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als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

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

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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

als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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Ban on Palestine Action to take effect after legal challenge fails
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Being a member of, or showing support for, the direct action protest group will be a criminal offence after judge’s decision
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    “The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.”

    Marcus Tullius Cicero Someone

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      Cicero was world class complainer after all.

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      Grrrrr, he very likely didn’t say that.

      The closest to it I could find is “The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws” by Tacitus (The Annals of Imperial Rome).

      Cicero lived at the end of the republic, his problem wasn’t too many laws…

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        Bang on mate. It’s here in the “Misattributed” section https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cicero

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