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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"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. Yes, the entire house of commons are fascists.

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"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's what UK law considers terrorism.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the military does not deserve any protection from citizens and should never be an excuse to call people terrorists.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right. Doesn't change the fact about UK law considering their actions terroristic.. You know, what this thread is about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours 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.