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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by googlryas on Monday September 12, 2022 @06:17PM (#32817822)
It's not being arrested for poor taste. They're being arrested for their actions, not their beliefs.

Is there some democracy somewhere which doesn't have a public nuisance/breaching the peace style law?

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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by ClumsyPilot on Monday September 12, 2022 @07:43PM (#32818863)
> They're being arrested for their actions, not their beliefs

Expressing your belief is an action. Speaking, writing, etc. are all actions. Belief without action doesn't exist

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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by mytailorisrich on Monday September 12, 2022 @06:23PM (#32817913)
Let's just say that the hecklers have been arrested much, much faster (pretty much instantly, apparently) than the "eco-activists" who recently blocked roads, petrol stations, even motorways...
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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by koheripbal on Monday September 12, 2022 @06:38PM (#32818117)
I think we agree that all disruptive assholes should be arrested quickly.
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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by teamonkey on Monday September 12, 2022 @07:00PM (#32818422)
Definitely, absolutely not.
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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by viridian on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @12:30PM (#32826519)
It's like Stalinist Russia, you can believe whatever you want, it's only expressing those beliefs that gets you sent to the gulag.
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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by type0 on Monday September 12, 2022 @07:19PM (#32818638)
UK isn't a democracy it's a monarchy
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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by TheCoelacanth on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:19PM (#32819167)
It purports to be both a non-republican democracy and a monarchy.
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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by cma on Monday September 12, 2022 @09:12PM (#32819557)
The king/queen can dissolve parliament: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_prerogative_in_the_Uni...

It is only by convention that he doesn't, that will only last until you get a bad king/queen and thr right opportunity.

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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by TheCoelacanth on Monday September 12, 2022 @09:16PM (#32819593)
It's only by convention that Parliament doesn't chop the King's head off. I would imagine that convention will last approximately the same amount of time.
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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by cma on Monday September 12, 2022 @11:57PM (#32820510)
> In some nations that follow the Westminster system of government, such as the United Kingdom, ex post facto laws are possible, because the doctrine of parliamentary supremacy allows Parliament to pass any law it wishes.

https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_post_facto_law

Just get that fixed as well, that's not a great thing to have around.

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