20 August 2007

Now that the Heathrow climate protest is over ...

...we ought to assess the media hype about ill-defined bad behaviour, which largely didn't happen.
"Protests like this have two peculiar vulnerabilities. One is that anyone can claim to speak on their behalf, either in person or online, whether or not they are involved. The other is that anyone can say anything about them without fear of being corrected, let alone sued: accusations can be levelled at the collective that could not be directed at any of its members. As long as the claims remain in the plural, they can be stretched as far as public credulity will allow."

Monbiot's helpful little article raises important questions.
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