I really like that idea, that people who claim to be acting out of a sincere political belief should be absolved of consequences when they damage property. Mind you, I don't think they should be able to physically harm animals or people. At least not innocent people. I suppose it would be Okay to throw rocks or bottles at cops, because they're just the oppressive arm of the global capitalists, so I suppose it should be okay to hurt them. And then again, if you could ever get your hands on a rich capitalist and beat the crap out of him, I suppose you could argue that it's just self-defense, based on a sincere political belief that the rich capitalists like Margaret Thatcher are threatening our two-year-old children.