It was only after Miles Pickering arrived at Scotland Yard following his arrest that the police realised they had got things embarrassingly wrong.
The T-shirt worn by the Brighton engineer did not express support for a proscribed terrorist group, instead the words on it read “Plasticine Action” and inside the letter “o” was an image of the stop-motion character Morph giving two thumbs up.
Speaking to the Guardian, Pickering admitted it was designed to be an easy mistake to make, appearing to look like the logo of Palestine Action, the protest group banned under terrorism legislation last month, but text underneath the logo reads: “We oppose AI-generated animation.”
So, call a group a terrorist group, and they lose all their rights.
Correct. And when the mean terrorists suddenly become useful to you, declare them a splinter faction, take them off the terrorist list, put them in a suit and warmly receive them when they visit your presidents.
To their credit, they did release him once they realised their mistake.
Bloody funny though.
As much as the US is fucked and how much we hear about how it’s fucked, it feels a little bittersweet to see other developed countries’ governments fucking up just as bad. The fact that you can’t protest about Palestine is asinine.
The US and UK have been in an arms race to see who can tank their country the fastest for quite some time now.
Britain has been using the Troubles for a long time to justify all manner of perverting freedoms and rights. They’re not far behind China in surveillance and suppression.
They’re not far behind China
They’re leagues ahead. We just don’t like to acknowledge it, because they’re White Westerners rather than Evil NonWhite Communists.
I’m a naturalized immigrant and loudly anti-regime online. Just today I had two people tell me to “go back to China and see how long you last criticizing the government there”(ironically they never seem to realize that they’re advocating for Chinese style authoritarianism under trump), and “Get out of this country you commie.”
Most non-POC simply don’t understand this reality of racism and tension in this country. It’s the definition of privilege. Not needing to think about how police forces or others will react to you because of the color of your skin.
This is just normal treatment of any kind of POC in a western nation in the modern day. Getting randomly screamed at, assaulted, or reported to the police entirely due to skin color and accent.
Someone should start selling t shirts that look similar to reach other but of different subjects so then cops there have a hard time telling the difference. My proposals are:
Palepstein Action: Release the Epstein Files
Palworld Action: Screw Nintendo
Plasticine AcTiON₂: Stop Petroleum Pollution
Palladian Action: Preserve Classical Architecture
Paladin Act20n: The Best DnD Class
Pallial ACTON: Wear Helmets, Ride Safely
Ballantine Attraction: Visit Yellowstone
Palestine Paction: 1947 British Mandate Period
Pastime Abstraction: Netflix and Chill
Palpatine action: Lay with the Sith
Palpatine Action: Do it.
Palpatine Action: Let the hate flow through you
Someone should start selling t shirts that look similar to reach other but of different subjects so then cops there have a hard time telling the difference.
After the bill banning their organization was signed, Palestine Action changed its name to “Yvette Cooper”, the Homeland Secretary who authored the bill.
I hope this is real
I think it would be great if at the next protests the crowds were filled with these nonsense t-shirts and signs to waste the police’s time. It is completely legal to protest a proscription order so I don’t think they have any legitimate grounds to arrest anyone. And if they do, they look very silly.
PALINE ACN
I just bought one. We’ll see how my fellow Canadians deal with it. ;)
I support Plasticine Action.
I also support Plasticine Action.
