thealigator
Registered Member
This weekend in my city saw certain members for a far right group making gestures that fall in line with Adolf Hitler, spraying Swastika symbols and making a mess of one of the oldest buildings in the city. This was met with opposition from people with one soul message "not in our city, get out".
The police handled it, there were arrests made after violent clashes including stones being thrown and fireworks being aimed at people. I would love to have gone if only to ask "why are you here and what do you hope to achieve?" and there are many calls for these people to be banned from ever coming again.
The question is though should they be banned? Freedom of speech is not protected in the same way as the US but it is still very much loved and I would hate to live in a world where people cannot express an opinion. I may not like that these groups or people like the Westboro Baptist Church can spread messages of hate but as I say, they do have a right to express an opinion.
Or do they? Should they be allowed to continue? Should this spread of hatred, racism and prejudice be justification to arrest people on the spot?
It is a delicate topic with no definitive answer but what is your take on this?
The police handled it, there were arrests made after violent clashes including stones being thrown and fireworks being aimed at people. I would love to have gone if only to ask "why are you here and what do you hope to achieve?" and there are many calls for these people to be banned from ever coming again.
The question is though should they be banned? Freedom of speech is not protected in the same way as the US but it is still very much loved and I would hate to live in a world where people cannot express an opinion. I may not like that these groups or people like the Westboro Baptist Church can spread messages of hate but as I say, they do have a right to express an opinion.
Or do they? Should they be allowed to continue? Should this spread of hatred, racism and prejudice be justification to arrest people on the spot?
It is a delicate topic with no definitive answer but what is your take on this?