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by throw0101b 626 days ago
In case anyone was curious like I was:

> Given a choice between a Stuttgart court date or a sandy, balmy beach in Bali, it’s clear how most people would decide.

> Now Luisa and Yannick, two young radical German climate activists, are learning to their cost that they may have made the wrong choice.

> Last September in Stuttgart the two participated in a climate protest by the group Last Generation, gluing their hands to a city street and blocking traffic beneath a banner reading: “Save oil don’t drill.”

[…]

> A Last Generation spokesperson told Bild: “They booked the flight as private persons, not as climate protectionists. That must be kept separate.”

* https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2023/02/03/german-cl...