Quote Originally Posted by Papewaio View Post
Most of the time the shorthand version of groups like this is that they are thugs who don't talk but resort to violence. The problem is by removing the ability for them to vent by talking or marching means that it then limits them to more violent expressions.

After all if you are going to get hanged for stealing a loaf of bread you might as well get hanged for attacking your oppressor. Make laws too harsh and you create an unjust harsh society. Remove someone's voice in a democracy and you deserve nothing less then riots.
I read the end of the Qin Dynasty resulted from a unit of soldiers who had to go somewhere and got delayed by rain. Since the punishment for showing up late was death, they just fought back and started the chain reaction that brought down the dynasty.