Anti-monarchy protesters. I am totally for our right to protest whatever we disagree with but, from a PR point of view, I wouldn't have thought that protesting the monarchy among thousands of people gathered to show how much they love it would be the most effective way of going about it. I would let the people decide - angry looks, tutting and hissing - rather than arresting them.
I dunno @JennyJ. I can think of quite a few people thru history who deserve no respect - Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Napoleon (he was vicious in the Vendée against his own people), Pol Pot and, to come, that idiot president in Brazil and another in Russia.
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Anti-monarchy protesters. I am totally for our right to protest whatever we disagree with but, from a PR point of view, I wouldn't have thought that protesting the monarchy among thousands of people gathered to show how much they love it would be the most effective way of going about it. I would let the people decide - angry looks, tutting and hissing - rather than arresting them.
Angry looks? One Scottish bloke called Prince Andrew a disgusting old man and was taken away by the police for his own protection. Then news footage went viral showing Andrew touching his daughter in a very inappropriate way while placing flowers later that day.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I dunno @JennyJ. I can think of quite a few people thru history who deserve no respect - Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Napoleon (he was vicious in the Vendée against his own people), Pol Pot and, to come, that idiot president in Brazil and another in Russia.
Nevertheless ... they might have had family who had loved them ... the dead don't know whether they're being shown respect or not ... but I wouldn't intentionally disrespect the bereaved, whether coffin contained an evil despot or a saint.
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I dunno @JennyJ. I can think of quite a few people thru history who deserve no respect - Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Napoleon (he was vicious in the Vendée against his own people), Pol Pot and, to come, that idiot president in Brazil and another in Russia.
It's not about respect for the person who died, but for the people who want to pay their respects in peace. There's a time for protests while a person is alive, or later when the dust has settled. Even bad people can have families who themselves may have done nothing wrong.
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