Protests

Last night me and my two flat mates ended up in a very heated discussion on politics (pretty much out of the blue as well). One of the interesting things that was brought up was protesting, due to the recent jailing of a (stupid I may add) protester.

One flat mate thought that protesting should be controlled as it partial is in England. He reasoned this, that recently the Nazi party wanted to do a rally in Germany. Obviously the government and pretty much everyone else wasn't very happy about this and they were banned from doing so. In the end they took the city to court and they were allowed too.
This is a interesting reason, BUT in my opinion I agree that they should have the right. Freedom is all or nothing, you can't pick and choose who gets to exercise their freedoms, otherwise its not a freedom.

Example B:
Whilst this is pretty amusing I also find it a fairly valid back up for the freedom to protest. So you don't like what some protests are protesting about? Well protest against them then... Obviously this could get out of hand in a silly manner, but the point is that just because someone holds a placard or is protesting doesn't mean you/anyone agrees with them. You still have to stand up for what you believe in though.

Speaking of which, here are a few of my pictures from the recent Education Cuts marches in London