Quote Originally Posted by Flixy View Post
That is pretty vague and depends highly on what you consider inciting violence though. If you're not explicitly calling for violence but implicitly doing so in a way your audience understands for example.
I think the burden should be very high to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that there is a deliberate incitement to violence. If its grey then err on the side of free speech. Innocent until proven guilty.
That depends highly on what road you are blocking and I realise that this is a tradeoff between the right to protest and keeping civil order.
Any road could be used to get to a hospital. Some may be more obvious than other, but you don't know why anyone is in their vehicle - for all you know there could be a pregnant woman with a breeched baby or premature labour etc trying to get to the hospital.
I realise this is not black and white which may make it hard to understand for some here, but no, I do not think hospitals should be blocked AND i don't support banning any protest that may block some street. I think the local government should make that call and protesters may challenge that in court, leaving it up to the judge to do that balance.
Well I agree with that, there is a method to organise a protest and get a permit to close streets to use for protests, as happened in the past with many famous marches. I don't think anyone in this thread has objected to that. What we are objecting to is spontaneous blockades that trap people where they are and trap them from going any further regardless of how critical their journey may be or where they are going to.