@[email protected] to A Boring [email protected]English • 5 days 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-square240fedilinkarrow-up11.17Kcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11.17Kexternal-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.com@[email protected] to A Boring [email protected]English • 5 days agomessage-square240fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink185•5 days agoNonviolent direct action has earned them the label “terrorists.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink94•edit-25 days ago “The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.” Marcus Tullius Cicero Someone
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink26•5 days 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-squareCavemanlinkfedilink5•4 days agoBang on mate. It’s here in the “Misattributed” section https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cicero
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink59•5 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink41•5 days agoJust more newspeak, like Trump calling everything he posts online “truths” while being nothing but lie after lie.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish21•5 days agoThe Ministry of Truth -> MiniTrue Truth Social -> 💩💨
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.
The Ministry of Truth -> MiniTrue
Truth Social -> 💩💨