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> Yelling at passing royals at a moment of deep solemnity: not fine, and stretching the free speech defence IMO

lol, my country's concept of free speech is in part based on the idea everyone should be able to tell your country's nobility things they don't want to hear.

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Well sure. But the point of my argument was there's a time and a place for that.

And who decides what the right times and places are?

You take a guess, and if you guess wrongly, you get arrested.

Any time and place other than a funeral or memorial service would be a good start. I can't believe there are adults here arguing that it's somehow ok to crash someone's funeral or memorial service to hurl insults at their relatives.

There is no better time and place than when royals are in earshot to hear it. And doubly so when those royals wish you would be silent.

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