Climate Protesters Arrested At Parliament House

I guess these folks haven’t read the e-mails yet 😉

FEDERAL Parliament’s front doors were locked today during a blockade by climate change protesters calling for deep cuts to carbon emissions.

About 200 protesters demanding a 40 per cent cut in carbon emissions were visited by senators Bill Heffernan and Steve Fielding, both renowned climate sceptics who tried to speak with them.

More than 20 police were called in to move the protesters away from Parliament’s front doors and some left before they were forced out.

Police dragged remaining protesters to an area under parliament, out of sight of reporters and photographers.  [AAP]

It is bad enough that these loons are prostesting in regards to a confirmed hoax, but this is what I find most disturbing:

Protest organiser Georgina Woods, from the group Rising Tide Newcastle, said the protesters ranged in age from one to 87.

The father of the one-year-old was arrested but the mother left the protest scene with their child after police asked demonstrators to leave.

Ms Woods defended the couple.

“This has been a peaceful protest. There was no danger to the baby,” Ms Woods said.

What responsible parent would bring a child to a protest?  I think they were obviously using the child as a prop in the hope that one of policemen might grab the baby from them in order to get pictures to spread on the Internet.  I can’t stand these people and using babies as props is yet another reason why.