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Originally posted by Misoir
Perhaps she could undergo some sensitivity training too, we do not want people holding beliefs too far away from our own. Obviously the state should ban, or at least correct, all thought which drifts too far away from the established thought of the nation as defined by myself.
Stalin, is that you?
Originally posted by Misoir
I sympathize with her point of view but she went about it the absolute worst way possible. Yelling racial slurs and cursing endlessly on a public transportation system while your young child is with you, well that is just completely ridiculous regardless of the situation or your frustration level. She should in no way be punished for what she had said, but there are laws against disturbing the peace and she violated them so naturally there will be a punishment.
Next time she wants to condemn immigrants stand on a sidewalk with a sign, not cursing people out on a tram.
edit on 11/30/2011 by Misoir because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Misoir
reply to post by JohnySeagull
Thus free thought and free speech are not permitted. If part of her imprisonment is for her speech then I consider her a political prisoner. So unfortunate that these types of things still occur in the West. We are free only to speak that which our masters allow of us.
Originally posted by Misoir
Thus free thought and free speech are not permitted.
Originally posted by seagull
reply to post by DBCooper71
...and her ethnic/racial slurs are just fine then?
What does she even know about those she is so bitter towards? My guess is not a lot. She's seeing skin tone, and the actions of a vast minority. Most immigrants get jobs and get along as best they can, hoping that their children and grand-children will have better lives than they did.
She was rude. She was hateful. Not to mention very much mistaken. Should she be allowed her opinion? Certainly. I'll defend that to the death. However, the flip side of that coin is taking the consequences of that opinion, and the actions taken while expressing that opinion.
Originally posted by JohnySeagull
she has been arrested and refused bail.
if she did this with a sign on the sidewalk she would be arrested too.
racist behaviour is not permitted in the UK
Police probe more 'racist abuse'
(UKPA) – 50 minutes ago
Detectives are investigating video footage of another foul-mouthed commuter on a Manchester-London train shouting racist abuse.
The minute-and-a-half tirade by a brunette woman on a train was spotted by officers on Tuesday night after it was posted on YouTube.
Footage entitled "My Tram Experience part 2" came to light after Emma West, 34, appeared in court over a separate web video showing passengers being abused.
Officers launched the latest hunt for a brunette woman caught shouting: "You are in my country now, talk my language."
Originally posted by DBCooper71
reply to post by JohnySeagull
I would have thought the police would have more serious crimes to investigate, than an incident that happened 2 years ago, and presumably no one bother to report.