I don't see a contradiction: they are needed now, but policy is to get us to a situation where they aren't needed. (View Post)

I was trying to explain Davey's position. I don't necessarily agree with it. Al Qa’ida and the IRA are on the same list of proscribed organisations as Palestine Action. Expressing support f… (View Post)

But should acting stupidly be illegal? (View Post)

We all agree that they are guilty under the letter of the law. However, it can be moral to break a bad law, can't it? People who hid Jews from the Nazis broke the law in Germany at the time. But… (View Post)

That's the difference between holding a placard saying black people shouldn't be segregated on buses and refusing to move from your seat as a black person on a bus. The latter is more effec… (View Post)