In message
, at
23:48:55 on Sun, 24 Feb 2008, The Real Doctor
remarked:
So if the mob doesn't like you, it's an offence for you to do something
the mob objects to? Mob rule in England, circa 2008.

No, just a sensible precaution against incitement.

There have been times and places where being Jewish was an incitement.

Paging Godwin. Paging Godwin.

Trainspotters, $race, $religion, photographers, pediatricians, the list
is endless. The broader the brush, the more unjust it is.

This is a very slippery slope.

I think you overstate it a bit. It's not the job of the police to
protect people who wish to goad others.

So the person who parks on the pavement outside my house in the morning
can't expect police protection because he's goading me?
--
Roland Perry