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Eugene

(61,937 posts) Thu Jun 14, 2012, 09:43 AM Jun 2012

Tony Blair avoids attempted citizen's arrest in Hong Kong

Source: The Guardian

Tony Blair avoids attempted citizen's arrest in Hong Kong

British activist interrupts former prime minister's speech with
accusations of war crimes

Peter Walker
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 14 June 2012 13.19 BST

The list of places where Tony Blair must look over his shoulder for protesters during his endless carousel around the global lecture circuit now includes Hong Kong, after a speech on faith and globalisation was interrupted by an activist seeking to make a citizen's arrest on the former prime minister.

Tom Grundy, a Briton living in the Chinese territory, said he walked towards Blair a few minutes into the address at Hong Kong University (HKU) with the intention of apprehending him for alleged offences connected to the Iraq war.

The 29-year-old said he had registered online to attend the talk, which took place on Thursday evening local time. Although Blair makes considerable sums as a paid-for speaker, this event was a more personal engagement, marking a link between HKU and his own Tony Blair Faith Foundation. Grundy carried with him a sheaf of notes about the legal basis for the attempted arrest, covering, he said, alleged violations of the UN charter, the Nuremberg principles, and the Geneva and Hague conventions.

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Tony Blair avoids attempted citizen's arrest in Hong Kong (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2012 OP

Shame he failed dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #1

Same thing would be happening to his buddy boosh tularetom Jun 2012 #2

There's a song about this sort of thing: leveymg Jun 2012 #3

Blair hiding behind the faith BS also rurallib Jun 2012 #4

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

1. Shame he failed

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 09:49 AM

Jun 2012

tularetom

(23,664 posts)

2. Same thing would be happening to his buddy boosh

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 09:53 AM

Jun 2012

if he had the guts to venture anywhere outside the borders of the US.

leveymg

(36,418 posts)

3. There's a song about this sort of thing:

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 09:56 AM

Jun 2012

And friends, somewhere in Washington enshrined in some little folder, is a
study in black and white of my fingerprints. And the only reason I'm
singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar
situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if your in a
situation like that there's only one thing you can do and that's walk into
the shrink wherever you are ,just walk in say "Shrink, You can get
anything you want, at Alice's restaurant.". And walk out. You know, if
one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and
they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony,
they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them.
And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in
singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an
organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said
fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and
walking out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement.

And that's what it is , the Alice's Restaurant Anti-Massacre Movement, and
all you got to do to join is sing it the next time it come's around on the
guitar.

With feeling. So we'll wait for it to come around on the guitar, here and
sing it when it does. Here it comes.

You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant
You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant
Walk right in it's around the back
Just a half a mile from the railroad track
You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant

rurallib

(62,433 posts)

4. Blair hiding behind the faith BS also

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 09:56 AM

Jun 2012

Jesus save me from your followers.

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