als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIn 6 hours it will be illegal to say "I support Palestine Action" in the UK, with a sentence of up to 14 years in prison.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square287linkfedilinkarrow-up11.28Karrow-down127cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11.25Karrow-down1external-linkIn 6 hours it will be illegal to say "I support Palestine Action" in the UK, with a sentence of up to 14 years in prison.www.theguardian.comals@lemmy.blahaj.zone to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square287linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squaremhague@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up199·1 year agoNonviolent direct action has earned them the label “terrorists.”
minus-squareZarathustra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up101arrow-down2·edit-21 year ago “The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.” Marcus Tullius Cicero Someone
minus-squareQuik@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up29·1 year agoGrrrrr, he very likely didn’t say that. The closest to it I could find is “The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws” by Tacitus (The Annals of Imperial Rome). Cicero lived at the end of the republic, his problem wasn’t too many laws…
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoBang on mate. It’s here in the “Misattributed” section https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cicero
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoCicero was world class complainer after all.
minus-squareNoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up65·1 year agoWhen the sentence is the same for non-violent protest and for actual terrorism, don’t be surprised if things get more extreme quickly.
minus-squarenothingcorporate@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up44·1 year agoJust more newspeak, like Trump calling everything he posts online “truths” while being nothing but lie after lie.
Nonviolent direct action has earned them the label “terrorists.”
Grrrrr, he very likely didn’t say that.
The closest to it I could find is “The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws” by Tacitus (The Annals of Imperial Rome).
Cicero lived at the end of the republic, his problem wasn’t too many laws…
Bang on mate. It’s here in the “Misattributed” section https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cicero
Cicero was world class complainer after all.
When the sentence is the same for non-violent protest and for actual terrorism, don’t be surprised if things get more extreme quickly.
Just more newspeak, like Trump calling everything he posts online “truths” while being nothing but lie after lie.
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