Kyoto protest beaten back by inflamed petrol traders
Thirty Greenpeace got more than they bargained for when they attempted to crash an oil trading floor.WHEN 35 Greenpeace protesters stormed the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) yesterday they had planned the operation in great detail.
What they were not prepared for was the post-prandial aggression of oil traders who kicked and punched them back on to the pavement.
“We bit off more than we could chew. They were just Cockney barrow boy spivs. Total thugs,” one protester said, rubbing his bruised skull. “I’ve never seen anyone less amenable to listening to our point of view.”
Another said: “I took on a Texan Swat team at Esso last year and they were angels compared with this lot.” Behind him, on the balcony of the pub opposite the IPE, a bleary-eyed trader, pint in hand, yelled: “Sod off, Swampy.”
The protesters got what they deserved. Protest is an impoertant part of democracy. The protestors would have earned a more sympathetic ear if they kept their protest out on the sidewalks, there is no excuse for crashing the trading floor itself. The gate crashers got exactly what they deserved, and congradulations to the traders who cleaned the floor of smelly swill.
posted by Liberty @ 8:15 PM
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