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Old 05-01-2010, 21:08   #245
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Re: Islamic group's plan to march through Wootton Bassett

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing View Post
Damien democracy is not an automatic right that comes with no responsibility and the majority can be treated anyway any small group decides or be abused and hurt for a very very small minority of deluded moeons (being very polite). You also didn't answer my point of if this wasn't the location that our service people are honoured would they even go near the place.
No. They wouldn't obviously but going to symbolic locations is what protesters do. The British Defense League went into areas with high numbers of mosques and Muslims, because they were protesting against Islam.It's almost an exact reverse of this protest in fact. There were very few voices calling for them to be stopped.

Democracy is an automatic right in this country. One which is defended by people in the army (or should be) and hence the respect they are afforded. It is not a right which is denied the moment someone says something we don't like. The fact people would be upset is horrible but it's not reason enough to ban it. We can ban many a freedom based on that criteria, unless they plan to use violence there is little we can do.

One day you might find yourself in a minority, saying something the majority doesn't like, and would you want the majority to simply shut you up?
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