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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
Isnt it fascinating? Other "demostrants" held signs that read "kill those who insult islam" and were _protected_ by British police. Now it is apparently perfectly okay to incite murder in public. I guess freedom of free speech covers that too  Soon stabbings will be okay, because "freedom to use a knife" will cover it... Shows how ######ed the British (and not just British) society has become. Well, I guess after years under the labour government, thats got to be expected... |
I suppose this makes sense if you're one of those people who reads headlines & the captions instead of the actual article.
The police weren't protecting the protesters, they were protecting the city from a riot. Perhaps you haven't been paying attention but these protests have already escalated to violence elsewhere and the priority of the London police was to keep the protests here peaceful. The message certainly wasn't peaceful, but the demonstrations were.
In fact, I can't think of a dumber thing to do than for the police to don some riot gear and start cuffing anyone who's holding a sign that suggests violence. I bet that would go over very well with an angry mob.