Monbiot plans citizen’s arrest of John Bolton

42 Responses to “Monbiot plans citizen’s arrest of John Bolton”

1. Mike Posted: May 26th, 2008 at 9:07 pm

   George, If I can be at Hay on Wye on Tuesday, I will try to help you arrest this lunatic. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

2. Mike Posted: May 26th, 2008 at 9:08 pm

   I’ll be trying to be there for Wednesday, too. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

3. pingback: Posted: May 27th, 2008 at 8:35 am

   Monbiot plans citizen’s arrest of John Bolton « Dr Nasir Khan [...] Bolton first made the demand for a war against Iraq as a signatory of an open letter sent to President Clinton by the Project for a New American Century in 1998. In 2001 he joined the Bush administration as the [...] Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

4. Charlie Castelnau Posted: May 27th, 2008 at 12:53 pm

   Careful George. Everyone is guilty except the U.S. didn’t you know that? Anyway, best of luck - you’ll need it! Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

5. RealitySpeaks Posted: May 27th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

   You’re a moonbat, Monbiot. Nothing but another drooling moonbat. Go ahead, try to make your ‘citizen’s arrest’ - we have tasers waiting for you. and a nice comfy padded cell. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

6. scott Posted: May 27th, 2008 at 3:04 pm

   Please attempt this Moonbat, Bolton will beat your scrawny, liberal ass all over the festival site. Perhaps you should debate Mr. Bolton, now that I’d love to see. Moonbat not only physically whipped but verbally as well. Bolton has 20-times the intellect and 50-times the brawn of the little moonbat. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

7. Amos Posted: May 27th, 2008 at 3:47 pm

   Haha, Bolton’s going to beat you unconscious, you shrill, pretentious little buffoon. Ah who am I kidding, some security man will politely ask you to sit back down and you’ll slink back to your seat, mentally composing the glorious column you’ll write the next day on how you spoke truth to power. I think the psychological reason people like you crave this sort of empty gesture fake bravado, is you know you’re cowards, and it eats you up inside. Long like free Iraq, death to the fascists, death to the Baath, death to the islamist murderers, criminals and tyrants, and the degenerate leftist scum in the west that lick their feet. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

8. Rob Posted: May 27th, 2008 at 3:48 pm

   Good luck with your ‘citizens’ arrest. You will have to get through me to do it though. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

9. ToddonCapeCod Posted: May 27th, 2008 at 3:49 pm

   Then I will place you, Moonbat, er Monbiot, under citizens arrest, to keep people from reading your lunatic ravings. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

10. mojo Posted: May 27th, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    Twit. Have fun explaining it top your lawyer. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

11. Garger Posted: May 27th, 2008 at 4:20 pm

    Better try and arrest all 300,000,000 Americans, Mr. Moonbat. You see, the American governmnet authorized action against the outrageous and bloody regieme in Iraq, and that government speaks on behalf of the American people. One cannot seperate the American people from the policies of the duly elected American government. So try and arrest us all. Better yet, just get out of the way and shut up while we do the heavy lifting in making the world safer for you and Great Britain. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

12. Steve Posted: May 27th, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    another fraud from the left.. their travel and carbon usage are ALWAYS justifiable..LOL. Monbiot purchased a Renault Clio (diesel) after moving to a small town in mid-Wales in 2007, leading to charges of hypocrisy.[24] Similarly he has also travelled through Canada and the United States, campaigning on climate change and promoting his book. He contends that this travel was justifiable as it sought to boost the case for much greater carbon cuts there.[25][26] Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

13. neeman Posted: May 27th, 2008 at 5:18 pm

    One wonders about his audience numbers/book sales when he went across the pond, Steve. Were they indeed high enough to justify his carbon emissions in their pursuit? I’ve never heard of the man before today, and I fear I shan’t remember him much past submitting this comment. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

14. Jack Klompus Posted: May 27th, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    Wow George, I knew that you were a sanctimonious bag of narcissistic hot air before but this one really seals the deal for your title of Egomaniac Loon of the Year. How many hours do you spend a day in front of the mirror loving what you see? Let’s see, by the math you have about 1/1000 the intelligence of Mr. Bolton and will never amount to much more that a little nipper at his ankles, so I can understand you entertaining this arrest fantasy in the privacy of your own bedroom out of a lust/jealousy thing. It’s just hilarious when you bring your little fetish into the public arena so that we can laugh at and ridicule the petty, insignificant little wanker that you always show yourself to be. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

15. Jack Klompus Posted: May 27th, 2008 at 6:08 pm

    Oooh look out Mike is going to help out with the arrest! Will he use his death ray? his black belt ninja style? his private team of commandos that he calls on his two way wrist radio? Please tell us Mike how you and lil’ Georgie plan to pull this one off and move the revolution forward!!! Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

16. BernieBeck Posted: May 27th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    Ever seen the “Citizen Arrest” episode of “Andy Griffith” ? Are you Barney or Gomer ? Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

17. Sylver Dragon Posted: May 27th, 2008 at 9:19 pm

    Um, care to point out the offense? Sure, the world would be better off without Bolton and his ilk. Were the whole neo-con movement in the US to suffer from massive fatal coronaries, I’d be pissing on their graves. But, the worst that Bolton can be accused of is being a belligerent asshole. Your entire complaint is based around two false premises. 1. That ‘internation law’ is anything more than rhetoric. While nations do engage in treaties and agreements, the UN is not an international government. Treaties made at the UN only have the force of law in so far as the individual signatories codify them into their own laws. And some treaties actually have clauses about withdrawal. (See: ABM treaty, Article XV) 2. That the US not signing onto a treaty you support is some sort of punishable offense. Sorry, you aren’t that important. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

18. Ernest Payne Posted: May 27th, 2008 at 10:11 pm

    Congratulations on your proposed action, good luck, and ignore the raving lunacy of the typically ill informed Americans. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

19. pingback: Posted: May 27th, 2008 at 11:50 pm

    Monbiot to Citizen's Arrest John Bolton? - Tech Support Forums - TechIMO.com [...] anyone whom he has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be guilty" of an offence. Source: RINF __________________ Robert Richmond | TechIMO Editor-in-Chief Infinite perceptions. One [...] Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

20. Onethumb Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 1:06 am

    George, Ever got in the middle of a domestic dispute? We may not all agree with Bolton, or Bush, but if you lay hands on him we’ll come down on you like stink on shit. You’ll never be safe to come to the Colonies again, you self righteous turd. BTW: AFIAK “Citizen’s Arrest” doesn’t exist in the EU you love; it’s roots are in Common Law. Here’s the particulars you ill-educated lump: ***A citizen’s arrest (officially called an “any person arrest”) is permitted to be made on any person under section 24A of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (as amended by the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005) for an indictable offence (in this section referred to simply as “an offence”). This includes either way offences. It is thus permissible for any person to arrest: * Anyone who is without doubt in the act of committing an offence, or whom the arrestor has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be in the act of committing an offence * Where an offence has been committed without doubt.., anyone who is without doubt guilty of that offence or whom the arrestor has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be guilty of it In order for the arrest to be lawful, the following two conditions must also be satisfied: * It is not reasonably practicable for a constable to make the arrest instead * The arrestor has reasonable grounds for believing that the arrest is necessary to prevent one of the following: o The person causing physical injury to himself or others o The person suffering physical injury o The person causing loss of or damage to property o The person absconding before a constable can assume responsibility for him Use of the second power above is rather risky, since it relies upon the person carrying out the arrest knowing that an indictable or either way offence has been committed. If, for example, the arrested person is later acquitted in court then it could be concluded that no offence has been committed; thus the arrest would be unlawful. The Act therefore gives a constable three additional powers, to arrest: * Anyone who is (without doubt) about to commit an offence, or whom the constable has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be about to commit an offence * Anyone whom the constable has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be guilty of an offence which is merely suspected to have taken place A constable’s arrest power is not limited to indictable offences, and conditions different from the above apply. In addition to the above, a private person may be authorised to execute an arrest warrant, if the court issuing the warrant has given them the authority to do so, and any person may arrest someone who is “unlawfully at large” (for example, an escaped prisoner).*** Uhmmm… George, Old Sock, are there no shortages of constables to make such an arrest? I think not. You’ll be charged with assault and your next column will be a tribute to your awful sacrifice heartily praised by your myrmidons. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

21. Jen06 Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 6:29 am

    Typically uninformed Americans? Oh, Ernie, you are a pompous ass. Most Americans are informed enough to know that the UK is in deep doo-doo when it comes to capitulating to the islamists. We saw it coming and now see it getting worse by the day. I bet you are real informed about global warming, too. I plan to arrest Monbiot and the rest of Guardianistas and put them on trial under the Julius Streicher precedent. I have a precedent and a case, which is more than can be said for Monbiot and his threats against Bolton. Btw, Monbiot is the same hypocrite who denounced the invention of the airplane on the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first flight, calling it an insturment of aggression and environmental pillage. He apparently wrote this during a break from his usual passtime of jet-setting around with Euro-trash and Arab oil ticks. I bet John Bolton is just shaking in his boots about now. Hahahaha Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

22. Dean Peters Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 8:32 am

    Garger - As an American I would like to point out that the Bush Regime was NOT duly elected. I think the word ’stolen’ is accurate, a position I have held since 2000. Please keep in mind that over half of the voting population did not fall for his routine. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

23. Jen06 Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 12:14 pm

    Dean, Dean, Dear - poor deluded moonbat. President Bush won. So how could he steal what was already his? It was Al Gore and his blitzkrieg of lawyers who attempted to steal the 2000 presidential election, by being selective in their recount methods. The left likes to say that the United States Supreme Court gave the election to Bush. They did no such thing. What they did was reverse the Florida Supreme Court’s effort to keep on counting until Gore won. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bush v Gore may not have been a model of jurisprudence, but the left also ignores the fact that the decision to over—rule the Florida Supreme Court was not a 5—4 decision dictated by the five conservative members of the Court, but a 7 to 2 decision. Even two liberals on the Court were offended by the machinations of the Florida court and its creation of a chaotic vote counting system for the ‘undervotes’. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

24. Bob Sloggin Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    Georgie, Georgie, Georgie…. Haven’t you gotten over that tiny penis of yours yet? Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

25. Sam Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 2:25 pm

    He probably has hopes of arresting him so that he can hold him as a prisoner of love. Little George Moonbat, it is you who will be on the receiving end…. Just like you like it you little peckerhead. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

26. Friend of USA Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 4:05 pm

    As an American I would like to point out that the Bush Regime was NOT duly elected. I think the word ’stolen’ is accurate, a position I have held since 2000. —Dean Peters Since 2000? Yeah right. We all know you people held that position way before the 2000 election. Those conspiracy theories and the mental derangement you people suffer from do not suddenly appear, it is a long slow process like roting flesh… Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

27. Molonlabe28 Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    Try it and see what you get. I hope that Bolton takes you mano a mano. He will make you his baby mama. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

28. SamHermanos Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    Ernie: Arrogant, much? Most Euros know little or nothing about the vast regional political dynamics in the United States. Little Rock, Arkansas is different from Chicago, Illinois politically. Lumping every American into the same category is not only asinine, but also displays an arrogance borne of ignorance. Do not impute your painfully, politically correct and habitually outraged hypersensitivity on Americans. The European record on human rights is hardly laudable, especially when you factor in the intolerance towards views not shared by your bureaucratic machine in Brussels. The United Kingdom has legislation about speech and behavior which would be unconstitutional in the United States. We are not bound by your standards, nor do ever want them. That is why 1776 was the year we threw out King George III and his cronies. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

29. Thor Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 8:10 pm

    You do that Georgie, I hope Bolton kicks you in your little nut-sack. You raving lunatic moonbat. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

30. Jack Klompus Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 9:16 pm

    “ignore the raving lunacy of the typically ill informed Americans.” Oooh tut tut there Ernie, don’t let your stark-raving ego cause you to fall over and we ill-informed Americans will learn to bow properly at the feet of oh so enlightened brilliant souls such as your obviously superior self, you narcissistic jackass. Dean Peters you’re just an ass. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

31. Aaron Aarons Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 10:01 pm

    I’ve never come across a single web page before where so many of my fellow United Statesians display their right-wing nationalistic idiocy. Then again, I don’t frequent right-wing web sites. The SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the 2000 election was 5-4, not 7-2. But the election was stolen beforehand by the disenfranchisement of Black voters, something that the mainstream Democrats wouldn’t dare bring up for fear of alienating (racist) White voters! Probably the best writing on the 2004 and 2008 elections is by Greg Palast. Author and prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi wrote a book, The Betrayal of America, specifically exposing the Supreme Court decision. By the way, I don’t claim the technical expertise about international law to write a formal indictment of John Bolton. But he and thousands of his principal collaborators in crime have well earned their places on a gallows, or at least life sentences in an equivalent of Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

32. Jack Klompus Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 10:16 pm

    Aaron, your tired, pointless partisan rant and yawn inducing hyperbole makes your declaration of anyone else displaying “idiocy” a truly remarkable exercise in irony. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

33. Jack Klompus Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 10:17 pm

    How’d that citizen’s arrest work out for you Georgie, you self-absorbed dolt? Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

34. Rbastid Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 10:30 pm

    Here’s your “theft” Aaron: The lead of an April 4, 2001 USA Today story headlined, “Newspapers’ recount shows Bush prevailed,” by reporter Dennis Cauchon: George W. Bush would have won a hand count of Florida’s disputed ballots if the standard advocated by Al Gore had been used, the first full study of the ballots reveals. Bush would have won by 1,665 votes — more than triple his official 537-vote margin — if every dimple, hanging chad and mark on the ballots had been counted as votes, a USA TODAY/Miami Herald/Knight Ridder study shows. The study is the first comprehensive review of the 61,195 “undervote” ballots that were at the center of Florida’s disputed presidential election…. This was then stated to be true by New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, CNN and AP, all groups that aren’t Pro Bush in any way, shape or form. Gore Expected to only count votes in high Dem areas, thus stealing the vote. Also theres that “disenfranchisement of Black voters” that was never proved in any form. Did they also disenfranchise all those dead dem voters? Have fun Monbiot too, your attempt to arrest and innocent man should give you a good 5-6 charges you’ll be facing, well charges and the backend of a nightstick. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

35. Jack Klompus Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 10:37 pm

    But Rbastid, it’s like soooo radical and progressive to hear yourself take a stand against “racism”. Why you gotta be hatin’ by presenting facts, man?! Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

36. SamHermanos Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 10:37 pm

    Aaron: You are right. You are ignorant of “international law”. As pointed out above, the UN is NOT an international government capable of doing anything that its associated treaties do not carefully define. The only truly international laws are those treaties that exist between willing nations, not some claptrap or agenda drawn up by any singular nation. If a country is not a signatory to an international agreement like a treaty, it is under no obligation to follow its terms. Go on peddling your lies and believing your own blockheaded propaganda. You are the embodiment of the Ugly American, and not even the Eurosocialists want anything to do with your ilk. Next time, try cracking open a history book before you call for anyone to be executed. People like you willingly allowed Pol Pot, Stalin, Mao and countless other left-wing brutal dictators to silence their critics under the same mantra. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

37. Jack Klompus Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 10:39 pm

    Sam: I love how Aaron takes the bold, enlightened stand against “right wing nationalist idiocy” and then calls for the summary execution of thousands of political opponents. People on the hard left are hilarious little narcissists aren’t they? Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

38. Random Posted: May 28th, 2008 at 11:07 pm

    Except that the claim that Saddam Hussein was trying to procure uranium was not false. It was verified by several independent sources, including Joseph Wilson, Valerie Plame’s husband, who wrote as much in his report, although he subsequently lied about this. Saddam did not get the uranium, but then no-one ever said he did. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

39. Aaron Aarons Posted: May 29th, 2008 at 7:12 pm

    I don’t support the execution of my political opponents. I do support the execution, or at least jailing for life (if they can be taken alive!), of the few thousand people in the U.S., Israel and the U.K. most responsible for the deaths of millions of Iraqis since 1991. Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

40. Jack Klompus Posted: May 29th, 2008 at 7:43 pm

    Baath Party officials remarkably absent from the list of course Aaron. That’s good you support the execution of thousands of people, you good little fascist tool, you! Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

41. pingback: Posted: Jun 10th, 2008 at 2:01 am

    Voisitko pidättää John Boltonin? « Teon sana [...] Monbiot, John Bolton, kansalaisaktiivisuus, kansalaispidätys, kansalaistoiminta, sotarikollinen George Monbiot uskoo, että John Bolton on sotarikollinen. Hänet täytyy pidättää ja sen Monbiot aikoo tehdä itse. Hän ei kuitenkaan onnistu. Kyseessä [...] Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this

42. Serren Posted: Mar 20th, 2009 at 6:51 pm

    Hey, is there a section just for latest news Reply | Quote selected text | Link to this