tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post3330905039856996263..comments2023-11-19T17:31:49.939+00:00Comments on Bristling Badger: eco-terrorists will kill us all. or not.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post-82951400791051171122008-11-14T01:40:00.000+00:002008-11-14T01:40:00.000+00:00Then again, it's not just a one-off for Townsend. ...Then again, it's not just a one-off for Townsend. A week before the eco-terrorist tosh he did another <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/nov/02/uk-security-weapons-technology" REL="nofollow">story</A> quoting - oh surprise - unnamed sources about how "suspected terrorists have attempted to infiltrate Britain's top laboratories in order to develop weapons of mass destruction, such as biological and nuclear devices, during the past year."<BR/><BR/>You can almost see the strings the state is yanking him by.merrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959849087751101034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post-40488235660925740802008-11-13T18:59:00.001+00:002008-11-13T18:59:00.001+00:00Bibi vander Zee got to to a response to the Observ...Bibi vander Zee got to to a <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2008/nov/10/activists-kingsnorth" REL="nofollow">response</A> to the Observer piece in on the Guardian's blog.<BR/><BR/>Over on Ian Bone's blog, we <A HREF="http://ianbone.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/the-guardian-eco-terrorism-and-the-armyexclusive/" REL="nofollow">find</A> a genuine eye-opener.<BR/><BR/>Whilst Guardian journo Mark Townsend is well-known, his co-author Nick Denning has no journalistic history.<BR/><BR/>He was, however, a military commander that Townsend shared a helicopter ride with when <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/aug/05/military.afghanistan" REL="nofollow">embedded</A> with British forces in Afghanistan last year!merrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959849087751101034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post-21548537437710767872008-11-10T19:23:00.000+00:002008-11-10T19:23:00.000+00:00Oh bugger, I'm all cross now. Hmph.Oh bugger, I'm all cross now. Hmph.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18251410907251192036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post-40558957501526051482008-11-10T12:56:00.000+00:002008-11-10T12:56:00.000+00:00Kirsty, yep the suffragettes would certainly have ...Kirsty, yep the suffragettes would certainly have been included.<BR/><BR/>As would many of the protests against the Vietnam war and the poll tax.<BR/><BR/>Beyond 'terrorist', we have the NETCU definition of 'extremist', which is anyone who is prepared to commit a crime for a political purpose. <BR/><BR/>Personally, I think people who would always adhere to the law in all circumstances are a tiny minority and comfortably fit any decent definition of extremist.<BR/><BR/>Then NETCU plant stories like the Observer one that blur the distinction between 'extremist' and 'terrorist'.<BR/><BR/>It's a classic state reaction to effective dissent - separate the moderates from the radicals by making the radicals seems really scary and liable to imprisonment.merrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959849087751101034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post-78379374223357441912008-11-09T23:25:00.000+00:002008-11-09T23:25:00.000+00:00The suffragettes would all have been terrorists un...The suffragettes would all have been terrorists under this daft definition. Wonder if the Buy Nothing protests are also 'terrorism'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post-76721188400164145202008-11-09T22:35:00.000+00:002008-11-09T22:35:00.000+00:00Best definition of 'terrorist' I ever heard was fr...Best definition of 'terrorist' I ever heard was from Robert Anton Wilson - 'a person with a bomb, but no air force'.<BR/><BR/>I tried to think of something funny and ironic about Michael Crichton dying, but I got nothin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com