silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days agoElderly activist to spend Christmas in prison because tag does not fitwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down12cross-posted to: uk_politics@feddit.uk
arrow-up194arrow-down1external-linkElderly activist to spend Christmas in prison because tag does not fitwww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: uk_politics@feddit.uk
minus-squareSquiffSquiff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·3 days agoBlocking a motorway deliberately. We can debate whether the sentence is just or not, but that is orthogonal to debate about the tag.
minus-squareFranconian_Nomad@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·3 days agoInteresting! Sending a 77 year old woman to prison just because she blocked a road seems quite over the top. On Christmas nonetheless. Good for the Guardian to stand up for her.
minus-squareWhelks_chance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·3 days agoCalling the M25 a road is like calling the Thames a stream. I can see which community we’re in here, but it’s being deliberately obtuse.
Blocking a motorway deliberately. We can debate whether the sentence is just or not, but that is orthogonal to debate about the tag.
Interesting! Sending a 77 year old woman to prison just because she blocked a road seems quite over the top. On Christmas nonetheless. Good for the Guardian to stand up for her.
Calling the M25 a road is like calling the Thames a stream. I can see which community we’re in here, but it’s being deliberately obtuse.