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.

rekabis@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Almacca@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  :gestures broadly at history:

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• hopesdead@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Bro. Great Britain is responsible for this whole mess: it’s called the Balfour Declaration.

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  • jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well, yes and no. It’s true we started it. But then we had bigger fish to fry and handed it off to the UN. Who could have dissolved the whole thing and returned it to the previous state, but chose not to.

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    • wpb@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If I set fire to your house, and then I turn to you saying “ooh boy this is a hairy problem, you better take care of it”, I am entirely responsible for your house being on fire.

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      • jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        For that to be a useful simile you’d need to use some kind of reversible fire.

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• FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ever heard of the East India Company?

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  • theacharnian@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It the Irish potato famine?

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• febra@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Haven’t they always been pro genocide?

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• ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ever heard of Churchill and what he (and other British people) did in India? He starved millions to death. Look up Bengali famine.

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