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More than 425 arrested as protesters defy ban on Palestine Action in London
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2025
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i mean...they DID trespass onto a military airport and messed with military aircraft.
that was what they did, that got them the designation "terrorist organization".
the planes were about to fly weapons down to israel, afaik, so i think they were doing something worthwhile, but, you know...bad idea regardless.
I don't agree that this makes them terrorists, i think that's some insane hyperbole on the governments side...but it does fit a very draconian definition of "terrorism": simply defined a "using force to achieve a political goal"
the entire thing is stupid. this is the stupidest timeline, after all...
Sure they did something highly illegal, but anyone who thinks that illegally trying to stop a weapons shipment is terrorism is insane. If "using force to achieve a political goal" is terrorism, then nearly every country on the planet is a terrorist organization. Idk if thats like actually the UK's definition or something but that is a ludicrous definition for terrorism.
Terrorists use terror. Its why they are called that. Not the use of force, but specifically attempting to strike deep fear into a civilian populace. At no point was PA trying to make people fearful. They were trying to stop people from dying.
yeah, i entirely agree!
it's stupid and ridiculous!
I mean... The law of the UK defines what falls under terrorism. It does not matter what anyone thinks.
If a pro-Russian saboteur sabotages a weapon shipment to Ukraine, it will fall under the term, too.
The term is usually not used to describe nations. It's to describe people or groups of people.
Then the UK's legal definition is fucking stupid. Terrorism is when a group attempts to strike fear and terror into a populace to coerce them. It definitionally requires violence and fear.
The Wikipedia article mentions different definitions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism
None of those apply to what Palestine Action did though.