Lone Protest Day

Sundae · 09-21-2006, 11:29 AM

I missed this when it happened because I was living it up at my parents' and not wasting work time keeping up with current affairs, but thought it worth sharing, especially as there are some great pictures here credited to London Daily News.

Background:
Brian Haw started a protest against sanctions against Iraq in 2001. He was protesting in Parliament Square - in front of the House of Commons. There were various attempts to move him, but as he was breaking no law he remained.

Until the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act was passed last year. Some cynics claim that the section dealing with protest in Parliament Square was specifically written to get rid of Brian, who has become a hero to both the anti-war and freedom of speech movements. It is pointed out that protesters can demonstrate after obtaining a permit to protest from the police. Therefore any terrorist (especially a suicidal one) can trip merrily along to the police station, get a permit and then blow themself up six days later, before the wheels of bureaucracy have even started turning.

Brian challenged the law claiming it could not be applied retrospectively - therefore making him the only person legally allowed to protest without a permit. I believe this is still going through appeals processes.

Anyway - to Lone Protest Day. People were invited to submit applications to the same police station, on the same day and protest in Parliament Square on 31 August. 120 turned up, protesting a number of different causes - the Croydon Loony Party called for 'Free Chocolate For Students, Pensioners and the Unemployed', a campaign to have Robbie Williams exiled for crimes against music and a call to have wanking banned because 'every time you masturbate, God kills a Tory'. Amongst others of course.

What can I say - yay for the lone protesters who were busy trying to save us from our own Govt while I was getting drunk with my Mum & Dad. A quintessentially English way of going about it too, imo.

Sundae · 09-21-2006, 11:31 AM

From the same protest

9th Engineer · 09-21-2006, 02:30 PM

What the heck is onanism?

dar512 · 09-21-2006, 02:35 PM

Both Wikipedia and webster will tell you.

headsplice · 09-21-2006, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

What the heck is onanism?

I would guess you've rather intimate knowledge about it. Most do.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-21-2006, 07:51 PM

Anyone protesting protesters?

Sundae · 09-22-2006, 10:45 AM

Brian Coleman (of the London Assembly) apparently had something to say to the protesters as shown here.

I can't view it on my PC, so don't know if there is any "language".

09-22-2006, 02:32 PM

I will never carry an ID card.
Also, even if a cop asks me for one and I have it (dr lic), if I have done nothing wrong, I will not give it to him/her, unless I am driving, which I no longer do.
In the US there is no law that you have to ID yourself unless you have broken a law.
Police have forgotten who they work FOR.

Ibby · 09-22-2006, 02:58 PM

The question is...

If you were out there, what would YOU protest?

Modern music, for me.

Clodfobble · 09-22-2006, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ibram

If you were out there, what would YOU protest?

Texas summer heat.

09-22-2006, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ibram

The question is...

If you were out there, what would YOU protest?

Modern music, for me.

Time: The world would be a happier place if there was no time. It seems like there's never enough of it except when you have too much of it on your hands. It is always either creeping by or flying. The present has the confusing habit of turning into the past, and the future never arrives.

OUTLAW TIME!

09-22-2006, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ibram

The question is...

If you were out there, what would YOU protest?

Modern music, for me.

Most commercial chocolate.

9th Engineer · 09-22-2006, 09:22 PM

Film and general arts students

wolf · 09-23-2006, 12:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

I will never carry an ID card.

You won't carry it, but do you have it?

I know someone who has made the choice not to do so.

It is not easy, by any means. Even as simple an act as renewing a post office box with a postmaster who knows you on sight becomes impossible, or nearly so.

Cyclefrance · 09-23-2006, 06:02 AM

I suppose Brits have a valid reason for protesting about the unjustified banning by Americans of the letter 'u'.....

'America needs 'U'!?'

09-21-2006, 11:29 AM	#1
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Lone Protest Day I missed this when it happened because I was living it up at my parents' and not wasting work time keeping up with current affairs, but thought it worth sharing, especially as there are some great pictures here credited to London Daily News. Background: Brian Haw started a protest against sanctions against Iraq in 2001. He was protesting in Parliament Square - in front of the House of Commons. There were various attempts to move him, but as he was breaking no law he remained. Until the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act was passed last year. Some cynics claim that the section dealing with protest in Parliament Square was specifically written to get rid of Brian, who has become a hero to both the anti-war and freedom of speech movements. It is pointed out that protesters can demonstrate after obtaining a permit to protest from the police. Therefore any terrorist (especially a suicidal one) can trip merrily along to the police station, get a permit and then blow themself up six days later, before the wheels of bureaucracy have even started turning. Brian challenged the law claiming it could not be applied retrospectively - therefore making him the only person legally allowed to protest without a permit. I believe this is still going through appeals processes. Anyway - to Lone Protest Day. People were invited to submit applications to the same police station, on the same day and protest in Parliament Square on 31 August. 120 turned up, protesting a number of different causes - the Croydon Loony Party called for 'Free Chocolate For Students, Pensioners and the Unemployed', a campaign to have Robbie Williams exiled for crimes against music and a call to have wanking banned because 'every time you masturbate, God kills a Tory'. Amongst others of course. What can I say - yay for the lone protesters who were busy trying to save us from our own Govt while I was getting drunk with my Mum & Dad. A quintessentially English way of going about it too, imo. Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

09-21-2006, 11:31 AM	#2
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	More pics: From the same protest Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

09-21-2006, 02:30 PM	#3
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	What the heck is onanism? __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

09-21-2006, 02:35 PM	#4
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Both Wikipedia and webster will tell you. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

09-21-2006, 07:51 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Anyone protesting protesters? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-22-2006, 10:45 AM	#7
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Brian Coleman (of the London Assembly) apparently had something to say to the protesters as shown here. I can't view it on my PC, so don't know if there is any "language". __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

09-22-2006, 02:32 PM	#8
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I will *never* carry an ID card. Also, even if a cop asks me for one and I have it (dr lic), if I have done nothing wrong, I will not give it to him/her, unless I am driving, which I no longer do. In the US there is no law that you have to ID yourself unless you have broken a law. Police have forgotten who they work FOR.

09-22-2006, 02:58 PM	#9
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	The question is... If you were out there, what would YOU protest? Modern music, for me. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

09-22-2006, 09:22 PM	#13
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	Film and general arts students __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

09-23-2006, 06:02 AM	#15
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	I suppose Brits have a valid reason for protesting about the unjustified banning by Americans of the letter 'u'..... 'America needs 'U'!?' __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

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