Crime against nature? Marian Liebmann and Mike Nellis on ecocide
‘Is it time to be more committed?’
Friends have rightly been wary of criminalisation as a means of addressing socially harmful behaviour when other forms of resolution can be used instead. We oppose criminalisation which uses state power to erode democracy and suppress dissent. But we are not against criminalisation when it is based on the gravity of a particular harm, and a desire to prevent it happening. For instance, we have welcomed recent laws against drink-driving, smoking in public buildings, stalking, and rape within marriage.
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