Gil Hamerschlag was detained and asked to sign terms of release as well as pay hefty fines
      • guyman@lemmy.world
        3·
        a year ago

        Yeah, only fools think democracy is some silver bullet to solve the world’s problems.

        • JudgeHolden@lemmy.world
          21·
          a year ago

          There’s a relevant and oft’ cited Churchill quote to the effect that while democracy isn’t great, it’s better than any other governing system we know of.

          In other words, leave us not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

          As for why democracy is the best system, it’s simple; in theory democracy gives everyone a stake in governance. While it rarely if ever works out that way, Churchill was correct that it’s better than any other system we know of.

  • Drusas@kbin.social
    18·
    a year ago

    The official charge is apparently “behavior that could disturb public peace”.

    When you make your laws vague like that, you can charge people with crimes for whatever you feel like.

  • acargitzEnglish
    9·
    a year ago

    “spotted wearing a hat and behaving suspiciously”

    Shit guys, get the SWAT team ready.