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    Filling golf course holes with cement: Extinction Rebellion

    Climate activists in southern France have filled golf course holes with cement to protest against the exemption of golf greens from water bans amid the country's severe drought.


    The group targeted sites near the city of Toulouse, calling golf the "leisure industry of the most privileged".


    The exemption of golf greens has sparked controversy as 100 French villages are short of drinking water.


    Golf officials say greens would die in three days without water.


    "A golf course without a green is like an ice-rink without ice," Gérard Rougier of the French Golf Federation told the France Info news website. He added that 15,000 people worked in golf courses across the country.


    The recent action targeted courses in the towns of Vieille-Toulouse and Blagnac. It was claimed by the local branch of the Extinction Rebellion movement.


    In a petition, the activists said the exemption showed that "economic madness takes precedence over ecological reason".



    While residents cannot water their gardens or wash their cars in the worst-hit municipalities, golf courses have escaped the nationwide restrictions


    The water bans are decreed nationally, but enforcement is at the discretion of regional officials. So far only one area, Ille-et-Villaine in western France, has diverged, banning the watering of golf courses.


    The Green mayor of the south-eastern city of Grenoble city, Éric Piolle, criticised the exemption saying: "We continue to protect the rich and powerful."


    Some constraints on the golf course remain. Watering must be carried out at night with no more than 30% of the usual volume of water.


    Some parts of the Loire river have virtually dried up. Across two-thirds of France, a state of crisis has been declared, with rainfall down by some 85%.









    Climate activists fill golf holes with cement after water ban exemption - BBC News

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    Personally, I don't think recreational activities such as golf should be exempt from the ban.

    Wrong priorities...

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    and what did they mix their cement with? piss?

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    They should put these cute little miniature landmines in the holes:

    Filling golf course holes with cement: Extinction Rebellion-62533749_101-jpg

    Then we could cause the extinction of be-checked-cardiganed golfers in their hideous shoes, caps and flannel trousers and everyone's a winner.

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    Ain't no one wearing a cardigan playing golf in Thailand,

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    ^Can we be sure the gent doesn't "hit the links"? He strikes me as the sort of faux snobby cvnt that would wear a cardigan, look down at anyone who didn't, and who's career goal in golf is to break 120.

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    Break 120 playing from the red markers

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    ^100% true story, many years ago I got paired with some upper-class soap dodger in a local Pattaya tournament and the prick was dressed like he was about to tee it up with Tiger at Augusta, not some unknown and mildy hungover piece of oilfield trash at Burapha! He literally scowled in disgust at my attire (QLD Origin bucket hat, polo shirt with a local bars name on the pocket/sleeves, tailored shorts, ankle socks, running shoe style soft golf spikes) and he reliably informed me I would never be allowed to play at the course he was a member of in England, in fact I'd be removed from the premises dressed like that! I shot 82 with a double bogey on 18, he shot some score Bradman would have been happy with, well over 100. I asked him if everyone at his club was well dressed but playing off 36

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    Quote Originally Posted by Headworx View Post
    ^Can we be sure the gent doesn't "hit the links"? He strikes me as the sort of faux snobby cvnt that would wear a cardigan, look down at anyone who didn't, and who's career goal in golf is to break 120.
    I did that once. Then someone mentioned something about a "back nine".

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    I only ever played once and I won a prize.
    For playing the most golf.

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    ^Commonly known as the Bradman award which I always thought to be quite funny as often, the majority of players would be from non cricket playing countries so they had no idea what it actually meant! All they knew is someone had shot about 150 before walking off on hole 14

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