The Reverend Sue Parfitt, from Bristol, was detained for holding a placard that read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” She was among more than 27 people arrested on Saturday for acts of defiance against the proscription.

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    Technically it’s because some members of the group trespassed in a military base and vandalised an airplane. Which is trespassing and vandalism. Not terrorism. Unless Starmer has been watching too much Thomas & the Friends and Pixar’s Cars and believes that the poor planes can’t sleep at night anymore, because they are terrified.

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      “We’re civilised people, we can excuse genocide, but throwing paint and saying mean words is a step too far.”

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      Also, even if a few members organize themselves to do that, that doesn’t mean the entire organization supports it or is behind it.

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        Well definitions can include anything and everything. They can also be debased to the point of being useless, or in the case of crimes of being the engine of witch hunts.

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          On the outside of the engine I agree.

          On the inside there are moving parts that probably don’t like increased friction, so they probably have to take the whole thing apart to remove the paint.

          It’s still not really destruction of property.

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            Big deal. The UK has billions of pounds from selling arms to the genocidal apartheid zionist state.