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Originally Posted by pan6467
I think it is a people's right to peacefully demonstrate against a government they feel is guilty of illegal actions.
I could see this becoming a VERY serious problem in the future. An example that we could use today would be people in the US peacefully demonstrating against Mid East tyrants Mubarak, Khaddaffi, the Saud family, etc and having our government arrest the protesters and chaqrging them with hate crimes against Muslims.
How is speaking out against that which you deem is illegal or evil a crime? It is one's opinion and as long as peacefully demonstrated, who cares?
People around the world have demonstrated against the US, burning our flag and kidnapping our people as long as I have been alive, that is criminal. They are inserting criminal acts into their demonstrations and thus should be arrested, but probably won't be and will be looked upon or have been looked upon as heroes to their countrymen.
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i have no idea what your point is with this post. nor do i even know how to respond to it.
These 'criminal acts' that you mention, are they crimes against their own laws set by their government? or are you talking about burning effigies and flags of western nations? in any case, if someone carried out an action that is not against the laws of the country and does not break international law, techinically its not a crime no matter how despicable it may seem.