Best SUnday laugh ever -Of course I expected the vindictive class to be vindictive and nasty [View all]

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Boat race rower blasts protester
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/apr/08/boat-race-protest-reaction
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An Oxford University rower has hit out at the self-styled anti-elitist protester whose dip in the Thames forced the Boat Race to be halted and rerun, denouncing him as "a mockery of a man" who had interfered with a "proud" sporting tradition and shown no respect for the crews' "dedication and courage".

Hailed as "a philosopher and rower extraordinaire" by the BBC's race presenter Clare Balding, 22-year-old Zeng argued Oldfield's intervention had "made a mockery" of his fellow rowers and done little to honour his anti-elitist cause. "If you say you are a protester then no matter what you say your cause may be, your action speaks too loudly for me to hear you," wrote Zeng, an American Rhodes scholar, who is studying for a DPhil in computer science at Oriel College.

Oldfield, an activist who on his blog, 'Elitism leads to Tyranny',, suggests acts of civil disobedience such as taxi drivers taking passengers on the most expensive routes and waiters in smart restaurants serve their customers cold food, mounted a robust defence of his actions yesterday, attacked the media for focusing on his apparently privileged background and insisted his act had been a legitimate form of attack on the injustices of society.

"Of course I expected the vindictive class to be vindictive and nasty about having disrupted their fun and 'months of training'," he posted on Twitter, adding: "I'm 100% behind my actions, if it's jail time, so be it." Oldfield, whose four years spentat private school and MSc in contemporary urbanism from the London School Economics had sparked criticism, from many quarters,said he had gone to the LSE on a scholarship and had worked his way through the course. He had left private school at 16, he added, "because I couldn't stand the elitism".He added: "Having been deep within elite institutions I have a very good understanding of them. I protest their injustices - ask anyone that knows me."
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The 1% must not be disturbed when at play and rowing is sacrosanct.