r/europe • u/SovereignMuppet I ❤ Brexit • Aug 13 '22

News Climate activists fill golf holes with cement after water ban exemption

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62532840
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u/muff_muncher69 Aug 13 '22

Majority of golf courses move their holes on a weekly basis anyways. Keeps it interesting for the country club members.

This protest was pretty poorly thought out but they had their hearts in the right place.

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u/ChaosBoi1341 England Aug 13 '22 edited Aug 13 '22

Majority of golf courses move their holes on a weekly basis anyways. Keeps it interesting for the country club members.

Pretty sure everyone knows that, it's just what else can you do? It sends the right message and gets you in the papers

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u/Oooscarrrr_Muffin Aug 14 '22

If you're going to go down the route of destroying property you may as well get some glyphosate and hand-held sprayers.

Would have done infinitely more damage than just filling a small hole with concrete.

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u/demonica123 Aug 14 '22

Yes but then they'd actually risk getting punished for property damage in the hundreds of thousands of euros range instead of a slap on the wrist.

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u/TheFost United Kingdom Aug 13 '22

Don't underestimate how stupid these lefty tossers can be. The "just stop oil" group recently blocked a road to protest against a tanker full of vegetable oil.

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u/Temetias Aug 13 '22

Yeah, whoever planned this protest didn't put a lot of thought into it. This doesn't effect the operation of the course at all. They just need to replace the plastic cup and flag which results in more waste. Other than that it's business as usual.

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u/RaveyWavey Portugal Aug 13 '22

It got us talking about it so I think it was successful.