> I was struck by the need to protect the freedom of speech of the
provocative anti-Muslim film and the energetic efforts to remove the
> pictures of the breasts of the English.
>
You're conflating very different legal systems. US free speech protections aren't perfect, but the UK has nothing that comes anywhere close to comparing with them. To wit:
A teenager has been found guilty of posting an offensive Facebook message
> following the deaths of six British soldiers in Afghanistan.
>
> Azhar Ahmed, 19, of Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, was charged with sending
> a grossly offensive communication.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-19604735
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