Reply #17: They still got run off [View All]

[shenmue]

Putting the wrench in the works of their we're-so-tough image. And they always think they're right anyway, whether or not this happened, so I don't think their opinion changed for the worse after this. It's the same thing anyway. Do they change their minds after peaceful protests? No. Do they ever not think hatefully? I'm guessing no.
Would they have changed their thinking in any event? I really doubt it. I sincerely doubt that they would have just walked home thinking, "Maybe we're wrong," if this hadn't happened. These people are the type of knuckleheads who really don't change. Sad fact. There's always a certain percentage out there so hardheaded you'll never get to them.

Should they have been allowed to march, since the officials should have guessed this sort of thing might happen? I repeat: peaceable assembly is legal. Someone could have thought ahead and figured this is bound to be bad news. It's like the marches in Belfast that always go haywire.