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Owen Jones: This column does not express support for Palestine Action – here’s why (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 0 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

They absolutely did, but the problem is that what they did in order to protest was a crime. A pretty big crime too, frankly they're lucky they didn't get shot.

I have absolutely no idea how those geniuses thought that this would be a good tactic.

I fully support their objectives, and I think it's ridiculous to call them terrorists, but what they did was beyond moronic.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Well, sometimes you have to commit a crime to protest an even bigger crime - warcrimes like genocide. The UK already is a surveillance police state. If they declare even protesting against genocide a crime, then so be it!

    In that light, the removal of my comment appears unwarranted. For anyone curious (or whoever reported it), if I recall correctly, it expressed support for PA.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    The problem is what they did didn't really have any meaning. They haven't really roused the public with their action, in fact their subsequent arrest has been more impactful for their cause than the actual action, and I can't imagine that was envisioned as a predicted outcome.

    What they did was actually unhelpful because it allowed the government to label them as terrorists and therefore ignore them. Sticking to protests and writing to MPs and just making a general stink about things would, in the long run, have been more helpful because it would have never given them something that they could use as a stick to beat people with when they complained.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Saboteurs of the Holocaust were criminals. Nazis were following the law.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I cannot see how you could ever have a situation where deliberately damaging military aircraft would be legal. I'm not sure what you're advocating for, changing of the law so that they're allowed to commit acts of extreme vandalism because they feel rightfully justified? How would that work?

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