When your group’s goals line up strategically with Hamas, Palestinian islamic Jihad and the IRGC, you have to at least stop and wonder if you’re on the right side of history.
> The government’s proposal to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation is as absurd as it is authoritarian
– Jeremy Corbyn
I think we dodged a bullet by keeping Corbyn out of power. The guy would easily sell out the country if it means his ideological friends will be happy.
MMAgeezer on
Don’t let their apologists gaslight you about “being banned for spraying some paint” – they are explicit about their intent to cause damage to ground the planes in Brize Norton on their own website, and I’m sure they have the same approach elsewhere:
> Two activists broke into the largest air force base in Britain and used electric scooters to swiftly manoeuvre towards the planes. They used repurposed fire extinguishers to spray red paint into the turbine engines of two Airbus Voyagers and caused further damage using crowbars. Red paint, symbolising Palestinian bloodshed was also sprayed across the runway and a Palestine flag was left on the scene. Both activists managed to evade security and arrest.
Even if you are sympathetic to their cause, even if they are morally right, it’s ridiculous to think an organisation should be allowed to get away with actual criminal damage to military infrastructure.
Not saying they should get the medieval treatment but if they didn’t think they would be punished they must have been sniffing glue or something.
PixelF on
Once again, the comments in this thread are completely avoiding the main point of proscribing the group. Everyone knows that property damage is illegal and that isn’t going to change.
The point around proscribing the group is you want to make it illegal to say “I’m happy that they damaged the equipment inside an Israeli arms manufacturer, I hope it means fewer people are killed”
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When your group’s goals line up strategically with Hamas, Palestinian islamic Jihad and the IRGC, you have to at least stop and wonder if you’re on the right side of history.
https://thecorbynproject.com/news/jeremy-corbyn-on-the-proscription-of-palestine-action/
> The government’s proposal to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation is as absurd as it is authoritarian
– Jeremy Corbyn
I think we dodged a bullet by keeping Corbyn out of power. The guy would easily sell out the country if it means his ideological friends will be happy.
Don’t let their apologists gaslight you about “being banned for spraying some paint” – they are explicit about their intent to cause damage to ground the planes in Brize Norton on their own website, and I’m sure they have the same approach elsewhere:
> Two activists broke into the largest air force base in Britain and used electric scooters to swiftly manoeuvre towards the planes. They used repurposed fire extinguishers to spray red paint into the turbine engines of two Airbus Voyagers and caused further damage using crowbars. Red paint, symbolising Palestinian bloodshed was also sprayed across the runway and a Palestine flag was left on the scene. Both activists managed to evade security and arrest.
https://palestineaction.org/brize-norton/
Even if you are sympathetic to their cause, even if they are morally right, it’s ridiculous to think an organisation should be allowed to get away with actual criminal damage to military infrastructure.
Not saying they should get the medieval treatment but if they didn’t think they would be punished they must have been sniffing glue or something.
Once again, the comments in this thread are completely avoiding the main point of proscribing the group. Everyone knows that property damage is illegal and that isn’t going to change.
The point around proscribing the group is you want to make it illegal to say “I’m happy that they damaged the equipment inside an Israeli arms manufacturer, I hope it means fewer people are killed”