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In 6 hours it will be illegal to say "I support Palestine Action" in the UK, with a sentence of up to 14 years in prison. (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

So the UK is now officially pro-genocide?

Good to know.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 32 points 2 weeks ago

:gestures broadly at history:

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bro. Great Britain is responsible for this whole mess: it’s called the Balfour Declaration.

[–] jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, yes and no. It's true we started it. But then we had bigger fish to fry and handed it off to the UN. Who could have dissolved the whole thing and returned it to the previous state, but chose not to.

[–] wpb@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If I set fire to your house, and then I turn to you saying "ooh boy this is a hairy problem, you better take care of it", I am entirely responsible for your house being on fire.

[–] jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For that to be a useful simile you'd need to use some kind of reversible fire.

[–] wpb@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

What about the nakba massacres strikes you as reversible? Do you know what the word reversible means?

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ever heard of the East India Company?

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

It the Irish potato famine?

[–] febra@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Haven't they always been pro genocide?

[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

Ever heard of Churchill and what he (and other British people) did in India? He starved millions to death. Look up Bengali famine.