• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    3 years ago

    If they make waving Palestinian flags in Jewish neighbourhoods a crime (and there is a case for it being a public order offence), they should also make waving Israeli flags in neighbourhoods with large Arab or Muslim populations an equivalent crime.

    • HelloThere@sh.itjust.works
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      3 years ago

      As with everything it comes down to intent and context.

      If you accidently throw bacon on to your neighbour’s garden, it’s probably a mistake.

      If you purposefully throw bacon on to your neighbour’s garden, it’s probably littering.

      If you specifically throw bacon on their garden because they are jewish/muslim/vegetarian, etc, it’s probably a public order offence.

      The people that run the friends of palestine stand in the centre of town handing out leaflets on a Saturday afternoon and encouraging boycotting products from illegal settlements aren’t doing anything wrong.

      But someone who purposefully goes to a Jewish part of a town to wave a flag for the sole purpose of antagonising those who live there, it’s probably a public order offence.