Jimmy Higgins
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And as many have noted, the charges seem to fall into line with the actions they committed.It is clear they were not imprisoned because with lots of coordination and effort, traffic could have been rerouted. The commuters were delayed or detained.You'll note that I was not supporting Derec's screeches of imprisonment. I was disagreeing with NiceSquirrel's assertion that they were free to leave.
They were neither imprisoned nor free to leave. They were not under force, which would imply imprisonment, nor were they free to leave, as that would have meant losing property.
the belief that disagreeing with one means automatically agreeing with other comes from putting too much weight on semantics. I have no difficulty seeing that there are situations where one is neither free to leave nor imprisoned. One who is too obsessed with words and legal technicalities will have problems with this.
Granted, the protesters haven't been sent to Gitmo yet.