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[Wisbech Eagle]

No he wasn't he was highlighting the need to protect girls bathrooms from perverts not pushing for vigilante moves. 👍🏻

Not by saying you should punch someone in the balls. That’s not highlighting. It’s inciting action.

 

[eaglesdare]

Not by saying you should punch someone in the balls. That’s not highlighting. It’s inciting action.

He was just emphasising strong deterrence to keep perverts out of girls toilets not inciting violence.

 

[Wisbech Eagle]

Punching someone in the balls is hardly Death Wish.

Punching anyone, anywhere, anytime, other than in self defence, is illegal. It’s assault. Inciting others to do so is also an offence. Investigating alleged offences is the job of the police.

 

[Wisbech Eagle]

He was just emphasising strong deterrence to keep perverts out of girls toilets not inciting violence.

Which was probably the justification he gave which resulted in the police deciding to take no action. They needed to investigate to make a determination. That’s their job.

 

[eaglesdare]

Which was probably the justification he gave which resulted in the police deciding to take no action. They needed to investigate to make a determination. That’s their job.

Exactly so you agree with me. The police saw it as a call for safety, not violence and made their call. It’s about protecting girls bathrooms not breaking laws.

Glad we can finally agree on somthing 👍🏻

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Punching anyone, anywhere, anytime, other than in self defence, is illegal. It’s assault. Inciting others to do so is also an offence. Investigating alleged offences is the job of the police.

Oh, please. It was a joke. Remember those? They were quite popular at one time

 

[PalazioVecchio]

Punching someone in the balls is hardly Death Wish.

and ironic cos their crime is wandering around the women's toilets.


And anyhow, we are now told that punching somebody in the balls is wrong but a gender re-assignment operation is ok ?

 

[Wisbech Eagle]

Was she?

BBC defends Jo Brand over 'battery acid' joke

Nigel Farage said the comic's remarks on BBC Radio 4 comedy show, Heresy, were an "incitement to violence".

www.bbc.co.uk

I trust you read the report you referenced! There’s also this:-

Jo Brand battery acid joke 'went too far', BBC rules

The BBC partially upholds complaints about a comment made by the comedian on Radio 4 in June.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Wisbech Eagle]

and ironic cos their crime is wandering around the women's toilets.


And anyhow, we are now told that punching somebody in the balls is wrong but a gender re-assignment operation is ok ?

Punching someone in the balls is illegal.

Gender re-assignment isn’t.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

I trust you read the report you referenced! There’s also this:-

Jo Brand battery acid joke 'went too far', BBC rules

The BBC partially upholds complaints about a comment made by the comedian on Radio 4 in June.

www.bbc.co.uk

Yes. Two months later.

 

[Wisbech Eagle]

Oh, please. It was a joke. Remember those? They were quite popular at one time

Obviously someone didn’t agree and reported it. The police investigated.

 

[Wisbech Eagle]

Yes. Two months later.

Read the report you referenced. She apologised immediately, but it was edited out of the clips that circulated.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Obviously someone didn’t agree and reported it. The police investigated.

Someone didn't agree so five policemen were sent to arrest him? Brilliant. By that logic I could have whoever is responsible for Mrs. Brown's Boys arrested every time it's shown.

 

[Wisbech Eagle]

Exactly so you agree with me. The police saw it as a call for safety, not violence and made their call. It’s about protecting girls bathrooms not breaking laws.

Glad we can finally agree on somthing 👍🏻

No. The police had no other choice other than to accept his explanation because it was one person’s word against another so without other evidence the burden of proof could not be reached. Even if they wanted to prosecute the CPS would not have permitted it.

I expect he was given some quiet advice about not getting involved in such matters and sent on his way. Why it was made public I can only speculate on, but it doesn’t take a lot of thought.

 

[Wisbech Eagle]

Someone didn't agree so five policemen were sent to arrest him? Brilliant. By that logic I could have whoever is responsible for Mrs. Brown's Boys arrested every time it's shown.

I doubt 5 were despatched for just this. There must have been a reason we haven’t been told about.m

 

[eaglesdare]

No. The police had no other choice other than to accept his explanation because it was one person’s word against another so without other evidence the burden of proof could not be reached. Even if they wanted to prosecute the CPS would not have permitted it.

I expect he was given some quiet advice about not getting involved in such matters and sent on his way. Why it was made public I can only speculate on, but it doesn’t take a lot of thought.

My point still stands, it was about protecting girls toilets not inciting violence. Police saw no case and that is what matters.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

I doubt 5 were despatched for just this. There must have been a reason we haven’t been told about.m

According to the BBC they were.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

No. The police had no other choice other than to accept his explanation because it was one person’s word against another so without other evidence the burden of proof could not be reached. Even if they wanted to prosecute the CPS would not have permitted it.

I expect he was given some quiet advice about not getting involved in such matters and sent on his way. Why it was made public I can only speculate on, but it doesn’t take a lot of thought.

In that case why wouldn't they wait until more evidence became available before arresting him?

 

[Badger11]

In that case why wouldn't they wait until more evidence became available before arresting him?

My friend was nearly run over by a car going the wrong way up a one way street. She reported it to the police who did not even investigate. They told her unless she had video evidence there was insufficient data to open an investigation. She pointed out that this happened at traffic lights in the high street so there was bound to be traffic cameras at the very least one of the shops would have CCTV. They couldn't care less.

But apparently hurty words gets the blue lights flashing.

 

[Rudi Hedman]

This geezer on here. Now there’s two of ‘em.