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I got arrested at 97 for my grandkids. They were tired of asking nicely [Australian coal port blockade] (www.smh.com.au)
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[–] Excrubulent 20 points 11 months ago

"Police restore law and order with the arrest of 97-year-old Alan Stuart."

It takes real talent to clearly be satirising the cops whilst still using polite, printable language. That is an incredible sentence.

Also, this is proof that "I won't be alive to see the worst of it," isn't the reason fossil fuel execs and billionaires are ignoring climate change. They're disconnected from the human race by their money and power. Otherwise they might realise that, "I don't have much longer to be on the right side of history," is an even better reason to act, like this guy did.