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Ministers are planning legal action to restrict public protests during the Olympics, amid fears that Britain could be disrupted by lengthy and high-profile demonstrations.
The Home Office is so concerned about the impact of the stalemate over the Occupy London (OLSX) encampment outside St Paul's Cathedral that officials have been ordered to produce plans for avoiding a similar conflict during the Games next summer.
Ministers' plans, based on the measures put in place to remove long-term protesters from outside Parliament, includes identifying "exclusion zones" around key locations, a
Originally posted by DoctorSatan
there is the reasoning for banning public protests during the olympics.
they can get voilent at times at UK will be screwed if say one of America's or China's or for that any other country's athelete gets injured in such a protest. There are diplomatic relationships to take care for after all.
Originally posted by TinkerHaus
Originally posted by DoctorSatan
there is the reasoning for banning public protests during the olympics.
they can get voilent at times at UK will be screwed if say one of America's or China's or for that any other country's athelete gets injured in such a protest. There are diplomatic relationships to take care for after all.
So the answer is to give the police vast, outstretching power to silence any and all protests?
People seem to have a hard time grasping the importance of this precedent. If we start allowing our rights to be revoked for special situations where will it stop? I assure you that you will see more and more protests at world events like the G20, the Olympics, environmental and economic summits, etc. Are they going to start suspending our free speech and right to assemble for all of these events?
This is a move toward more control and once allowed will be used to justify the further erosion and revoking of our rights.
And the fact that they are allowing police to enter people's homes to prevent them from having their free speech.. How can anyone believe this is justifiable?edit on 20-11-2011 by TinkerHaus because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by WarminIndy
The Olympics were supposed to not be political in nature. For people to even think about protesting takes away from the goodwill the Olympics are supposed to engender. This is not about which politician is doing right or wrong, about who makes more money, it is about the athletes who worked very hard to get where they are and represent their nation in that goodwill.
I will watch the Olympics and cheer the athletes. They are good representatives and should be recognized as such.
Originally posted by WarminIndy
The Olympics were supposed to not be political in nature. For people to even think about protesting takes away from the goodwill the Olympics are supposed to engender. This is not about which politician is doing right or wrong, about who makes more money, it is about the athletes who worked very hard to get where they are and represent their nation in that goodwill.
I will watch the Olympics and cheer the athletes. They are good representatives and should be recognized as such.