Comment on In 6 hours it will be illegal to say "I support Palestine Action" in the UK, with a sentence of up to 14 years in prison.

mhague@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• zarathustra0@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  “The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.”

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

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  • Quik@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Grrrrr, he very likely didn’t say that.

    The closest to it I could find is “The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws” by Tacitus (The Annals of Imperial Rome).

    Cicero lived at the end of the republic, his problem wasn’t too many laws…

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    • olafurp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Bang on mate. It’s here in the “Misattributed” section en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cicero

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  • olafurp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Cicero was world class complainer after all.

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• NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  When the sentence is the same for non-violent protest and for actual terrorism, don’t be surprised if things get more extreme quickly.

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• nothingcorporate@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Just more newspeak, like Trump calling everything he posts online “truths” while being nothing but lie after lie.

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  • floo@retrolemmy.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The Ministry of Truth -> MiniTrue

    Truth Social -> 💩💨

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