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Old 05-01-2010, 13:44   #236
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Re: Islamic group's plan to march through Wootton Bassett

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Originally Posted by foreverwar View Post
I find myself in a dilemma - I think what these marchers are proposing is abhorrent, and it turns my stomach that they could subvert what the good people of Wooton Bassett are doing to show respect to the fallen in Afghanistan, and I am pleased by what Alan Johnson is doing, but I am worried that this is the first step in banning anything that is unpopular/may cause problems (like BNP marches, EDL marches, Gay Giraffes against Genetically Modified Organisms protests, Fox Hunters against the Congestion Charge, etc, etc).
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Originally Posted by nomadking View Post
Better be careful, before you know it people will actually be saying that it's ok for groups to demonstrate against Islamic extremism or Islamification even outside a Mosque.
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Originally Posted by Gary L View Post
Never. they'd all get arrested for inciting racial hatred.
As usual, you are mistaken in your misguided assertion - I think that protesting outside a mosque (as the EDL were doing) and protesting at Wootton Bassett are stupid, abhorrent, and provocative (but I think Islam4UK win on the Ass-hat competition); but the downside of democracy is having to listen to people you disagree with strongly (the upside is that they have to listen to you.... ).
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