Beat On Greenpeace, Then Grab A Pint
When Greenpeace activists stormed into London’s International Petroleum Exchange last week they hoped to paralyze oil trading on the first day the Kyoto Protocol went into effect. Instead, the oil traders kicked the crap out of them.
We bit off more than we could chew. They were just Cockney barrow boy spivs. Total thugs, one protester said, rubbing his bruised skull. Ive 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.
Two protesters ended up spending the night in the hospital: One with a broken jaw, and the other with a concussion.
Q: What’s the lesson to be learned here?
A: Don’t piss off British oil traders.
(via Suicide Girls Newswire)
