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TOFFBUSTERS: Citizens Arrest the Hunters on Feb 19th

Against Foxhunting Toffs | 07.12.2004 21:19 | London

In this struggle we think reversing the normal boundaries of legal action and protest, by trying to arrest the hunters, is deeply subversive. Also we will call an action against the Countryside Alliance in Parliament Square, central London, on Fri Feb 18th if their promised mobilisation on that day is carried out...

ANARCHISTS!! ABANDON YOUR PRINCIPLES!
For one day only
UPHOLD THE LAW

TOFFBUSTERS!

CITIZENS ARREST A HUNTER ON FEBRUARY 19TH

On February 18th hunting becomes illegal and hunters all over the country will defy the law. Our valiant boys in blue - overworked and under-staffed - will not have the manpower to arrest them all - SO WE'LL DO IT FOR THEM!

Blair's total cock-up on the Hunting Bill presents us with an unparalleled opportunity to return class warfare to the political centre stage in the run up to the general election.

We encourage all right thinking and law abiding citizens to attend hunts and perform CITIZENS ARRESTS on any hunters………or indeed those who may be CONSPIRING TO HUNT or inciting others to do so.

For years the toffs have used the law to reinforce their own class interests - but now the boot is on the other foot and we shall uphold the law to defend our own class interest! The police will be stuck in a completely contradictory position. For years they have stopped people attending demonstrations and pickets by using laws to stop people travelling to them. Now we are going to the hunt - specifically to assist the police in upholding the law - will they stop us law-abiding citizens and allow the hunt to break the law? Whatever they do - they're fucked! The political fall-out from their actions will dominate the election campaign

The Countryside Alliance and their inbred toff followers have ruled the roost for years, but are now squealing like stuck pigs. They are talking of disrupting power and water supplies to the cities. When this happens the opportunity of arresting a toff will have far wider appeal than just the usual suspects.

TOFFBUSTERS has no central organisation - it's down to you to set up local groups, and/or join in with existing anti hunting groups across the country to take action. On Saturday February 19th because that is the next scheduled hunting day. Monitor your local hunt and Countryside Alliance organisers and spread the news. There is some hot air from the Countryside Alliance leaders about a mass protest on February 19th, if this happens TOFFBUSTERS will mount a protest against it. Watch this space.

ARREST A TOFF ON FEBRUARY 19TH -
ALL OUT COMRADES!

Bristol and South West -  toffbusters@yahoo.co.uk Northern -  durhamtoffbusters@fastmail.fm

Against Foxhunting Toffs
- e-mail: durhamtoffbusters@fastmail.fm

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Video 'em

08.12.2004 09:49

Make sure you video tape them too. If you can't arrest them on the day you can always get 'em later.

Happy hunting.

FIT team


"Toffbusters" ??????

08.12.2004 10:02

So it IS about class war then?

Not fluffy foxes.

Weary


small-minded campaign

08.12.2004 15:39

to turn the hunting issue into a mere class war is short-sighted and naive.
whole rural communities are based around hunting, both for work and play.
these people are standing up for a way of life that is deeply rooted in their existence. it is not about class. rich and poor live and work for the hunt.
it is an important part of community-integration.
to them, it is about urban folk trying to inflict their ideals on country folk.
to go hunting is what many people look forward to at the weekend, it is what they work for during the week. it is what they do.
it is not about them trying to make out they are superior to anyone else.
all they want is to be left alone to define their own lives.
when hunting is banned, the countryside will use a unique part of its cultural history.
i'm sure if you're reading this, you can empathise with anyone who feels that the weight of the modern world is restricting their freedom.
that is exactly what these people feel.
your 'toffbusters' campaign is nothing short of absurdly small-minded.

pigsandponies
mail e-mail: mus2cjfd@leeds.ac.uk


how to..?

09.12.2004 12:03

okay, can anyone tell me HOW exactly to perform a citezen's arrest, the amount of force which is reasonable etc?

sab


Class war? Say what?

16.03.2007 02:12

OK, see, I thought that anti-hunting protests were about the fact that the hunting dogs tear a fox apart, a very brutal death. This is what it should be about. Not 'The Toffs'. I mean really, do you think that the hunters use the hunt as some sort of way to oppress the proletariat? Are you complete tits? As for citizens arrests... in a situation as charged as a hunt clashing with protesters, this can only go very,, very bad, very, very quickly, and you're inciting a situation leading to injury and violence.

Versidious


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