HEATROW 13 - WHO IS REALY TO BLAME ?

HEATHROW 13 – WHO IS REALY TO BLAME ?.

 

A group of ordinary people, who are now being referred to as the Heathrow 13, cut a hole in the perimeter fence at Heathrow Airport allowing them access to the Northern runway and they then chained themselves together and to fencing in a protest against the expansion of the of the airport and the pollution being caused by its operation and activities, and caused “disruption and delays”. The fact that they were able to “break the law” in the way that has been claimed, was the fault of the owners and operators of the airport. Heathrow Airport has a responsibility to its employees, passengers, flight operators, local residents and the general public to provide a safe site of operation and I would think that before there is any future form of discussion regarding expansion there needs to be a serious independent and open audit of its operation and their proposals for the future including a rigorous “ what if ” analysis. This would establish “who is realy to blame” and what  action was taken to cover it up.

 

When the small percentage of the general public who use the airport on a regular basis realise how close they could have come to being involved in a possible catastrophic event they should realise that their complaints and anger should have been directed at the people who own and run the airport. If a group of peaceful protesters, who were ordinary people with a message that were “trying to be heard”, could find a breach in the airport security and gain access to restricted areas, then it wouldn’t take long before a heavily armed and murderous group of terrorists might have found and used it with devastating affect.

 

It was the airport’s responsibility to ensure no unauthorised access to restricted areas could happen under any circumstances and I hope that an investigation on their behalf was carried out and the person responsible was dealt with in a similar manner that they expect for the Heathrow 13.

 

James Hancock.

 

A Good Common Man.

( Because of what happens when “good men do nothing” Edmund Burke)

ORDINARY PEOPLE - TRYING TO BE HEARD.

ORDINARY PEOPLE – TRYING TO BE HEARD.

 

There are a number of ways that ordinary people, who have a particular view, and who become frustrated because they are “only ordinary people and nobody listens to them”, can take in order to try to be heard. They can write letters to local and national newspapers, form organisations, arrange marches, raise fighting funds to pay lobbyists but the only ones that we ever get to hear about are the ones that become direct action activists because they are the ones that the media decide to consider as being newsworthy, not normally because of the message but because of the method chosen to highlight it. But now the establishment has decided to make an example of one of these groups, we can only assume to give a message to deter others, by threatening them to ‘expect jail’ for aggravated trespass and entering a security restricted area.

 

The group, Plane Stupid, cut through a perimeter fence at Heathrow Airport and thirteen activists chained themselves together on the north runway causing what was claimed to be disruption during their peaceful demonstration. In reality the Airport Authority, rather than pursuing the prosecution of these people should be GRATEFUL to the group for having highlighting a serious breach in their security and relieved that it wasn’t a group of terrorists who would have been spraying bullets and using explosives and the outcome could have been far more disruptive including wounding, destruction, devastation and even fatalities.

 

As a sign of their appreciation, Heathrow Airport should appeal to the court to have the threat of jail removed from these thirteen ordinary people who were only “ trying to be heard ” and in the process did them a great favour.

 

It was the airport’s responsibility to ensure no unauthorised access.

James Hancock.

A Good Common Man.

( Because of what happens when “good men do nothing“ Edmund Burke)