From: NOTsomeone@microsoft.invalid 
  
 On 10/08/2025 09:24, Norman Wells wrote: 
 > I see that 474 arrests were made yesterday at a rally in London under 
 > the Terrorism Act 2000, mostly for just peacefully displaying 
 > handwritten placards saying 'I support Palestine Action'.€€ It's also 
 > been reported that 800 inmates in the busiest London jails were moved 
 > out beforehand in order to make room for these alleged terrorists. 
  
 Those people who were arrested foolishly failed to distinguish between: 
 a) Huge concern over Gaza (which we probably all share) 
 b) Support for Palestinian Action, itself. 
  
 All the placards I saw in the news conflated the two issues. 
  
 AFAIK, not a single one of the protesters was arrested over his support 
 for Palestinians. They were all arrested for supporting a proscribed 
 organisation. 
  
  
 Palestinian Action were proscribed because they thought it was okay to 
 cause tens of millions of €€€€€€ worth of damage to aircraft. Whether that 
 makes them terrorists or just bloody nuisances is a moot point, but we 
 elect a government to make such decisions, and we should abide by their 
 decisions. 
  
 It's a slippery slope. If Palestinian Action are allowed to get away 
 with damaging aircraft, then others will think it's okay to set asylum 
 seeker hotels on fire, and eventually people will think it's okay to 
 murder their neighbours because they don't like their topiary. 
  
  
 Neo-Nazi groups have been proscribed, and people have been arrested for 
 supporting them. I can't remember any people here speaking out in their 
 favour? 
  
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