Jurors bravely set aside social conditioning, the natural instinct we all share to defer to authority, and expectations fomented by establishment media. Instead they considered the actual evidence
Dumb take. What Elbit clients do with their products is irrelevant. You cannot have people destroying property, then harming people who stop them from doing so, based on their whims and ideologies. Pretty basic expectation of a civilized society.
You have to overreach and call the Gaza War a genocide to attempt to justify violent acts and a “by any means necessary” approach against anyone who you believe is complicit. It’s not a good look for your cause.
It’s not a coincidence that successful modern civil rights and social justice movements are generally peaceful. Modern movements progress via legislative and judicial wins, not violence. By circumventing the clear paths to real change in a civilized world, you inadvertently expose that the violence is the point.
The MSM continued to use the distorted and edited video of the Filton detainees actions in the drone manufacturing elbit systems, Israeli arms company, in their reporting of the Jurors' verdict determining innocence of the charges that had wrongfully imprisoned them for 18 months.
My god - the bravery of these 12. I can certainly imagine the pressure they were under to convict, and not only the obvious pressures……judge, Govt, stenographic media, public figures, etc. Would it be a stretch to imagine Zionist aligned operatives whispering physical threats to them and their families? Would it be difficult to imagine British Govt aligned entities whispering threats of tax investigations, or other official harassment? I’m 67 years old, have seen it all, understand so much more than I did even 10 years ago, and still the scales can fall from my eyes. 🫣
Great reporting, Jonathan! I didn't expect this verdict, and those jurors have more principles and courage in a single strand of their hair than the entre Starmer regime.
Destroying jury trials is one of the most traitorous things a Brit can do. Jury trials are an important part of any free country. We can't have judges making these important decisions.
Thank you for your excellent piece. The jury showed a great deal of courage and we can only hope that plans to abolish juries will fail. Juries are a vital bulwark against the erosion of our civil liberties.
"In refusing to convict, the jury had to set aside its social conditioning, the natural instinct we all share to defer to authority, and the wider social expectations fomented by the establishment media. "
I find that comment very disturbing. I would hope that every citizen in every country would "naturally" question decisions made by authority and particularly anything that is said in the media. Although I generally agree with your comments, I still frequently consult other sources to corroborate details that you make in your articles and I certainly question nearly everything in the media -- particularly anything that comes out of the United States. We are very fortunate here in Canada to have journalists who are independent of American or European influence.
There are individual journalists with integrity everywhere, even in the U.S. and Israel. The establishment media, on the other hand, is as corrupt as it gets, in Canada just like everywhere else.
Sadly, psychological experiments have shown time and again that there is a strong tendency in us as a species to defer to authority. Doubtless, it provided us with evolutionary advantages in social settings. That doesn't mean we can't overcome it by exercising our will, as the jury did here.
What genocide are you talking about? Maybe you say the brutal Hamas killing, raping, burning, kidnapping people many of them had for years fought for the Palestinians ,1200 of them?
These Hamas assassins got all the Iranian money and built 700km in a poor place only 40km long. A bunch of losers, this is what you defend Jonathan?.
Not sure what you're attempting to say here, but the effort to convince people that 10/7 was so much worse than 70 plus years of Apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and "mowing the lawn," and two years of genocide, has failed.
Here in Aotearoa we had a similar case of a jury acquitting activists. The Waihopai wilful damage trial involved three peace activists— Adrian Leason, Peter Murnane, and Sam Land—who were acquitted by a Wellington District Court jury in March 2010 of charges related to attacking the Waihopai spy base. They had admitted to using sickles to cut through a fence and deflate one of the satellite domes at the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) base near Blenheim in April 2008, but successfully argued they acted to prevent further damage and "save lives" in the Iraq war.
They used the defence that the Judge disallowed in the Filton Six trial.
In both our countries there have been other cases of juries defying the pressure from the state to convict in what are essentially political trials.
We can conclude that in the pseudo-democracies of the west the common people have retained a moral sense that has been entirely lost by their rulers.
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It should be glaringly obvious, we not only need more people like the protesters, we need more jurors like those seated at this trial. Being able to think clearly and reasonably should be a prerequisite for sitting as a juror, unfortunately, the state seeks just the opposite.
Dumb take. What Elbit clients do with their products is irrelevant. You cannot have people destroying property, then harming people who stop them from doing so, based on their whims and ideologies. Pretty basic expectation of a civilized society.
You have to overreach and call the Gaza War a genocide to attempt to justify violent acts and a “by any means necessary” approach against anyone who you believe is complicit. It’s not a good look for your cause.
It’s not a coincidence that successful modern civil rights and social justice movements are generally peaceful. Modern movements progress via legislative and judicial wins, not violence. By circumventing the clear paths to real change in a civilized world, you inadvertently expose that the violence is the point.
The MSM continued to use the distorted and edited video of the Filton detainees actions in the drone manufacturing elbit systems, Israeli arms company, in their reporting of the Jurors' verdict determining innocence of the charges that had wrongfully imprisoned them for 18 months.
My god - the bravery of these 12. I can certainly imagine the pressure they were under to convict, and not only the obvious pressures……judge, Govt, stenographic media, public figures, etc. Would it be a stretch to imagine Zionist aligned operatives whispering physical threats to them and their families? Would it be difficult to imagine British Govt aligned entities whispering threats of tax investigations, or other official harassment? I’m 67 years old, have seen it all, understand so much more than I did even 10 years ago, and still the scales can fall from my eyes. 🫣
Great reporting, Jonathan! I didn't expect this verdict, and those jurors have more principles and courage in a single strand of their hair than the entre Starmer regime.
It is simple the Establishment are corrupt Zionazis.
Good to know that some people have functioning brains. Clearly, the ones at the top of the political and justice systems do not!
Destroying jury trials is one of the most traitorous things a Brit can do. Jury trials are an important part of any free country. We can't have judges making these important decisions.
Brilliant Jonathan. Thanks for the analysis and your insightful commentary on the human condition, among other themes in the article.
The key here is that the government will continue until it gets a conviction or use the acquittals as evidence against juries themselves.
Thank you for your excellent piece. The jury showed a great deal of courage and we can only hope that plans to abolish juries will fail. Juries are a vital bulwark against the erosion of our civil liberties.
Jonathan: Re your comment:
"In refusing to convict, the jury had to set aside its social conditioning, the natural instinct we all share to defer to authority, and the wider social expectations fomented by the establishment media. "
I find that comment very disturbing. I would hope that every citizen in every country would "naturally" question decisions made by authority and particularly anything that is said in the media. Although I generally agree with your comments, I still frequently consult other sources to corroborate details that you make in your articles and I certainly question nearly everything in the media -- particularly anything that comes out of the United States. We are very fortunate here in Canada to have journalists who are independent of American or European influence.
There are individual journalists with integrity everywhere, even in the U.S. and Israel. The establishment media, on the other hand, is as corrupt as it gets, in Canada just like everywhere else.
Sadly, psychological experiments have shown time and again that there is a strong tendency in us as a species to defer to authority. Doubtless, it provided us with evolutionary advantages in social settings. That doesn't mean we can't overcome it by exercising our will, as the jury did here.
Good if we could speak to some of the jury, now that it’s over, or is it not allowed? BDSbarb
fantastic outcome, brilliant ! congratulations to the jury members for being strong enough to stand up to the judge's directions.
What genocide are you talking about? Maybe you say the brutal Hamas killing, raping, burning, kidnapping people many of them had for years fought for the Palestinians ,1200 of them?
These Hamas assassins got all the Iranian money and built 700km in a poor place only 40km long. A bunch of losers, this is what you defend Jonathan?.
Quique
Hannibal Directive...
Your morality is every bit as sound as your grammar.
Yes. Cruelty is the easy way out.
Not sure what you're attempting to say here, but the effort to convince people that 10/7 was so much worse than 70 plus years of Apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and "mowing the lawn," and two years of genocide, has failed.
Here in Aotearoa we had a similar case of a jury acquitting activists. The Waihopai wilful damage trial involved three peace activists— Adrian Leason, Peter Murnane, and Sam Land—who were acquitted by a Wellington District Court jury in March 2010 of charges related to attacking the Waihopai spy base. They had admitted to using sickles to cut through a fence and deflate one of the satellite domes at the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) base near Blenheim in April 2008, but successfully argued they acted to prevent further damage and "save lives" in the Iraq war.
They used the defence that the Judge disallowed in the Filton Six trial.
In both our countries there have been other cases of juries defying the pressure from the state to convict in what are essentially political trials.
We can conclude that in the pseudo-democracies of the west the common people have retained a moral sense that has been entirely lost by their rulers.
https://thecockpitchronicles.substack.com/. Why are we ruled by fools and charlatans?
Do the Epstein files indicate why only criminals who can be blackmailed are allowed near the levers of power? Eleven questions put to AI to explain this peculiar outcome for 'enlightened' societies!
It should be glaringly obvious, we not only need more people like the protesters, we need more jurors like those seated at this trial. Being able to think clearly and reasonably should be a prerequisite for sitting as a juror, unfortunately, the state seeks just the opposite.
It would have been an interesting exercise to sit in on the jury selection process for that particular trial :-)