A U.K. judge handed down shockingly harsh sentences to peaceful climate activists, sparking outrage and disbelief. Is this justice or suppression of dissent?
And they were planning to obstruct some roads. A thing that happens all the time, for a lot of reasons, and is not genocide.
Genocide is an example of an actual human rights violation. It’s the level of badness implied, when people correctly use the phrase “human rights violation.” Torture violates human rights. Slavery violates human rights. Traffic plainly fucking doesn’t.
In a decision that one United Nations official called “beyond comprehension,” a U.K. judge on Thursday sentenced five Just Stop Oil activists to a combined 21 years in prison over a Zoom call in which they discussed plans to disrupt London’s orbital M25 highway.
Okay, do you have a sensible opinion now?
Are you unfamiliar with the words “disrupt” and “highway?”
They didn’t do anything. They were planning.
And they were planning to obstruct some roads. A thing that happens all the time, for a lot of reasons, and is not genocide.
Genocide is an example of an actual human rights violation. It’s the level of badness implied, when people correctly use the phrase “human rights violation.” Torture violates human rights. Slavery violates human rights. Traffic plainly fucking doesn’t.
Come back when you understand what is going on.
Okay, do you have a sensible opinion now?
Are you unfamiliar with the words “disrupt” and “highway?”