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AZProgressive

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8. I think the UK is really stretching the terrorism label

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jul 5, 2025, 05:57 PM

Jul 5

All they did as far as I know was use red spray paint to signify Palestinian blood.

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More than 20 arrests at protest in support of Palestine Action after UK ban comes into effect [View all] Omaha Steve Jul 5 OP

Maybe breaking in to the RAF base & spraying red paint into the engines of $300 million planes was a bad idea? EX500rider Jul 5 #1

Oh yes, property damage is terrorism, but starving and incinerating babies is not. AloeVera Jul 5 #2

Really sucks that Hamas started all this, huh? cabotnn22 Jul 5 #5

"Activists and their supporters have said the group is non-violent and advocates civil disobedience" Beastly Boy Jul 5 #3

They'd be shot dead by the IDF or GHF mercenaries... AloeVera Jul 5 #4

More likely they'd be shot by Hamas cabotnn22 Jul 5 #6

How do you propose your mutually exclusive speculations could possibly take place? Beastly Boy Jul 5 #7

Now you think fences are people too? AloeVera Jul 5 #9

Again... What? Beastly Boy Jul 5 #10

And if everyone reads the full Britannica article, it's clear it restricts violence to acts against people muriel_volestrangler Jul 6 #11

Only if everyone READS the full Britannica article, not READS INTO it. Beastly Boy Jul 6 #12

"way outside the topic"? The topic is the UK government making support for Palestine Action a criminal offence muriel_volestrangler Jul 6 #13

It takes an act of violence to vandalise anything. Vandalism, including vandalising military equipment IS violent. Beastly Boy Jul 6 #14

I think the UK is really stretching the terrorism label AZProgressive Jul 5 #8

However they sprayed the paint into the engines EX500rider Jul 6 #15

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