tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post2376996527499676311..comments2024-01-02T10:58:26.368+00:00Comments on Lancaster Unity: Anti-Allah outburst earns EDL supporter £200 fine after protest in LeicesterAntifascisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753277570496713369noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-8620027338795412462010-11-29T01:22:26.474+00:002010-11-29T01:22:26.474+00:00Whitby, who chose to represent himself, said: &quo...Whitby, who chose to represent himself, said: "I went to an EDL demo and was in an area which was isolated away from everyone else. The only people that would have heard were the EDL. I was not aiming it at anyone. No-one around would find it offensive. Otherwise, I wouldn't have said it. I was just voicing my opinion at an EDL meeting with just EDL people around." <br /><br />The exact same half-baked defence could be used by a group of BNPers chanting n*gger at a football match well away from the playing area. <br /><br />If their voices are audible, i.e., they are shouting, their aim is to get heard my Muslims to incite racisl and religious violence, which is why they must get prosecuted.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-42636954223633361102010-11-29T01:18:55.917+00:002010-11-29T01:18:55.917+00:00The EDL take a partisan view of religion that only...The EDL take a partisan view of religion that only Islam is bad, and they use their hatred of Islam to hate muslims, and other people (Stoke pogroms, remember) like Hindus and Sikhs who also have brown skins. <br /><br />It's not blasphemy but race hate by proxy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-12435055274601234052010-11-28T23:13:25.158+00:002010-11-28T23:13:25.158+00:00The relevant sections of the Public Order Act all ...The relevant sections of the Public Order Act all state that a person who could be caused "alarm, harrassment and distress" does not need to "be there present" for a crime to have been committed. So, if his only defence was that there was nobody there who could be offended by his behaviour, it's no wonder that he was convicted!<br /><br />As with most things EDL, it's a case of the blind leading the blind...and the same appears to apply to their legal advice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-39475324220335874482010-11-28T13:48:20.696+00:002010-11-28T13:48:20.696+00:00Let's face it, the EDL were not there for a me...Let's face it, the EDL were not there for a meaningful debate on religion. What they say or do is essentially aimed at causing a violent reaction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-76206061178207564112010-11-28T01:07:46.954+00:002010-11-28T01:07:46.954+00:00Whitby, who chose to represent himself, said: &quo...<i> Whitby, who chose to represent himself, said: "I went to an EDL demo and was in an area which was isolated away from everyone else. The only people that would have heard were the EDL. I was not aiming it at anyone. No-one around would find it offensive. Otherwise, I wouldn't have said it. I was just voicing my opinion at an EDL meeting with just EDL people around." </i><br /><br />EDL forums are full of this kind of defence. The EDL leadership (most of whom are common criminals) advise their members who get charged with using threatening words to give this defence in Court. Whitby is just parrotting what he's been told.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-8504193243070060772010-11-28T01:07:11.082+00:002010-11-28T01:07:11.082+00:00Blasphemy is a victimless crime.Blasphemy is a victimless crime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-66185489949569018342010-11-27T23:54:19.643+00:002010-11-27T23:54:19.643+00:00"Offensive words against allah" that tak..."Offensive words against allah" that takes the biscuit. So that means you could get done for saying something offensive against batman or superman. There all ficticous make believe people. I'm sorry but you've surely got this wrong anti-fascist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com