• GreyShack@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You haven’t addressed the critical point:

    What would be the consequences for both when the co-ordination was leaked/revealed?

    Both would stand to lose vastly more in credibility than ever they might gain.

    Whilst that might not matter to Sunak - a lost cause politically anyway, and clearly someone who values money highly - Greenpeace thrives on commitment to the cause.

    It certainly seems to me a highly implausible scenario.

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      1 year ago

      That’s fine, you’re entitled to your opinion. Certainly there’s an element of risk, but I imagine that both parties operate under pseudonyms for exactly that reason.

      A point of order here, while you’re welcome to criticize my opinion, you also haven’t addressed my reasons for doubt.

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        1 year ago

        you also haven’t addressed my reasons for doubt.

        A) When did you ask me to?

        B) By pointing out the cost/benefit to both sides, I would have said that I did anyway.

        However, if you would like me to go into more detail: this is a property that was not occupied by the PM or his family - Greenpeace have stated that they were aware of this. The ‘high security’ was evidently provided by the police - who would also have been aware of this. Even at the best of times, given a little advance planning, avoiding a routine police cordon - routine being the key word - is not exactly difficult.

        I struggle to see why Greenpeace would take the route that you are suggesting (a literal conspiracy theory) and decide to take the risk of losing credibility instead of doing as they have frequently, attestably, through court records, done and evade the existing security.