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The point amongst others here, is that this is not a peaceful protest. It's main aim is to cause as much disruption to other road users to get their point across. This of course only adds further fuel to the general feeling of resentment towards cyclists.....
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It is a peaceful protest. Disruption is not violence.
If you believe that the protest is counter-productive then obviously you have a right to campaign against it, and another reason to dislike the organisers, but I stand by my point. I share your reservations but I struggle to see how peaceful protest can attract so much ire when the cause is such a good one.
I dislike the gneral tone of this thread which seems to me to be suggesting that this guy is wrong to eercse his right to peacefully protest and encourage others to do the same. He might be an arsehole. He should probably get full consent from the families or wait two weeks and then protest the site not naming the victim. But he still has a right to peacefully protest which is absolute - certainly greater than other people's rights to tell him where and when and how to peacefully protest.
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I have a lot of sympathy for the variety of views on here. I have big reservations about die-ins and it would seem to me to be common courtesy, at the very least, to consult properly with family members of the deceased and take some significant account of their wishes.
What does surprise me though is how someone can attract quite so much hatred for simply exercising his rights to peacefully protest about anything he wishes any way that he wishes, especially when the cause is one that everyone on here agrees with. Surely the issues are dangerous roads and trucks and drivers - someone organising die-ins might be a bit distasteful or not your thing but a distasteful protest is of next to zero importance when compared to the actual issue - safety.