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Originally Posted by danielf
Hmm. 16 months in prison... What exactly will that achieve apart from appeasing the public's lust for blood?
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It demonstrates yet again, what a backwards little nation we've become. If you're an illegal immigrant, you can run over a girl whilst disqualified and get 4 months in prison. And STILL get to remain in the UK.
You can burn poppies
on Armistice Day, and get a £50 fine.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...rch-poppy.html
And you can burn our national flag, the same flag so many gave their lives to defend, and as far as our justice system is concerned, noone bats an eyelid.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...og&sa=N&tab=wi
But yet if a student (especially one from a privileged background) tries to climb up the union jack, then the British public suddenly demands retribution.
I find it interesting that the public want Mr. Gilmour keel-hauled because he climbed the cenotaph, whereas the state wants him keel-hauled because he chucked a plastic bin at one of the Royal escort cars.
And despite the court ruling and everything that has been reported, from most of the comments I've read from readers on the various news outlets, the public seems quite content to pretend that Mr. Gilmour was jailed for climbing the cenotaph.