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The freedom to do that is what they fought for, surely?
Ahh. There's a perfect example of what a lack of context, an inability to see the bigger picture and an inability to think beyond the emotional response to the principles involved can do for you.Sorry Mr Frost. But that is /what/ this country fought for in two world wars. BobG
Glyn_Wigley wrote:QuoteThe freedom to do that is what they fought for, surely?No. Don't even try and justify it.
BobG wrote:QuoteAhh. There's a perfect example of what a lack of context, an inability to see the bigger picture and an inability to think beyond the emotional response to the principles involved can do for you.Sorry Mr Frost. But that is /what/ this country fought for in two world wars. BobGTotally agree Bob, however as an ex Royal Engineer who has lost friends and colleagues, what it does show is a total lack of respect for what is the main day in the year that we honour those fallen in conflict(Islamics/Muslims/Jews/Catholics/Athiests/Agnostics/Jedis all among them). Would I be allowed to burn a symbol of the Islamic/Muslim community and be unpunished? I suspect the answer is no as I would be arrested for anti-Islamic/Muslim actions or inciting racial hatred.
they have no intention of been true muslims and are only out to bring the true muslim belife down along with for we stand for on our own shores.
gillinghamrover wrote:QuoteBobG wrote:QuoteAhh. There's a perfect example of what a lack of context, an inability to see the bigger picture and an inability to think beyond the emotional response to the principles involved can do for you.Sorry Mr Frost. But that is /what/ this country fought for in two world wars. BobGTotally agree Bob, however as an ex Royal Engineer who has lost friends and colleagues, what it does show is a total lack of respect for what is the main day in the year that we honour those fallen in conflict(Islamics/Muslims/Jews/Catholics/Athiests/Agnostics/Jedis all among them). Would I be allowed to burn a symbol of the Islamic/Muslim community and be unpunished? I suspect the answer is no as I would be arrested for anti-Islamic/Muslim actions or inciting racial hatred.but surely a poppy is not a religous symbol it is a symbol of respect to the fallenas i remember from my history lessons\"the tenet of democracy is that i would defend to the death my opponents views and the right to express them\"or \"respect from the majority to the minority and respect from the minority to the majority\"
It does beg the question if there is another country in the world where a group of protesters would have been allowed to walk around with placards announcing \"Our Troops are cnuts and should burn in hell\", wouldn't have thought so!
Freedom of speech.I'd like to have these thirty odd Muslims round up and shipped to a Muslim country. They can then march round their own streets burning what the hell they like. I wonder what the reaction would be if I stood outside a mosque and protested against their beliefs or way of life?
But it's freedom of speech. Something our fallen fought for.
Exactly. Much as I'd happily have Griffin et al. expungned from the face of the planet, he's quite able and at liberty to run for Parliament.Lose miserably admittedly, but he's able to do it.