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by Planktonne 13 days ago
> or detonated a bomb at Holloway Prison that covered sleeping children in shards of glass

They attempted to bomb a prison notorious for holding and torturing women. Some windows were broken in nearby houses [1], and I don't think there are any reports of actual injuries to the children.

Significantly worse collateral damage is accepted daily for far weaker reasons; broken glass from windows is something that wouldn't even be mentioned in any other context. Recently, the US dropped a bomb on a school directly--if the suffragettes should be castigated for the windows, what do you think of that country?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragette_bombing_and_arson_...