Its one of those things I think we’ve all seen and experienced at some point, the street preachers found increasingly on high streets etc in busy towns proclaiming the value of their chosen religious stance. Walking through Bromley high street this afternoon there were a group of christians doing exactly this, personally I don’t mind it that much, of course many others equally find objection to it. As I was walking past I overheard a fellow passerby commenting to his partner something along the lines of I wish they woudn’t do that. Of course the actual phrasing was a little bit more crude but that can be ignored. It got me thinking and the first thing I thought was yes I agree, I wish they woudn’t do it either, certainly my views on religion have a lot in common with Ben Metcalfe’s statement a little while ago on the subject of religion and in some ways I might go a little further down this line.
‘it’s always been the number one cause for segregation and conflict in, and is used ultimately as a control/influence mechanism for society’
At the same time I’m thankful for the fact that they are doing it and are able to do it. I think something we take for granted is the remarkable level of freedom of speech we have in this country compared to what many others have to live under. That said, I suppose there comes a point when it becomes a little over the top as was the case of Philip Howard. All the same, I find it amusing that he simply moved down the road to Piccadilly Circus to circumvent the ASBO placed on him, another shining example of ineffective and ill thought out government legislation in action.
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