Three climate protesters have been arrested after the shop window of a car dealer in Wellington was vandalised.

Some kinda hilarious quotes from the owner here.

I’m not even sure what they’re doing. I believe they’re protesting against light rail or something."

Gazley said the dealership supported sustainable transport options.

“Maybe they should inspect some of the vehicles that we have, because the majority of them are hybrid and electric vehicles.”

And then…

“And then I believe they tried to glue their hands to the footpath, but the glue didn’t set in time and they were arrested by the police.”

Maybe they’ll go after a Tesla dealership next?

  • IlovethebombOP
    46·
    1 year ago

    If you read their idiotic manifesto, or even the name of the organisation, you’d know these people are all about intercity rail services, not cycleways. I doubt they even know about the court case. They just really like trains.

    Besides, damaging private property because someone disagreed with you isn’t really how things are supposed to work.

    • Xcf456
      52·
      1 year ago

      Did you even read the article you posted, or just the bits where the guy was all

      Restore Passenger Rail spokesperson James Cockle said they targeted the car dealer because the car industry was “against sustainable transportation”.

      "Your luxuries are killing us. The people selling these $200,000 utes and SUVs don’t care about our future.

      “The obscenely rich are lobbying against us having sustainable transport systems and are turbo-charging the climate crisis with more motorways and more luxury emissions.”

      • IlovethebombOP
        22·
        1 year ago

        Did they mention the actual court case though, or just generally complaining about “lobbying”?