Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, London

We stopped at Speakers' Corner. Most of the speakers were a bit odd, very religious or both. There was little political speech. It is located in the north-east corner of Hyde Park, London. Speakers are allowed to speak as long as the police consider their speech lawful. There is however, no immunity from the law. No subjects are forbidden.

Riots broke out in the park in 1855, in protest over the Sunday Trading Bill, which forbade buying and selling on Sunday, the only day working people had off. These riots were hailed by Karl Marx as the beginning of the English revolution.

See also Machupicchu Photos, August 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPV_tQwW1Jk
Photos of Cusco, Oyantaytambo, Pisac and Chinchero, Peru
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrOFBxdzEkw
The London Eye, Big Ben, Parliament, Westminster Abbey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABDcvPaw1Ws
Tower Bridge, City Hall, Waterfront, London
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaB8dkH1Ubg
Horse Tunnels, Camden Market, London
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABWRVtB7wbc
Galapagos, frigate birds draft the Mistral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gSKAEeYi2g
Hand dug Salt Ponds, Peru- Valley and River Pt 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d35BZ2aU7iI
Locals Dying and Weaving in Chinchero, Peru
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxrjRK1WSXU

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[KingJesusforyou]

@SeatonRyan wake up and smell the coffee

Where will you spend eternity.

[SeatonRyan]

@KingJesusforyou are you for or against Sunday Trading ?

[KingJesusforyou]

Where will you spend eternity

[FCBayernLiverpool]

lauter bekloppte, das muss man gesehen haben :-)

[speakersforum]

If your ever in Australia (Melbourne), come along to the Melbourne Speakers Forum

click on speakersforum link too see sample videos ... its not as old as teh Hyde Park one byt its got some fiery debate like yours...