postblitz said:
surely this has to strike englishmen in their hearts as they really are taken over by muslims.
I'm not english but that's just my opinion. gl in what was once your land
You wouldn't happen to be the woman in that tram video would you?
The bigotry shown in this thread by some is very disappointing.
Vanguard_Ex said:
Riven is right, I'm sickened by it but there's nowt I can do to change the ruling. It is, however, beyond ridiculous and it's a horrible example of how scared our authorities are to punish anyone simply because they can hide behind their religion or culture.
But that's probably just BS from the paper. Here are the actual facts...
1) They were convicted and found GUILTY so they were not just let off (read other posts on what suspended sentence actually means)
2) It is common in the UK (and many countries) for people of all religions and races to be given a suspended sentence on a first offense, especially when they plead guilty as happenned here, in an attempt to give people a second chance and turn them around.
3) The only published quote from the Judge (in the Sun) referred to a mitigating sentencing factor being that they may have had some reasonable belief that they the BF's response was excessive and that agrevated the situation
4) There are NO quotes from the court, the judgement, or the judge even mentioning ethnicity or religion. We know that was a mitigating factor the defense put forward, but in such sitations you put everything you can think of forward and hope something sticks. It doesn't mean it was accepted by the court
The entire headline is designed to be sensational but it is without any evidence backing up the fact that anything like that actually happenned. Basically it likely people who believe that headline are being suckers.