05-03-2022, 01:49 PM
I'm just reading about the first protest Sonja Davies took part in; to try to keep the rail link near Murchison from being torn up. Groups of people, mostly women made a roster so several people were always there sitting on the railway tracks.
They were far more organised, (& apart from a transport & a bus firm, had virtually the whole province of Nelson behind them) & although they weren't successful, theirs was a very orderly & friendly protest, with the railway workers pretending to try to shift them & then having cups of tea afterwards.
This protest was also very different to the Springboks tour protest here.
There was an underlying nastiness from some of the groups within this protest towards some of the public, something I can't recall happening earlier.
They were far more organised, (& apart from a transport & a bus firm, had virtually the whole province of Nelson behind them) & although they weren't successful, theirs was a very orderly & friendly protest, with the railway workers pretending to try to shift them & then having cups of tea afterwards.
This protest was also very different to the Springboks tour protest here.
There was an underlying nastiness from some of the groups within this protest towards some of the public, something I can't recall happening earlier.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)