Jacqueline Woodhouse, 42, was jailed for 21 weeks for her foul-mouthed tirade. She snarled at shocked commuters seated beside her: ‘I used to live in England and now I live in the United Nations.’That's how I often feel. Should I say it in public, would I too be subject to arrest?
And the 'shock and distress' allegedly experienced by the passengers didn't, as Longrider points out at 'Orphans', prevent then standing there and filming it, did it?
And isn't it odd that the magic get-out-of-jail-free card of alcohol consumption doesn't work?
Ms Lee also explained her client recognised her actions were linked to heavy alcohol consumption, adding she had sought help from her GP and counselling since the incident.How strange...
I can hear Enoch Powell's ghost knocking on his coffin lid.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but c'mon - she hurt someone's FEEEEELINGS, she DESERVES jail.
ReplyDeleteNext time someone mugs me, I'm just going to report that they racially abused me instead. Better chance of getting them sentenced. As long as they reflect a lot of light.
Enoch was disinterred and taken to Bolton Mosque where he was cremated in an open skip. That banging could be the other death watch, WOAR.
ReplyDeleteI am becoming more and more convinced that the powers that be actually WANT us to resort to vigilantism and the use of physical violence as revenge for assaults that are simply ignored by the courts.
ReplyDeleteI have to say, I for one am quite happy to oblige them
I'm with Robert the Biker here. It's almost as if they want to cause trouble - I wonder why that could be?
ReplyDeleteOne day they will push us too far, and then all hell will break loose; I hope I'm around to see it/get involved.
I went to hospital for a blood test on Monday, first time I've used my GP and local hospital(Romford) for 14 years, infact I can easily count on one hand the number of times I've needed NHS treatment in the last 45 years.
ReplyDeleteI sat for 30 minutes in a large waiting area with everybody else waiting for a blood test. As a bit of a people watcher I took an interest in the other people waiting. Of the 30-40 people waiting about 30% didn't have English as their first language.
Despite not being a regular user of the NHS I'm a big fan of it and don't mind at all paying for it through my taxes. What I do mind is paying for the rest of the world to use our NHS.
"I wonder why that could be?"
ReplyDeleteTwo words - Police State.
The police may be ridiculously held back in certain situations thus far but that is deliberate and... make no mistake...if/when the shit really hits the fan they CAN and WILL deal with it.
According to this she has form for this kind of thing. Accordingly, I suppose that in what used to be the normal course of events she upped the ante by doing it again and was punished accordingly.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that - in what has now become the normal course of events - had she been a person of colour (black or brown) or an adherent of the BBC's favourite religion abusing a white indigene in a similar vein, the probability is she wouldn't have been arrested let alone charged; or, in the unlikely event of appearing in court she would have been dealt with in the super-sensitive manner for which our judiciary has become (in)famous (cf apparently this isn't racism).
The contrast with this case leaves me speechless.
ReplyDeleteRobert the B and Tatty: remember the riots in August last year? When the Asian community gathered outside their shops and homes carrying weapons, they were described in the media as "courageously gathering together to protect their homes and property". Attacks on, e.g., EDL marches by Asians are inevitably excused as responses to 'intolerable provocation'.
ReplyDeleteVigilantism IS permitted, but only to certain specific groups. YOU try it, sunshine, and your white ass will be up in court before you can blink.
Just the latest in a clear pattern; remember the idiot student who tweeted about a black footballer (rugger player? I forget) who had a heart attack on the pitch? 56 days immediate custody, drunkenness not accepted as a mitigating factor and he probably won't get the Gilmour indulgence from his university.
ReplyDeleteFurther back, I recall Robin Page was arrested for making some blunt comments about effnick enrichment. This is not an isolated case; next up, the woman on a tram.
There is an infuriating lack of follow up in the media about these cases; did the student with the 56 days appeal successfully? Maybe it was made clear that the black arts (oops, was that "inappropriate"?) practised by the Court of Criminal Appeal listings office would ensure it would not come on for a hearing within 56 days. With 21 weeks however and the (unappealed by the prosecution?) slap on the wrist for the violent Somali slappers as a precedent, this one surely has to go further.
A women has more drink than she can handle and goes into a racist rant on a train.
ReplyDeleteThe real story is that 15 odd years of multiculturalism and perceived one way racism has made a lot of people unhappy. Many ordinary people hold the same views as the woman, it is just that are not shouting about it - yet.
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ReplyDelete"I can hear Enoch Powell's ghost knocking on his coffin lid."
ReplyDeleteI've been hearing that for a while now.
"I am becoming more and more convinced that the powers that be actually WANT us to resort to vigilantism and the use of physical violence..."
If that ISN'T what they want, they are certainly going the wrong way about it..
"Of the 30-40 people waiting about 30% didn't have English as their first language."
If the hospital was Queens, I'm surprised it was so few! Or...did you just mean the staff? ;)
"According to this she has form for this kind of thing."
Maybe so, yet 'frequent flyers' in the justice system are usually given more leniency.
"The contrast with this case leaves me speechless."
ReplyDeleteIndeed..
"Vigilantism IS permitted, but only to certain specific groups."
It certainly seems that way. Notice the softly softly reporting of the Sikh protest in Luton last night.
"... this one surely has to go further."
I'd like to think so, but let's be honest - no fine, upstanding lawyer will touch it with a bargepole. Too busy, or washing their hair...
"The real story is that 15 odd years of multiculturalism and perceived one way racism has made a lot of people unhappy. "
Yes, it really has. I can't help but wonder if that's by design.