Should protesting have rules?
Protesting, in my opinion, should have rules and luckily it does!
Why does it have rules though?
It has rules because it can get out of hand and people can do things that are dangerous, irresponsible or worse, against the law! There is a protest called a riot which is a protest that includes people breaking or damaging property that isn't theirs or break the law as I explained before. A protest that happened recently was when supporters of Donald Trump protested about how they didn't want their government to be Joe Biden but Donald Trump. Some people also didn't like the way Joe Biden won. Soon that became a riot protest and a lady got shot and unfortunately died. This is just one of the many reasons protests should have rules.
What are the punishments around protesting?
Here as you would most probably know is that here protests are allowed! Unfortunately, in other areas, people are not allowed to protest. In North Korea, you could get killed if you protest against your government if you protest you are forced to do labour for some time!
If you used to think that we shouldn't have rules to protest think again. Don't take it for granted. Value that you are at least allowed to protest when other places get punished for it.
From buzzing_grapefruit
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Comments (8)
13 Jan 2021
I agree. We are very lucky to have rules against protesting as if we didn’t, protesting would get way out of hand. Protesting is a serious thing as things so very serious can happen and that is why we HAVE rules.
Do you think all protests would "get way out of hand" without rules, enthusiastic_dolphin? Or are rules more helpful for some types of protest than others?
I disagree because some people may not like the rules and this can start fights and criminal activity and if that didn’t happen, then protest’s will take longer because there would probably be a rule were you are not aloud to do dangerous stuff like setting things on fire or damaging buildings and cars. But, I also agree because some people might set the president’s house and in the fires they might accidentally or purposely kill someone, so maybe there could be some, important rules but there would have to be a few like mabye 5 rules for example.
Do you have any suggestions for what these five rules might be, authentic_currant?
13 Jan 2021
1 do not kill people
2 do not damage property
3 do not set fires
4 no bad language
5 be safe
They could be the 5 rules
14 Jan 2021
I think the rules should be ( in my opinion)
1. Don’t hurt people
2. Speak you mind but don’t make it to mean
3. If someone disagrees with you don’t do anything to them
4. Don’t use swear words or inappropriate words
5. Stay safe while doing it
These are all of my rules if I was to make the rules
Which do you think is the most important rule, fearless crab?
15 Jan 2021
I think it is 1. Don’t hurt people
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