JUDGE MGOEPE
But Mr Currin, I must confess that did not make that impact. On the face of it you are right.  You associate with it at a lower - the threshold is a bit lower than with objective to. The threshold is lower but then the
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consequence, the logic of your argument, as I understand it, is that at the time when the person committed that offence,
he need not - for example, he need not have had - he need not have committed it with the intention to achieve a political objective. Even if that kind of intent and purpose was absent at the time when you committed the offence, we can later on look objectively at what he has done, and if in our evaluation what he has done can be associated with a political objective, even though the individual at the time did not entertain any political objective, then you will say that that will be correct.