Should John Hemming be banned from Powerswitch

[UndercoverElephant]

Just out of interest, I wonder how many people share my opinion of John Hemming. This person has demonstrated on countless occasions that he is a supporter and mouthpiece of the establishment. He regularly posts misleading things in support of the banks, for example. But his posts on the topic of Julian Assange, for me, cross a line. Not for the first time, he is now mocking Assange. He's deliberately trying to mislead people, supporting the absurd and evil state propaganda machine and thinks that it is appropriate to say that he thinks "the Swedes are laughing at Assange."

Personally I'd like to see John Hemming's particular brand of propaganda banned from this forum. I do not believe his posts are honest and I don't think they are contributing to the quality of the discussion.

Julian Assange deserves all the support he can get from people who believe in justice, truth and freedom. There's not much we can do, but we can prevent evil scum like John Hemming from doing the dirty work of the establishment on this forum.

I might add that it would not be the first forum John Hemming has been banned from. He was banned from mumsnet for breaching both the terms of use of that forum, and a court order.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/105476 ... users.html

[johnhemming2]

I have some difficulty understanding why posting quotations from the UN panel on arbitrary detention is "propaganda".

I admit that it is true that I protested about the treatment of an italian woman who was forced by the English courts to have a caesarian and then had her baby taken and put up for adoption.

This upset a family lawyer called Sarah Phillimore who protested about me linking to posts she had made off mumsnet thereby identifying her.

She is one of many people upset by my campaigning against state sponsored babystealing in secret English courts.

My new offence is "Mocking Assange".

[jonny2mad]

I haven't been following the Assange thread, I think biff breaks forum etiquette more than anyone I've ever seen, but I wouldnt ban him .

Anyway I wouldnt ban mr hemming, the whole banning people no platform thing I'd try to avoid

[Little John]

Just out of interest, I wonder how many people share my opinion of John Hemming. This person has demonstrated on countless occasions that he is a supporter and mouthpiece of the establishment. He regularly posts misleading things in support of the banks, for example. But his posts on the topic of Julian Assange, for me, cross a line. Not for the first time, he is now mocking Assange. He's deliberately trying to mislead people, supporting the absurd and evil state propaganda machine and thinks that it is appropriate to say that he thinks "the Swedes are laughing at Assange."

Personally I'd like to see John Hemming's particular brand of propaganda banned from this forum. I do not believe his posts are honest and I don't think they are contributing to the quality of the discussion.

Julian Assange deserves all the support he can get from people who believe in justice, truth and freedom. There's not much we can do, but we can prevent evil scum like John Hemming from doing the dirty work of the establishment on this forum.

I might add that it would not be the first forum John Hemming has been banned from. He was banned from mumsnet for breaching both the terms of use of that forum, and a court order.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/105476 ... users.html

I agree with this and that is not an easy thing for me to do since I have never made or agreed with an argument for the banning of anyone on a forum such as this. But, this is, I hope, my only exception to that. John Hemming is an utterly detestable establishment shill who is, as you say, doing the dirty work of that establishment on this forum.

[johnhemming2]

I agree with this and that is not an easy thing for me to do since I have never made or agreed with an argument for the banning of anyone on a forum such as this.

You have as bad a memory as your ability to engage in rational argument.

If you note this thread on this forum
http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/vie ... ing#267738
You called for me to removed from the forum.

[UndercoverElephant]

I have some difficulty understanding why posting quotations from the UN panel on arbitrary detention is "propaganda".

You are making jokes about the plight of Julian Assange. You actually think it is funny that a man has been forced into confinement in the Ecuadorian Embassy for nearly 4 years, with no real hope of escape, or justice. The UN has just ruled in his favour, and against the British Government, and all you can do is post utter nonsense about how he should have gone to Sweden, as if there was absolutely no substance to what everybody knows to be true, which is that had he done so, he would be in the hands of the United States and probably being subjected to torture. He certainly wouldn't get a fair trial.

You one of the most unpleasant human beings I have ever had the misfortune to encounter.

[UndercoverElephant]

I haven't been following the Assange thread, I think biff breaks forum etiquette more than anyone I've ever seen, but I wouldnt ban him .

Biff Vernon is in denial about one specific topic. He's not the only one. A leading German feminist was on C4 news last night saying the "entire German intellectual left" was in denial about the same topic. However, Biff Vernon's motives are not black. He's not an evil human being. John Hemming is.

[Little John]

I agree with this and that is not an easy thing for me to do since I have never made or agreed with an argument for the banning of anyone on a forum such as this.

You have as bad a memory as your ability to engage in rational argument.

If you note this thread on this forum
http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/vie ... ing#267738
You called for me to removed from the forum.

Same **** as last time, so same difference.

[johnhemming2]

You are making jokes about the plight of Julian Assange. You actually think it is funny that a man has been forced into confinement in the Ecuadorian Embassy for nearly 4 years, with no real hope of escape, or justice.

Actually no. I don't find it funny, but I think the Swedish authorities are quite likely to find it funny as are the US authorities. I said this previously in August last year when there was last an attempt to get be banned.

You really should try to read the words that people write and try to respond to those.

[johnhemming2]

I agree with this and that is not an easy thing for me to do since I have never made or agreed with an argument for the banning of anyone on a forum such as this.

You have as bad a memory as your ability to engage in rational argument.

If you note this thread on this forum
http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/vie ... ing#267738
You called for me to removed from the forum.

Same **** as last time, so same difference.

Yes, but you did claim that you had "never" done this before when you did it last August.

[UndercoverElephant]

You are making jokes about the plight of Julian Assange. You actually think it is funny that a man has been forced into confinement in the Ecuadorian Embassy for nearly 4 years, with no real hope of escape, or justice.

Actually no. I don't find it funny, but I think the Swedish authorities are quite likely to find it funny as are the US authorities.

Do you think the US authorities also find it funny that their armed forces are guilty of serious war crimes?

Waterboarding? Illegal rendition? Murdering journalists from helicopter gunships? Starting illegal wars that lead to global political instability? Ho ho ho! Hilarious! What japes!

There is NOTHING funny about this. Nothing at all.

[johnhemming2]

Do you think the US authorities also find it funny that their armed forces are guilty of serious war crimes?

No, but that is not relevant.

As the Ukranian member of the panel said in his minority report Assange is punishing himself. This is on the basis of a misunderstanding about the legal position. The Americans may not be able to extradite him, but by saying that there is an inquiry going on he is confining himself.

He should worry that due process and the rule of law is becoming less important in Europe (partially as a result of the difficulties with migration) and that he could find himself in a mess in the future.

[UndercoverElephant]

Do you think the US authorities also find it funny that their armed forces are guilty of serious war crimes?

No, but that is not relevant.

As the Ukranian member of the panel said in his minority report Assange is punishing himself.

Oh yes...the Ukranian.

https://wikispooks.com/wiki/United_Nati ... _Detention

Craig Murray reports on the official statement by the UK Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond:

“I reject the decision of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD). It is a group made up of lay people and not lawyers. Julian Assange is a fugitive from justice. He is hiding from justice in the Ecuadorean embassy.”

These are the cvs of the group (including the ex-chair who started the work). Hammond’s statement that they are lay people and not lawyers is a blatant, a massive, an enormous, a completely astonishing lie. Yet nowhere has the media called him on this lie.

Sètondji Adjovi (Benin, Second Vice-Chair) Adjovi, an academic and practitioner specialising in international criminal procedure and judicial reform, worked at the International Criminal Court and at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda before his appointment to the UNWGAD.

Mads Andenas (Norway, Chair and member until mid-2015) Chair of UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention until mid-2015. Has previously held positions as Director of the Centre of European Law at King’s College, University of London and Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London. Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Oslo.

José Guevara (Mexico, First Vice-Chair) Guevara is a legal academic and practitioner who focuses on Human Rights Protection and International Criminal Law. Prior to joining the UNWGAD, worked in the NGO sector, Mexico City’s Ombudsman’s office and in government in the area of human rights. Guevara is the recipient of the Open Society Foundation’s New Executives Fund leading the Mexican Commission for the Defence and Promotion of Human Rights.

Seong-Phil Hong (Chair-Rapporteur, Republic of Korea) An expert member of the Asian Council of Jurists of the Asia Pacific Forum and legal academic, Seong-Phil Hong has specialised in the case for reparations regarding Japan’s Enforced Sex Slavery during the Second World War and accountability for human rights violations by the North Korean regime.

Vladimir Tochilovsky (Ukraine) A legal academic and practitioner whose expertise lies in international criminal justice and procedure. Tochilovsky was part of the Preparatory Committee and Commission that drafted the guidelines on criminal procedure for the International Criminal Court.

Leigh Toomey (Australia) An expert in the UN Human Rights system, Toomey has taught at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and has served as a UN human rights expert both in the capacity as an NGO representative and as a representative for Australia at the UN General Assembly and Commission for Human Rights.

It is worth noting that the UN decision accords very closely with the minority verdicts of the two dissenting UK Supreme Court judges in the deeply split UK Supreme Court decision on the case. So by calling the UN panel “ridiculous”, Hammond is saying the same of two UK Supreme Court justices.

You will not recall much media coverage of the dissenting verdicts in the UK Supreme Court decision. There was almost none. By contrast, the media are showing an obsessive interest in the dissenting Ukrainian member’s opinion in this UN decision.

Norwegian Professor Mats Andenas, the chair of the Working Group who started the work, has today stated that the UK and US put enormous political pressure on the members of the UN working group, which they had resisted courageously. Can anybody think of a reason why the dissenting Ukrainian member might have been less able to resist enormous pressure from the UK and US governments?

But never mind the reality, you just keep on posting your ridiculous propaganda.

[AutomaticEarth]

I tend to disagree with a number of JH's posts, but don't think he should be banned. The reason I called for someone to be banned as that the person was just posting the same, old tired rhetoric (ad hominem attacks).

In fact, as bizarre as it sounds, it makes me wonder what brought JH to join this forum in the first place?

[kenneal - lagger]

He was the founder (?) and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil (APPGOPO) when an MP. He has probably done more than anyone else on this forum to get the concept of Peak Oil before Parliament.