RE: Is there free speech in Belfast?
July 17, 2015 at 9:06 pm
(This post was last modified: July 17, 2015 at 9:11 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Quote:If there's a riot, do you think only those who physically commit crimes should be punished,Largely, yes.
Quote: or would you punish (even if less severely) those who are inciting the riot and even providing tools for it?Providing tools...like an IED..is a bit more than expressing ones opinion -no matter how vile that opinion is-. But...to be completely honest, I wouldn't punish a person who -bought- a de-commed claymore, or even a person who sold one...I'd only punish the person who refurbished it and detonated it in a crowd. But that's just me. Sure, I'd make sure the others knew I had my eye on them...but I see no reason to overextend, creating martyrs for causes and possibly showing myself to be exactly what they claimed me to be. Keep in mind......I did this for a living for years......., so I might have a peculiar and non-representative perspective.
Punishing the organizers of a riot rarely resolves the issue, and more often exacerbates it, in my experience.
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