allardjd 1,853 Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 It made me angry... Free speech is a two-edged sword. This is the other edge. John "Muslim Preacher Mocks Fallen British Soldiers After Homecoming Parade Protest Muslim war protesters disrupted a homecoming parade for British troops Tuesday, with one preacher praising the disruption and branding the homecoming a "vile parade" of "brutal murderers" whom he likened to Nazis, the Daily Mail reported." http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,508686,00.html Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Hi John, Yes it does make me angry, but what makes me more angry is our limp wristed government who let this thing go on unchecked. I feel sorry for the families of the soldiers. Link to post Share on other sites
grth_bbtt 0 Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 This sure does make me angry! The lads that risk their lives everyday having their homecoming welcome destroyed by some arse is sure something no one will like! What do they expect when they live in the country where the soliders have flew out from???!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Yep, makes me angry aswell. These soliders have fought in a war, not thinking about themselves. Afghanistan is officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Yes this makes me angry too. But it is a minority group who has done this so our government will bend over backwards to help them and be nice to them I'll get off my soapbox now Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 O.K. - bear with me because I don't feel angry - rather I feel very sad. Why, because the returning troops are not the target of the protesters. It's UK Government policy that has put the troops in Afghanistan and Iraq and that is what the protest is about, not the troops themselves. So, what do you say? We live in a reasonably free world, governed by democratically elected parliaments of various hues. We need to see behind the headlines and understand the agendas of the media businesses that furnish us with the news. Their profitability is predicated on advertising revenue and the more papers they sell, the happier their customers will be. So this sort of story is "good" and the more controversy it generates, the better. Again, please don't think that I condone the views of the protesters in respect of the troops - I don't. I just don't get hood-winked by the media any more. End of lecture, guys - thanks for listening! Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
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