Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Lazy, lazy police on anarchists

From the Guardian:

 There was no warning about other political groups, but next to an image of the anarchist emblem, the City of Westminster police's "counter terrorist focus desk" called for anti-anarchist whistleblowers stating: "Anarchism is a political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society, or anarchy. Any information relating to anarchists should be reported to your local police."

From the Wikipedia page on anarchism:

Anarchism has been variously defined by sources. Most often, the term describes the political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society, or anarchy

And the same page a few months ago:

Anarchism is a political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society, or anarchy
Such a shame the wiki hadn't been vandalised the day they looked. "A type of vole? Oh, okay! Beware the voles, citizens!"

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