No one talking about the "attack" on the RAF refueling aircraft?
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29 people got themselves arrested while protesting outside the high court over the governments decision to ban them. There people that are getting nicked over climate change, Black Lifes Matter, Palestine etc......don't they realise this will go on record and will show up when employers do a Criminal record check? Are they just dumb or just so wealthy and privileged that they just don't care?
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IIRC of those charge for attacking the plane most of them had no fixed address, therefore if similar the 29 arrested here probably have very little to lose.
What a surprise, no addresses and probably no jobs either, it's the same story everywhere
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They may not have been violent in this instance, however I'll point you to this
It's worth noting that this isn't the first thing PA has done.
Police officer hit with sledgehammer near Bristol
Police say officers seized sledgehammers, axes, whips and other homemade weapons.www.bbc.co.uk
Elbit Systems UK: Four charged after Palestine Action protest
A hammer on a rope was used to smash windows during the protest.
Misinformed activists smash up MK factory over "links" to Israel Gaza war
Badly-informed activists have smashed up a factory in MK which they wrongly claim is involved in supplying machinery to a company that allegedly produces Israeli weapons.www.miltonkeynes.co.uk
Pro-Palestine activists damage factory building F-35 parts
Palestine Action activists have once again targeted Teledyne CML Composites in Bromborough, Wirral, which manufactures parts for F-35 fighter jets.ukdefencejournal.org.uk
Pro-Palestinian activists arrested over Runcorn factory protest
Three protesters are arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and aggravated trespass at the factory.
Disrupt, damage, destroy: training days for UK’s Gaza activists (archive link to times article)
Now I don't have an issue with protests, and accept that some form of destruction of property is par for the course (this doesn't include spray paint, which seems to get peoples knickers in a twist for some reason...) . I do take issue with attacking people and I do think anything that could affect our military capability is a massive no. Do I think PA are terrorists (in my concept of what it means)? No not really. But, again, anything that affects our military capability is, potentially, as big an issues. Even more so in the current global climate.
BBC News - UN human rights chief criticises UK Palestine Action ban
www.bbc.com
UN human rights chief criticises 'disturbing' Palestine Action ban
Volker Turk urges the UK government to lift the "unnecessary" ban on the group.
www.bbc.com
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I know of a short pier that the UN can go for a long walk on.
seems like they mostly retired or trust fund babies, they know prisons are full, people are serving 1/3 sentences and the odds of being sent down are very slim, especially with ridiculous sympathetic judges.
whats the worst that can happen? you get a few weeks in prison? you don't have a job or work anyway does it really matter?
they all seem to be attention seeking narcists
These are the kinds of people who in previous generations would have gone on long holidays doing charity work, now they don;t bother, it's too much hard work so they would rather disrupt peoples lives instead.
There's a factory in newcastle that's always being attacked/protested because it has links to israel, it should be classed as stalking or something.. these people literally need restraining orders
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Maybe they just have principles and want to stand up for what they believe in?
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They know that nothing will happen to them. Examples are only made for people who protest about other things.
if they had principles they could go protest in gaza or do volunteer work there with a charity or something
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It took wealthy women protesting to get the vote for some women and some men who had gone to war while the State precluded them from voting in elections.
Your point?
they can still go to the rest of Palestine
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Doubt you get snacks and cups of tea if you lay in the road but they could try.
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Ah yes. Drop their lives and travel to one of the most dangerous areas on the planet where a genocide is currently being committed. Perfectly comparable to attending protests in this country.
I mean maybe some of them have been out to the wider area and helped out who knows? I would imagine anyone who has been out there is probably is also involved in protests at home as well.
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It's a luxury enjoyed by the wealthy.
Living a nomadic lifestyle or a refusal to accept an address doesn’t mean they have nothing to lose. iirc an NHS Dr claimed NFA, it can just mean you don’t want to tell people to where you live.
no?
"Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims"
Classically Terrorism is violence against the civilian population.