It was a free-for all in Edinburgh today. The IDF or whoever they are were allowed to march in Edinburgh so the left-wing counter demonstrators did what they do and marched in protest at their presence.

The feeling I got was that nobody else seemed to care about the issues they were going on about and just looked upon the whole thing as a nuisance and unnecessary disruption.

I looked at the Right wing side and saw bampots. One fellow cabbie had some guys in the back and they were all about "taking Britain back" from the "muslims". I wonder if these guys would have got into a cab driven by one of the Asian boys?

I looked at the left hand side and saw lots of students and middle class pensioners telling us that Nazis and the BNP weren't welcome in Edinburgh. I didn't realise that the Nazis or the BNP were holding demonstrations!!...It's just the same people with the same banners with the same message.
There's also a part of me that doesn't like to be told who is welcome in Edinburgh by a small mob. Is that not for everyone to decide...not just the selected few? Of course 99% would make the same choice but who are you to tell us?



I was being slightly facetious and I also believe the left wing lot are right to follow and counter-demonstrate but is this whole method of protesting not simply outdated? TBH we see so many groups of people with messages and purposes but I think to the general public they are all starting to blend into one. There was also a picket line somewhere today but I cant remember where or why...I didn't even know if they had anything to do with either side of the other rallies!
People say that taking to the streets is the ultimate method of protest but I'm beginning to doubt that. I can get all the information I want about a subject or guage the level of public feeling towards it through other methods...such as online information, protests and petitions...and the majority of the population aren't potentially inconvenienced by these methods.

There's just something old fashioned and something intrusive about these marches...and no matter what side of the fence you are on there are surely better, more efficient ways to put your message accross.