Originally Posted by
pr00ne
It was a publicity stunt to attract media attention to their cause. Seems it worked.
Exactly...
They wouldn't do this if it wouldn't get the entire country's backs up. They wanted to start a conversation.
Being a little controversial gets the conversation going. Look - we have an example of that right here.
Now everybody is trying to figure out how this could mean more war, if they haven't figured it out already.
This has even attracted the attention of senior members of Her Majesty's Government, such as Johnny Mercer MP.