Winston - you appear to be an idealist who believes there is a thing as justice under the law.   Through lived experience in Australia I have learnt that the law (particularly civil law) is not about justice, rather it is about power.

Summed up by Dylan in his naked perception

"The masters make the rules
For the wise men and the fools"

Hard to say whether Russell Brand was a wise man or a fool, but it makes no difference.  He challenged the masters, and so they applied and bent their their rules to destroy him.

The same goes for the destruction of these two innocent Australians who were punished by the masters for assuming X-Spaces was a free-speech zone

https://gas4gaza.substack.com/p/australia-vs-x-par…