George Monbiot provides a spectacular example of how you never trust a pundit on absolutely everything.
He's been reasonably impressive on climate change, and came across on the Lateline "debate" last year with Ian Plimer as rational and calm. Yet when it comes to the Iraq War, he's idiotic enough to do this:
Increasing global temperatures must be affecting his judgement.So today I am launching a website – www.arrestblair.org – whose purpose is to raise money as a reward for people attempting a peaceful citizen's arrest of the former prime minister. I have put up the first £100, and I encourage you to match it. Anyone meeting the rules I've laid down will be entitled to one quarter of the total pot: the bounties will remain available until Blair faces a court of law. The higher the reward, the greater the number of people who are likely to try.
At this stage the arrests will be largely symbolic, though they are likely to have great political resonance. But I hope that as pressure builds up and the crime of aggression is adopted by the courts, these attempts will help to press governments to prosecute. There must be no hiding place for those who have committed crimes against peace. No civilised country can allow mass murderers to move on.
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