If these protestors help prevent fracking in this country, then more power to them. 

I remember in the 80's when some Welsh women went to Greenham Common and set up the Peace camp there, in protest at American missiles being kept there.  I also remember being there with my daughters in 1983, joining about 70,000 women who went there to form a human chain around the base. It was a wonderful demonstration....I think it's good to stand up for what you believe in.