[Eric]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Just thought I'd drag this thread up again. It appears that there was a peaceful protest in Luton yesterday, the focus of which was to reclaim our streets from the Muslim fanatics, it was held in exactly the same place where our homecoming troops were abused last month, and was meant to highlight the fact that neither council or police did nothing to stop these hate mongers spewing forth their abuse at our lads as the marched passed. Guest what, the police in full riot gear stopped the march, which has been named as breathe taking double standards, funny thing is I didn't see this mentioned on the news yesterday, although I may have missed it. One has to ask the question what the hell is going on in this country that used to be ours

Does seem that freedom of speech has been more than a little distorted ... from what I could see in the pics, what the original protesters were doing was not exercising their freedom to speak and to protest, but promoting hatred ... in Canada, that is illegal; it has passed beyond freedom of speech ... and I do presume that you have similar laws. And while I'm at it, what in hell's name are we fighting for in Afghanistan, a place where they can propose a law making shiite women second, or third class citizens, at the mercy of their husbands and male relatives; where a leading female politician and activist is murdered by Taliban gunmen, who relish claiming responsibility .... I think it's time to pull out of their crappy little asshole of the world country, and leave them to fend for themselves.

And on a sad note, another Canadian soldier was killed in action yesterday in Kandahar province. Trooper Karine Blais, 21, of the Royal 22nd Regiment, Francophones from Quebec, was killed in a roadside bomb blast. Four other soldiers were injured. She was from a small town in the Gaspe region of Quebec; and she was the second woman kia while serving with the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan.