What is free speech Joe

It is exactly what it says on the box

If I want to say anything

Even if it is considered offensive

Then I should be free to do so

There are those who are offensive to me

How do you feel about that Joe

I feel nothing

Why should I feel anything

People are being arrested

For praying silently in the street

One cannot make it up

The absurdity screams

If I said something unpleasant

Then it is probable that I would be accused of a hate crime

What is a hate crime

It is the opposite of a love crime

If I said to a friend from overseas

I love you

You black cunt

Then I would be expressing a humour and nothing else

But I would be in the shit

Would you say that to a friend

It is unlikely but I am exhibiting a point

People who hang around out outside clinics

Are not breaking any laws

They are just sharing their beliefs

And should be free to do so

Are they your beliefs

I always see the circle

In the past you have supported direct action

I do not condone direct action

But consider it a possibility

Do you consider that some people

Make themselves targets

Yes usually through their own stupidity

If a politician was assassinated

What would be your thoughts

Obviously I would regret the event

As I am a man of peace

Who was raised in a church

But I would recognise the absurdity

In your poem Mad Dogs

You discuss your love of animals

But also mention that you would not hesitate

To shoot a mad dog if it was causing harm to an innocent

Read the poem again and again Martin