Charges brought against poppy burners
Discussion
ds got charged.thinfourth2 said:
Yes, but that would have been racist. Innit?
AJS- said:
Eric Mc said:
AJS- said:
Oh silly, sad, pathetic country. Will you ever get it?
The only good point about this is that they were 16 year old lads and hopefully they'll learn from the negative reaction their actions have met.
Eric Mc said:
Understood
The only good point about this is that they were 16 year old lads and hopefully they'll learn from the negative reaction their actions have met.
Maybe.The only good point about this is that they were 16 year old lads and hopefully they'll learn from the negative reaction their actions have met.
Frankly I'm fairly ambivilent about poppy burning. What is irritating is this mish mash of enforcement whereby one guy gets done for littering, these guys get done for inciting racial hatred and then others don't get stopped at all.
I know the law is not an exact science, but it smacks to me of being scared of tackling a bunch of genuinely aggressive trouble makers while coming down hard on a bunch of kids messing about.
In May 2010 Tohseef Shah spray painted a British War Memorial with "islam will dominate. Osama" he was fined £50 & walked free from court.
In November 2010, Emdadur Choudhury burned a Poppy during the 2mins silence. He too was given a fine, £50 and walked free from court.
A few weeks ago, in a Portsmouth Court, 2 men were sentenced to 6 months in prison for painting a Poppy on a mosque.
I guess these guys will get time.
In November 2010, Emdadur Choudhury burned a Poppy during the 2mins silence. He too was given a fine, £50 and walked free from court.
A few weeks ago, in a Portsmouth Court, 2 men were sentenced to 6 months in prison for painting a Poppy on a mosque.
I guess these guys will get time.
odyssey2200 said:
In May 2010 Tohseef Shah spray painted a British War Memorial with "islam will dominate. Osama" he was fined £50 & walked free from court.
In November 2010, Emdadur Choudhury burned a Poppy during the 2mins silence. He too was given a fine, £50 and walked free from court.
A few weeks ago, in a Portsmouth Court, 2 men were sentenced to 6 months in prison for painting a Poppy on a mosque.
I guess these guys will get time.
I thought the gentlemen who had sprayed the poppy were jailed for a string of offences including violent affray and assulting a police officer - and the EDL and others have just used parts of this to fuel the debate...In November 2010, Emdadur Choudhury burned a Poppy during the 2mins silence. He too was given a fine, £50 and walked free from court.
A few weeks ago, in a Portsmouth Court, 2 men were sentenced to 6 months in prison for painting a Poppy on a mosque.
I guess these guys will get time.
Eric Mc said:
Admonishing and scaring youngsters by imposing the law might be moere effective in the long run than going easy on them.
As indeed may be the case for Islamic fundamentalists, but we will never know because the authorities, in their wisdom, opted to let them get away with it. The message it sends to me is that if you're going to be obnoxious, be really obnoxious.
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