cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34639023

Another Case

The British government proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist group on 5 July 2025 under the UK’s Terrorism Act 2000 after members of the network vandalised RAF aircraft at Brize Norton.[12] Since then, British police have arrested 744 individuals for showing support to Palestine Action, many of these resulting from a sit-in on Parliament Square on 9 August 2025.[13][14] Civil liberties groups have criticised the ban as “conflating protest with terrorism.”[15]

  • Madison420@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    The arrest would be the embarrassing part either way. You cannot define terrorism in a way that does not make it a matter of perspective.

    • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Yes you can. Problem for governments is that they usually are terrorists by the typical definitions of using violence to further political goals.

      In particular the UK is heavily involved in the terror genocide against Gaza as it facilitates arms transfers from the US to Israel and runs spy flights over Gaza to help the Israelis find civilians to murder. They recently went to pay American contractors with British tax money to hide the fact that they continue their direct intelligence support to the genocide.

      • Madison420@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        I can’t help but notice you did not provide a definition of terrorism that is not based on perspective.

        • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
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          2 days ago

          using violence to further political goals.

          Unless you want to go down the road of saying that every word and thereby every definition is a matter of perspective, i fail to see how this definition is “based on perspective”.

          • Madison420@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 days ago

            Ok America every way after WW2 has been to further economic interests in the area. Israel itself is formed on the back of horrific terrorism and outright murders.

            So can a terrorist nation define another as a terrorist? As such could that definition not apply to literally every nation in the eyes of another? The word terrorist is useless, sandwich tosser terrorist, sandal thrower terrorist. It’s meaningless.

            • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
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              2 days ago

              I agree that the use by states is hypocritical and the designation currently is meaningless.

              But the definition in itself is relevant imo. to call out states when they engage in terror, which many, but not all, do.