Israel / Palestine

[Ian H]

Keith Flett is on good form:-
...On Saturday 9th August the Met Police say that they arrested 474 people (or it might be 532- look do you expect the Met to know what its doing?) for protesting largely under a Defend Our Juries basis for mentioning words about Palestine that Yvette Cooper the Home Secretary thinks should not be mentioned. Keeping in mind that the Met are incompetent, can’t add up and tend to, er, lose evidence, that is still a significant number out of the 800+ who attended that particular protest. In one of the biggest exercises of wasting police time and resources in recent years (The Met are specialists) police from a wide area including Wales appear to have been despatched to central London. Good news for those committing actual crimes elsewhere on the day...

https://kmflett.wordpress.com/2025/...an-arrests-stopped-a-free-press-in-the-1820s/

 

[dutchguylivingintheuk]

Keith Flett is on good form:-
...On Saturday 9th August the Met Police say that they arrested 474 people (or it might be 532- look do you expect the Met to know what its doing?) for protesting largely under a Defend Our Juries basis for mentioning words about Palestine that Yvette Cooper the Home Secretary thinks should not be mentioned. Keeping in mind that the Met are incompetent, can’t add up and tend to, er, lose evidence, that is still a significant number out of the 800+ who attended that particular protest. In one of the biggest exercises of wasting police time and resources in recent years (The Met are specialists) police from a wide area including Wales appear to have been despatched to central London. Good news for those committing actual crimes elsewhere on the day...

https://kmflett.wordpress.com/2025/...an-arrests-stopped-a-free-press-in-the-1820s/

''For mentioning words about Palestine'' rigght... From the BBC article about this '' five for assaults on police officers, two for public order offences, and one for a racially aggravated offence.'' attacked by words? Or as per usual an spin to a story

 

[briantrumpet]

 

[C R]

''For mentioning words about Palestine'' rigght... From the BBC article about this '' five for assaults on police officers, two for public order offences, and one for a racially aggravated offence.'' attacked by words? Or as per usual an spin to a story

So that's eight who weren't arrested for words about Palestine. How about the other five hundred? Or is is it that you care about freeze peach but not free speech?

 

[Beebo]

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Israel claim they have proof that one of them was a member of Hamas.
Even if that is true, there is no way to justify killing the other 4. So they don’t both mentioning them in their statement.

 

[spen666]

So that's eight who weren't arrested for words about Palestine. How about the other five hundred? Or is is it that you care about freeze peach but not free speech?

That's one way to spin it. This clearly omits the fact that
1. They were aware of the law and deliberately sought to breach the law
2. "Palestine Action" are a proscribed terrorist organisation
3. The "words about Palestine" were their demonstrating support for a proscribed terrorist organisation

If they believe the law is wrong, then the appropriate course of action is to campaign to change the law. It is not appropriate to deliberately break the laws you do not agree with. That is anarchy

Given this is a cycling related forum, would those who support the breaking of this law also support motorists who run over cyclists because they do not believe cyclists should be allowed to ride on the road.

Whether the proscribing of "Palestine Action" is right or wrong in your or my opinion is irrelevant to what the law currently is

 

[Pblakeney]

That's one way to spin it. This clearly omits the fact that
1. They were aware of the law and deliberately sought to breach the law
2. "Palestine Action" are a proscribed terrorist organisation
3. The "words about Palestine" were their demonstrating support for a proscribed terrorist organisation

If they believe the law is wrong, then the appropriate course of action is to campaign to change the law. It is not appropriate to deliberately break the laws you do not agree with. That is anarchy

Given this is a cycling related forum, would those who support the breaking of this law also support motorists who run over cyclists because they do not believe cyclists should be allowed to ride on the road.

Whether the proscribing of "Palestine Action" is right or wrong in your or my opinion is irrelevant to what the law currently is

A basic summary - The law is an ass.
It is entirely possible to be equally against what is happening in Palestine and Palestine Action.

 

[C R]

That's one way to spin it. This clearly omits the fact that
1. They were aware of the law and deliberately sought to breach the law
2. "Palestine Action" are a proscribed terrorist organisation
3. The "words about Palestine" were their demonstrating support for a proscribed terrorist organisation

If they believe the law is wrong, then the appropriate course of action is to campaign to change the law. It is not appropriate to deliberately break the laws you do not agree with. That is anarchy

Given this is a cycling related forum, would those who support the breaking of this law also support motorists who run over cyclists because they do not believe cyclists should be allowed to ride on the road.

Whether the proscribing of "Palestine Action" is right or wrong in your or my opinion is irrelevant to what the law currently is

Deflection.

The post I replied to implied that because eight out of more than five hundred arrests were for reasons other than the content of a placard, then we couldn't say that the arrests followed a peaceful demonstration.

 

[The Crofted Crest]

Do you think protesting against the law is not a means to effect a change in the law?

 

[spen666]

....
It is entirely possible to be equally against what is happening in Palestine and Palestine Action.

It absolutely is and that is why those idiots deliberately carrying banners and placards stating they support "Palestine Action" deserve to be arrested and do those who oppose what is happening in Palestine no favours be deflecting attention from Palestine to their support for a proscribed terrorist organisation

 

[spen666]

Do you think protesting against the law is not a means to effect a change in the law?

Protesting against a law is very different from deliberately breaking the law.
one is effective free speech and to be supported, one is a deliberate criminal act.

they are very different actions

 

[spen666]

Deflection.

The post I replied to implied that because eight out of more than five hundred arrests were for reasons other than the content of a placard, then we couldn't say that the arrests followed a peaceful demonstration.

Yes, your post is a good deflection from the fact that your so called "words of support for Palestine" were actually a deliberate criminal act and showing support for a proscribed terrorist organisation

 

[CXRAndy]

Deflection.

The post I replied to implied that because eight out of more than five hundred arrests were for reasons other than the content of a placard, then we couldn't say that the arrests followed a peaceful demonstration.

Lefties getting a taste of government bias, shocking isn't it.

 

[PurplePenguin]

It's just civil disobedience.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience

 

[Xipe Totec]

Hark at all the funny little Free Speech Absolutists - "No, no - not that free speech!"