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1st person convicted of protesting outside parliament

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article331782.ece


it's a fucking joke

as the classic quote says:
first they went for the communists......

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yep.

    And still pepole trust the War Criminial and his 300 cronies.

    But what can you do? The police have guns, we don't.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Born Slippy wrote:
    The prosecution is worrying though. We would never have stood for this under the Tories, yet we do nothing under Labour. Why is that do you think?

    Maybe because there hasnt been an effective opposition for the past dozen years.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i hope they dont pick on that cool guy who has been sitting outside parliament for like 5 years, he's wicked
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Born Slippy wrote:
    The prosecution is worrying though. We would never have stood for this under the Tories, yet we do nothing under Labour. Why is that do you think?

    Wasn't it the Tories who introduce the handgun laws? Wasn't it the Tories who used the Police to break-up the Poll Tax demonstration in Trafalgar Square?

    We let it happen then, and we're too apathetic to do anything now...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    MrG wrote:
    i hope they dont pick on that cool guy who has been sitting outside parliament for like 5 years, he's wicked

    Funny thing is:
    The new law was initially intended to remove Brian Haw, an anti-war protester who has camped in Parliament Square for four years.

    But Mr Haw successfully fought off the latest attempt to evict him in the High Court, by arguing his protest pre-dated the legislation.
    from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4507446.stm
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    buzz wrote:
    Funny thing is:
    from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4507446.stm
    :lol:

    Hehehehe.

    Oh well, so we can't protest outside our own governments building anymore. Hmm... the state reigns in the powers... and to think they are kicknig up a fuss aobut Putin doing the same, when its going on over here too!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    wheresmyplacebo wrote:
    http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article331782.ece


    it's a fucking joke

    as the classic quote says:
    first they went for the communists......
    it is a fuckin joke, you have it right. But the govt. can do this because we are too busy working, paying taxes, watching the mind-destroyer TV, and playing the know-all internet warrior, to organise and challenge the status quo.

    We do not care enough to stop the trend.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    trinity1 wrote:
    We do not care enough to stop the trend.

    But virtually no one see's it as a trend, if you say to people that this is possibly the begining of totalitarianism they just shrug and say its no big deal.

    You could take away most of people's rights without them even noticing, or caring.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    bongbudda wrote:
    But virtually no one see's it as a trend, if you say to people that this is possibly the begining of totalitarianism they just shrug and say its no big deal.

    You could take away most of people's rights without them even noticing, or caring.
    The slow boil. There is a (soft) totalitarianism already I think.

    I would say we need a written constitution, but the US supreme court gets around that by "interpreting", rather than following.

    Too much power in too few hands. Too few rebels, and all of them divided.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    trinity1 wrote:
    The slow boil. There is a (soft) totalitarianism already I think.

    I would say we need a written constitution, but the US supreme court gets around that by "interpreting", rather than following.

    We've got one, and its far more extensive in the shape of the EU treaty on human rights.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    bongbudda wrote:
    We've got one, and its far more extensive in the shape of the EU treaty on human rights.
    And this lady, does it help her?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    And this lady, does it help her?

    :thumb:

    You wouldn't be saying that the legal system is just PR would you?

    Good on you if you are.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    klintock wrote:
    :thumb:

    You wouldn't be saying that the legal system is just PR would you?

    Good on you if you are.
    The legal system, along with all the other tools of social-control, media; education; parliament; are substantially PR operations.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    trinity1 wrote:
    And this lady, does it help her?

    If she can fight it then yes, it would, the problem is its quite easy to put barriers in the way.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It's scary
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