people do tend to start "banging on about their rights!"
if their rights are being abused. when is the time and place to protest our tax money being spent on a wedding for people who all ready have lots of our tax money if not at the wedding?
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tickle I was away, Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:48,
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Easy
at the polling booth. Vote for a party that wants to abolish the monarchy. If enough people agree, and looking at the interest shown yesterday, they don't, then you will get your wish. That is democracy.
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TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:53,
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i think we might have a different idea of what democracy entails.
a democracy isn't just about voting. there are lots of ways to be politically involved and the idea that extra-parliamentry political activism is in any way illegitimate is a bit odd to be honest.
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tickle I was away, Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:58,
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Extra-parliamentry political activism
is very important to raise awareness of issues that people might be ignorant about. But sadly it all too often is people with a minority view throwing bins through windows.
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TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:03,
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no it's not.
all to often? nonsense. the over whelming majority of extra-parliamentary political activism is pretty dull and law abiding. look at the protest in march. half a million people being dull and law abiding and a couple of thousand not. trade unions, the civil rights movement in the usa, the countryside alliance, the suffragettes, oxfam, the national rifle association, solidarity in Poland, gay pride and the RSPB are what most extraparliamentary political activism is far more about. but enjoy your daily fail perspective anyway.
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tickle I was away, Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:23,
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I was wrong
over the meaning of activism. You are dictionary correct, and I was taking the modern media usage, so I will hold my hands up on that. The daily fail was a low blow, though.
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TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:35,
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