Six Months Imprisonment For Hitting Someone With A Pack Of Bacon, Is That Too Harsh?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4653826/Racist-thug-hit-Muslim-teen-packet-bacon.html

While physical attacks of any sort should be condemned and punished, did this thug deserve imprisonment?

Interesting to note that it is reported that he was jailed for racially aggravated assault and then later the police vowed to crack down on race hate attacks.

Muslims are not a race.

[Islay]

You forgot to add where he yells at her comments about her and her faith or alleged membership to a terrorist group

[trt]

## mmmm I wonder if we can guess who AOG is going to give best answer to?
Answers on a postcard people!! ##

I think I deserve it IMHO!

[Islay]

trt you probably would have got it too if I had not said something about BA!!

[anotheoldgit]

islay

/// Do you think this was a hate crime AOG? ///

It obviously was, just like it would be if I slapped you in the face with a piece of bacon.

But I repeat again, it certainly was not a race crime.

[albaqwerty]

I usually say ba in news

[Islay]

//just like it would be if I slapped you in the face with a piece of bacon. //
Yes but you don't have the guts though - you just like to hide behind words!!

[anotheoldgit]

albaqwerty

/// I usually say ba in news ///

Quite fitting, when you take into consideration that some follow each other like a pack of sheep.

[sp1814]

AOG

You posited:

//I wonder if that applies to all independent of race, or relegion?//

Yes - that's exactly how it works.

[Mamyalynne]

Sorry Bernie I misunderstood you, sorry - I am very calm and collected even today ta.

[anotheoldgit]

Islay
Don't we all, you included.

[Islay]

Not at all, there is a fair few here that know me and will tell you I am my true self on here.
Can the same be said for you?

[sp1814]

AOG

Your question:

//A white girl who also happens to be Catholic or Protestant, is slapped in the face by a male thug with a piece of bacon.//

No - not, bacon - that wouldn't make any contextual sense.

However, ifa Catholicgirk was accosted in the street, and had the crucifix ripped from a chain on her neck and stamped on the ground, or thrown in the sewer, that would be an equivilency.

And it should be treated exactly the same.

The thing is - right now, cowardly thugs aren't targeting Catholics.

And we should be thankful for that - at the very least.

[sp1814]

This is the longest a thread has existed on the AB news thread without anyone slipping into personal insults.

That's flipping awesome.

[ummmm]

You can't associate the use of bacon with Catholics and Protestants. Bacon is eaten by both!

[EcclesCake]

SP, you must have missed AOGs sideswipe at Mamya!

[dannyk13]

SP, see post at 14.03

[Mamyalynne]

That's always a handy default, tried and tested - I think he boogies over breakfast having a sneaky listen really.

[Togo]

Dont know about bacon......but one or two with egg on their faces today. (^_*)

[anotheoldgit]

Islay

/// Not at all, there is a fair few here that know me and will tell you I am my true self on here. ///

Then that is nothing to brag about, surely?

[anotheoldgit]

/// No - not, bacon - that wouldn't make any contextual sense. ///

Then why not, a thug is free to use the nearest weapon of assault he lays his hands on, he may be a bacon slicer in a supermarket.

/// However, ifa Catholicgirk was accosted in the street, and had the crucifix ripped from a chain on her neck and stamped on the ground, or thrown in the sewer, that would be an equivilency. ///

Ignoring the spelling mistakes that you are always willing to pick up other ABers for, I think your analogy is flawed, that would not only be assault but also the destruction and loss of a piece of personal jewellery, a much more serious crime than a slap with a few rashers of bacon.