M25 chaos near Heathrow[Read only]

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Fri 15 Aug 2008 13:43
M25 chaos near Heathrow[Read only] - wotspur
Again a desperate father feels so desperate to obtain rights to see his child/ren he holds up traffic for hours on the M25.
Whilst I have every sympathy with those being inconvenienced, I feel something has to be done by the Govt to give men fair treatment -
I Know of several fathers who've been stopped from seeing their kids for being victims of the x's affairs and lifestyle and courts always seem to take the mothers side
There is 2 sides to every story, but why does the motorway have to be shut ??

Edited by Pugugly on 15/08/2008 at 21:10

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Fri 15 Aug 2008 14:01
M25 chaos near Heathrow - DP
Having friends who have received very rough justice - in fact it's not justice at all but blatant discrimination - when it comes to access to their kids, I also have much sympathy with his cause.

However, I don't see how inconveniencing ordinary people trying to get to/from work will do anything other than turn people off. If he was blocking the route into Parliament or Downing Street, or doing something to inconvenience the government ministers who can actually "fix" the problem, it would be different. How on Earth does increasing my journey time this evening from the normal Friday 2 hours, to 3+ achieve anything helpful?

Cheers
DP
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Fri 15 Aug 2008 19:37
M25 chaos near Heathrow - gmac
How on Earth does increasing my journey time this evening
from the normal Friday 2 hours to 3+ achieve anything helpful?
Cheers
DP

Enough people like yourself will write to their MP's demanding that they do something about the unjust system, the demonstrations will stop and you'll go back to your two hour grind.

I would not willingly return to that commuter way of life even for triple the salary I had when I lived there...
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Fri 15 Aug 2008 19:47
M25 chaos near Heathrow - Nsar
I imagine the people who will miss their flights and the people who will be getting off planes to find their loved ones not there to meet them for a couple of hours may take some persuading to support the actions of these people, however worthy their cause may be.

To keep it on motoring, it's why I think truckers on rolling road-block fuel protests are irresponsible boneheads who damage their cause.



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Fri 15 Aug 2008 19:56
M25 chaos near Heathrow - Avant
I couldn't agree more, Nsar - well said.

Both Fathers4Justice and the truckers have a very strong case, which most of us wholeheartedly support. There must be so many more imaginative ways to draw attention to their cause that get just as much publicity but don't inconvenience the rest of us or disrupt our lives.

I'm not of course comparing these people directly to terrorists, but they too could in many cases make a convincing argument for their cause if they didn't take or threaten innocent lives.
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Fri 15 Aug 2008 20:02
M25 chaos near Heathrow - ifithelps
many more imaginative ways to draw attention.>>


A grown man dressing up as a comic book hero and scaling a tall building/structure shows a bit of imagination.

If the public were not inconvenienced there wouldn't be the amount of publicity.

The road network is easy to disrupt which makes it an easy and popular target.

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Fri 15 Aug 2008 20:19
M25 chaos near Heathrow - welshlad
wouldnt it have been imaginative to have choosen a road that isnt at a standstill for the majority of the day anyway
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Fri 15 Aug 2008 20:23
M25 chaos near Heathrow - ifithelps
On a quieter road it would be harder to cause disruption.

The M25 is on a knife edge of gridlock anyway, which means there's a 20mile queue as soon as someone drops a fag paper.

Edited by ifithelps on 15/08/2008 at 20:25

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Fri 15 Aug 2008 20:55
M25 chaos near Heathrow - zookeeper
good luck to the bloke, and the cause..this man has caused disruption to a lot of vehicles with families for one day, he has to live without his kids every day , he gets my support
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Fri 15 Aug 2008 20:49
M25 chaos near Heathrow - welshlad
>>
A grown man dressing up as a comic book hero and scaling a tall building/structure

why cant these sicko's leave that for the bedroom like us normal folks
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Fri 15 Aug 2008 21:10
M25 chaos near Heathrow - Pugugly
Motoring related ? - was at the start - maybe ! Locked.
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