Or when the King of England invented a new religion because the Pope wouldn't grant him a divorce. Apparently people in England still think (as I read in the Evening Standard opinion pages) that the reason Catholics were persecuted in England was because they were "terrorists" instead of terrorism like Guy Fawkes' Gunpowder Plot stemming from the persecution unleashed by Kings and Lord Protectors alike.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper