and police far below. How it landed without hitting anyone was remarkable. He was hot-headed for sure but he was a whisker's width from causing death or serious injury.

                        If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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                        Joezer BH
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                        True... (and not just regarding the US of A) Had you been wrong, the world would have been such a better place :sigh:

                        It is a paradox that paradoxes would actually exist in reality. That means of course that they don't exist. However, they do!

                        ∫(Edo)dx = Tzumer ∑k(this.Kid)k = this.♥

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                          True... (and not just regarding the US of A) Had you been wrong, the world would have been such a better place :sigh:

                          It is a paradox that paradoxes would actually exist in reality. That means of course that they don't exist. However, they do!

                          ∫(Edo)dx = Tzumer ∑k(this.Kid)k = this.♥

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                          Septimus Hedgehog
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                          Maimonides wrote:

                          Had you been wrong, the world would have been such a better place

                          There are flies in every tin of ointment. ;)

                          If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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                            I'd be one of those unwashed hippies; frack in your back yard if you must.

                            Leslie Nielsen 151576 wrote:

                            I hope they remember that the next time they switch on the kettle and settle down to a nice roast prepared on a gas or oil fueled Aga stove exactly where the energy comes from in the first place

                            Yawn. From oil wells and a Russian pipeline. Fracking to save a dime is friggin' idiotic :)

                            Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

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                            Eddy Vluggen wrote:

                            Fracking to save a dime is friggin' idiotic

                            Not sure what that means exactly but that dime could probably become a dollar at the pump.

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