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AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 4 days ago“Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims.”
If you call this terrorism, you can call anything terrorism, and anybody can be a terrorist. If you’re willing to do that to aid the Israel fascist state, that makes you a fascist.
And sure, that was very much illegal and they could have used any number of laws applicable to attacking a military base. Just not terrorism. But the UK military is involved in a partnership in the gaza war. They are not “non-combatants”
makingrain@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It’s what UK law considers terrorism.
jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
the military does not deserve any protection from citizens and should never be an excuse to call people terrorists.
makingrain@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Right. Doesn’t change the fact about UK law considering their actions terroristic… You know, what this thread is about.
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The thread’s about the law being akin to the law of a police state. A state is a police state if it enforces unjust laws that criminalise reasonable acts.