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Grafitti is one of the most widely used forms of political protest. I think one might reserve the term 'criminal damage' for something more spectacular - bombing a building, for instance. Of course, legal terms are not meant to be particularly accurate as far as their descriptive capacity is concerned. I think we are in danger of being immunised to the enormity of the criminal damage being done in Iraq (I think it's much more parliamentary as a term than 'murder'). We have seen and read so much bland print that Her Majesty's buildings, His Royal Highness' tangos and the trauma of British civil servants unable to cope with the sight of red paint become much more exciting and real. On the subject of electrodes and genitals, surely it is not necessary to remind a British citizen (though legally, I understand the expressions is 'subject', or am I behind the times?) that Britain is one of the largest and best-respected purveyors of torture equipment in the world. Economists will tell you that Britain is a producer of services, not goods. Ben Zachariah (speaking for myself). -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html