From: jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu 
  
 On 2025-08-11, Spike  wrote: 
 > Roger Hayter  wrote: 
 >> On 11 Aug 2025 at 12:06:21 BST, "GB"  wrote: 
 >>> Does anyone care very much about the proscribed group Palestine Action? 
 >>> A group of protesters who destroyed aircraft on the flimsiest of 
 >>> pretexts. I bet that most of the people arrested were completely 
 >>> muddle-headed about what they were doing. 
 > 
 >> Which is serious, perhaps treasonous, criminal damage. But it simply 
 >> doesn't meet the criteria for terrorism - the essence of which is 
 >> striking civilian targets to demoralise populations. Not military actions. 
 > 
 > Are you sure that is a correct definition of terrorism under UK law? 
 > 
 > I thought it was something to do with attempting to affect government 
 > policy by means of criminal activity, but of course ICBW. 
  
 The UK legal definition of terrorism, which would include the UK 
 government itself as a terrorist organisation, is much more wide-ranging 
 than the dictionary definition. I would assume Roger was referring to 
 the latter. 
  
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