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Kneecap member charged with terror offence
Submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to globalnews@lemmy.zip
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2qq2n3800o
Comments
x00z@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
threeganzi@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Which flag did they display? It only said it’s ‘a flag displayed in support of…’.
Is it a Palestinian flag or a flag owned by one of those organizations?
gradual@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
Freedom of speech is important.
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Displaying a flag seems like a fairly silly thing to call hate speech.
viking@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
Nah, it’s the right thing to do. While the law was initially put in place to control nazi flags and other extremist display, using it to take down banners of banned terror organisations is justified.
Or how would you feel if your neighbor started flying an ISIS flag, for example?
JustJack23@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
As we are seeing in Germany these kind of laws are extremely easy to abuse. I am not saying flying ISIS or a Nazi flag is ok, but having these laws in place maybe does more harm than good.
Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
How you or i feel is a terrible basis for law. Just look at the US right now.
gradual@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
“Terrorism” is code for “they fought back against us without spending comparable amounts of money.”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetric_warfare
It’s not intrinsically bad unless you intrinsically support those with the most power.
Drewfro66@lemmygrad.ml 3 weeks ago
It would be right to use it against ISIS, but Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis are only considered “terrorists” for political reasons. All three are actually justified and good.
Flying their flags is illegal not because it is wrong or immoral but because it opposes British foreign policy.
Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Allegedly displaying a flag.