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All I did was repeat what I said a couple of days ago - you’re a contrarian, and, as this part of the thread proves, a hypocrite who backs the arrest and possible Jailing (I see you decided to ignore my use of the word “possible”) of the disabled and pensioners for defying a proscription that, increasingly, looks to have been raised on dubious grounds by a weak Government.
Watching the elderly blind man in the wheelchair and the OAP lady with cerebral palsy getting carried away made me feel sick in my stomach. The only way this government stays in power at the next election is if some kind of "emergency" arises and the elections are cancelled. I know it's a bit Organ Morgan-ish, but I wouldn't put anything past this lot.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...up-1000-people
The next mass protest in support of the banned group Palestine Action will aim to be twice the size of the last, organisers have said, as they increase pressure on the government to lift its proscription.
Last Saturday’s protest in Parliament Square was predicated on 500 people signing up but the next one, announced on Wednesday for 6 September in London, is conditional on 1,000 people agreeing to take part.
Defend Our Juries, the pressure group behind the protests opposing the proscription of Palestine Action, said it believed a turnout of 1,000 would be enough to get the ban lifted.
A total of 532 people were arrested at Saturday’s demonstration, all but 10 under section 13 of the Terrorism Act for carrying placards saying: “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
The number of people arrested for peaceful protests, their age profile – half of those arrested were 60 or older – and the strain it is putting on the criminal justice system have led many to question the ban.
A Defend Our Juries spokesperson said: “With all the real challenges facing the country, it’s crazy that the Labour government has generated a political crisis over people quietly holding cardboard signs against genocide in Parliament Square. This won’t be forgotten.”
Do not make me miss the ****ing Tories, Starmer. I absolutely beg of you, do not reach that low.
Will the Spurs players be joining the disabled OAP protesters in the clink or are they innocent bystanders?
This is the problem i have with the people getting themselves arrested. You can still push the message without pushing the group, its not illegal to say you think the israeli government is deliberately killing babies, it is illegal to support a proscribed group.
I dont know why people are so desperate to be cannon fodder for this group, its almost like PA are the victim and cause for some now.
I'll admit to not having read the entire thread.
It seems to me that the thread became locked into a conflation of two issues: proscription and debate around freedom of speech/thought, and, abhorrence at the events in Palestine.
I'm afraid Jimbo (of this parish) led himself and the thread astray with a spurious (and sometimes entirely circular) argument that the legality or otherwise of something defined it's moral probity. In short, it doesn't. That's a cart-before-horse way of thinking.
I mean, I do think that's a misinterpretation of my point, as I certainly do understand that the law enforcement morality do not always perfectly align for all people. I certainly do agree on the circular nature of the debate though, so not keen to interact anymore on it!