Originally Posted by
pr00ne
It was a publicity stunt to attract media attention to their cause. Seems it worked.
Oh, and the Cenotaph was opened in 1920 to commemorate those lives lost in WW1. There was no threat to our freedom in WW1 at all.
Really? If we'd lost WW1 and the Central Powers were victorious then what price for UK freedoms? Until the USA entered the war such an outcome was a distinct possibility. Those who fought for us on the Western Front and elsewhere were conscious of that possibility and I venture to suggest it was part of why they endured the carnage as they did. It is of course portrayed as nothing of the sort now, that they were Lions led by Donkeys, victims of a class ridden society whereby the poor died so that the rich might get richer. I think that is an insult to the memory of the fallen who died in defence of all our freedoms. Germany suffered terribly in the 'Peace' that ensued, to the extent that they pinned their faith in a regime that soon stripped them of their freedoms. Why should it have been different if the roles were reversed?
As to XR, of course they wanted to cause outrage in order to bring publicity for their cause. Did they succeed? Yes. Were they right to do so? No, it's just another group who know what is right along with all the others that do so too.