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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 3 months ago by als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago

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