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When does protest cross the line?

Alvin T. Grey

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Truck driven into Leinster House gates - The Irish Times - Wed, Sep 29, 2010
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A 41-year-man was arrested this morning after a cement truck was driven into the gates of Leinster House.- Irish equivelant of Congress

The words 'Toxic Bank Anglo' were displayed on the cement mixing drum of the truck.

It appeared the driver escaped through a hatch on the roof before being arrested at about 7.15am.

The man is being questioned at Pearse Street Garda station under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984. No one was injured in the incident and minor damage was caused to the gates of Leinster House.

Recovery crews initially attempted to reverse the truck from the gates but it would not move. It is understood brake lines and electric cables had been cut.
 
Truck driven into Leinster House gates - The Irish Times - Wed, Sep 29, 2010
-snip-
A 41-year-man was arrested this morning after a cement truck was driven into the gates of Leinster House.- Irish equivelant of Congress

The words 'Toxic Bank Anglo' were displayed on the cement mixing drum of the truck.

It appeared the driver escaped through a hatch on the roof before being arrested at about 7.15am.

The man is being questioned at Pearse Street Garda station under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984. No one was injured in the incident and minor damage was caused to the gates of Leinster House.

Recovery crews initially attempted to reverse the truck from the gates but it would not move. It is understood brake lines and electric cables had been cut.

I would say that crashing a truck into Congress crosses the line.
 
...As is flag burning and having riots. But I wonder if some acts will be overlooked whilst others are condemned out there in the liberal universe.

(Though that can also depend on the perpetrator. To take a rough example from the world of crime, Jon Venables is somehow still not to be hated, whilst you can be as vicious as you like towards Tony Martin.)
 
When you step out of your "free speech zone" apparently.
 
Anytime your right to voice your opinion crosses over into someone else's rights.
 
When you step out of your "free speech zone" apparently.

That's one cryptic clue there. Can you elaborate please?
 
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