To: ggersh who wrote (53946 ) 11/23/2013 5:42:51 PM From: maceng2 Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71412 There are various things you could never say publically in the UK, even at Speakers Corner. You cant incite a riot. If you do, you are liable to be arrested. You cannot suggest a violent over throw of the government or other act of treason. There are various other things that the police could book people for if they decide to. In the UK the police are supposed to interpret the law, not just apply it. It's always been that way. Things have changed though. I cant say it's anything to do with the Muslims. I used to drive down the M6 at night at over a 100mph nearly all the way for 400 miles back in the eighties. Once it was late at night no one was really bothered, and I used to occasionally be overtaken by police vehicles. If they thought I was pissed or anything I am sure they would have used speeding as an excuse to pull me over. Now, these days, if you drive even for a few minutes at those kind of speeds the police take your driving licence away and you end up in the newspaper headlines. These days, the car insurance premiums reflect the cost of patients being treated by car accidents (it used to be soaked up by the NHS) so even minor traffic infractions cost hugely in terms of increased insurance premiums. I'm not sure we can blame the Muslims for those kind of changes, and those are the things that bother me. That guy in your picture, wearing the beret, he looks like a car insurance salesman to me. When things get tough ya need to blame somebody. He looks like the guy we should all be blaming -g- Ya cant get away with much these days, unless you are a WS banker or something. Even those guys are getting a hard time of it these days. -g-bbc.co.uk (this one is going to create an awful spat between the UK political parties as they all were best pals with Paul Flowers)