Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
– C. S. Lewis
Free to protest? I can still be arrested if my placard reads: 'Nick Clegg, oh dear' | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian
(1986 Public Order Act, the 1992 Trade Union Act, the 1994 Criminal Justice Act, the 1997 Protection from Harassment Act) were brought in by the Tories .
"The police used the law, among many such instances, ... against a protester in Hull, on the grounds that he had been "staring at a building".
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