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ananova said:
Jailed for life for throwing slipper at judge
An Indian judge has sentenced a robber to life imprisonment for hurling a slipper at him.
Judge C D Gongale managed to duck in time when Rajkumar Sharma threw his slipper at him, reports The Times of India.
The 19-year-old appeared before the judge in Mumbai after he was accused of robbing an auto rickshaw driver of £5.20.
Senior lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani said: "The punishment is excessive but the accused's conduct is unpardonable."
Using footwear as missiles is not new to courts in Mumbai and there have been several incidents where disgruntled convicts have flung their slippers at judges.
The paper said suspects are now produced without their shoes in some courts to avoid such incidents.
I wonder If he would have gotten a lighter sentence had he lobbed a newspaper and pipe as well. 
deckster said:
Nothing worse in muslim countries than being shown the sole of the foot/shoe - a serious insult, not just a missile, being thrown.
Well possibly, except that India is a Hindu country.
lol doh!
Was it the Indian parliament there they had that massive fight, throwing chairs, books, food...etc ?
Witchfinder said:
Well possibly, except that India is a Hindu country.
That's an oversimplification I think. India is largely Hindu, but has its fair share of Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs and Christians (amongst others). That's like describing Britain as Christian.
Of course it's a simplification, but 'officially' it's Hindu in the same way that Britain is 'officially' Christian. Either way it certainly ain't 'officially' Muslim...some of the chaps back in '48 might have had something to say about that.
Witchfinder said:
Well possibly, except that India is a Hindu country.
That's an oversimplification I think. India is largely Hindu, but has its fair share of Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs and Christians (amongst others). That's like describing Britain as Christian.
130 million muslims - about 14% of the population. But only 11% in Mumbai. It's probably an insult to hindus as well! 
deckster said:
Of course it's a simplification, but 'officially' it's Hindu in the same way that Britain is 'officially' Christian. Either way it certainly ain't 'officially' Muslim...some of the chaps back in '48 might have had something to say about that.
And there I was thinking that officially India was a secular country with a secular government (part of the deal for independence IIRC).
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