Comment on Owen Jones: This column does not express support for Palestine Action – here’s why

• Denjin@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This comment can see you arrested for expressing support of a proscribed terrorist organisation. This could have you jailed for up to 6 months and/or a fine of up to £5,000

  And that fact is fucking stupid.

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• leraje@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They did wrong by breaking into an RAF base though

  Hardly a terrorist action though is it? Breaking in to throw around some red paint.

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  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Come on, “throwing around red paint” is quite misleading, no?

    They poured it into the engines of multiple RAF jets, destroying those engines. That’s several million in damages, and a lot of downtime.

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    • scratchee@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I really think we need to distinguish between terrorism in the sense of “are they going to keep blowing people up?” and “terrorism” in the sense of “are my taxes going to go up because of this?” I feel like the word is being stretched for the second example…

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah what they did was excessive vandalism. Not terrorism not unless it’s the first move in a long strategy although if it is, it’s a pretty dumb one since they’ve all been arrested.

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    • leraje@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It is now - but yeah my heart bleeds for those poor RAF jets, they're definitely what's important here, not making the word 'terrorist' a meaningless empty word that can be used to justify anything at all.

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      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Of course defence is important. How separated from reality are you for you to think it isn’t?

        Sabotaging UK defence is obviously a bad thing, and it shouldn’t be taken lightly.

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  • Denjin@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It does fall under the (completely bullshit) definition of an act of terrorism though.

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