als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIn 6 hours it will be illegal to say "I support Palestine Action" in the UK, with a sentence of up to 14 years in prison.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down11cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worlduk_politics@feddit.uk
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkIn 6 hours it will be illegal to say "I support Palestine Action" in the UK, with a sentence of up to 14 years in prison.www.theguardian.comals@lemmy.blahaj.zone to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square127fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worlduk_politics@feddit.uk
minus-squarezarathustra0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months ago “The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.” Marcus Tullius Cicero Someone
minus-squareQuik@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoGrrrrr, he very likely didn’t say that. The closest to it I could find is “The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws” by Tacitus (The Annals of Imperial Rome). Cicero lived at the end of the republic, his problem wasn’t too many laws…
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoBang on mate. It’s here in the “Misattributed” section https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cicero
Grrrrr, he very likely didn’t say that.
The closest to it I could find is “The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws” by Tacitus (The Annals of Imperial Rome).
Cicero lived at the end of the republic, his problem wasn’t too many laws…
Bang on mate. It’s here in the “Misattributed” section https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cicero