Peaceful protests should not be squashed

[Chad32]

[kılıç_mehmet]

Well, burning a flag is also a "peaceful" protest, and so is the verbal slander of national symbols and traditions. I'm merely stating that not everything that is peaceful needs to be legal, or moral. I personally do not think that anyone reserves the right to do the above mentioned things merely because they don't throw molotovs around. And if they turn violent, there will be someone to stand on the opposing side aswell, waiting to respond to violence with violence(by that I don't mean the police).

As for this particular case, its an individual protest, so its effectiveness is quite limited. But individual protests gather a boost merely by publicity when something like this happens. If they had left the kid be, his protest would not have mattered, as it would have been, as I said, strictly individual.

As for his means, I think he's doing it right. The pledge of allegiance was there before the Obama Administration, and will be there after the Obama Administration. Since the pledge is ultimately not something that defines the current government, but the whole country as a whole, he misses the mark completely, in my opinion.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Well, 'inciting to riot' is a punishable crime, but the person doing the inciting may not have committed any overtly violent acts.

Rather a grey area, innit?

Boru

[kılıç_mehmet]

Well, 'inciting to riot' is a punishable crime, but the person doing the inciting may not have committed any overtly violent acts.

Rather a grey area, innit?

Boru

Very much so.
Though nowadays, incarcerating people inciting civil disorder is something that does not pay off,as it sparks only more civil disorder.