Two of Speakers' Corner's veteran Orators appear here.<br /><br />SPEAKERS' CORNER in the north-eastern extremity of London's Hyde Park is actually quite close to old-times TYBURN, formerly a place of public execution. Legend has it, that before they were put to death, the "Tyburn martyrs" made a loud, vocal affirmation of their faith ~ the origin of 'speaking out' in this place.<br /><br />The area became the focus for all manner of gatherings of protest and unrest. Violence and public disorder helped provoke the UK government to provide a 'safety valve' in the form of a 'designated area', the provison included in a 1872 Act of Parliament. Now, dissident and deviant viewpoints could be monitored.<br /><br />"I remember being shocked when my autistic friend Stephen, who referred to himself as a 'Tyburnite' ~ I remember the shock when he explained that my 'freedom of speech' was not in fact a ‘right’ ~ merely a tradition," recalls long-time orator HUE, who is seen ‘giving forth' on this video.<br /><br />"I'm finding that the brain impairment caused by psychiatric drugs is causing me no end of frustration, and I get so friggin angry!" <br /><br />The one here, A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE, is from TwentyTwelve. "Maybe the deterioration wasn't so bad then," suggests Hue.<br />
