Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "UK cinema chain cancels screenings of ‘blasphemous’ film after protests | Headliners" video.

  1. However, if you riot, and threaten violence, and the police don't show any interest, then you will get all you want, and quickly.
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  2. It is difficult to be too critical. They were dealing with an angry mob on the verge of violence, and the police don't seem to have been much interested.
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  3. But this wasn't a case of cinema management choosing not to show a movie. It was a case of a cinema withdrawing a film that they were supposed to show because of threats of violence. In other words, buckling in the face of aggression. Protests are one thng. This was quite another.
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  4. Careful now!
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  5. You don't see any difference between the manner of the protests against the 'Life of Brian' and the manner of the protests over this movie?
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  6.  @pauldawnay8325  YES!!
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  7. Has anyone actually approached Greater Manchester Police for a comment on what appears to have been their total lack of interest? They surely can't all have been reading historic tweets looking for hate crimes?
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