Should He Go To Prison For This Video?

[-Talbot-]

[Jahulaye]

“Damn i hear it's like the new Prague.”

Really? But maybe minus the fear of being hit by rockets, blown up by a suicide bomber or attacked by someone with a knife or vehicle.

Apart from that it it’s a great place to relax in the sun.

[andy-hughes]

spath - // ... when he's obviously just a loving pet owner with a sick sense of humour. Is that something to arrest someone for? The efforts and finances just are not worth it. //

Once again, he has not been arrested for being a loving pet owner with a sick sense of humour, he has been arrested because it has been concluded that he has broken the law.

[naomi24]

^So you said.

[Mamyalynne]

If only dogs could speak, I can guess what Buddha would like to have said to him.:-)

[Jahulaye]

If Netanyahu had his way then this gentleman would be serving a lengthy sentence in a hellhole prison and have his home demolished.

My guess is that with heavy Israeli influence here that he may just be looking a custodial sentence by our judicial system as an example to foster Semitic views and quell any anti Semitic views.

[andy-hughes]

Jahulaye - // My guess is that with heavy Israeli influence here that he may just be looking a custodial sentence by our judicial system as an example to foster Semitic views and quell any anti Semitic views. //

I'm not sure where this 'heavy Israeli influence here ...' comes from, but I am sure he will be sentenced in line with the guidelines for the offence he has committed, which doesn't, as far as I am aware, have a separate section for anti-Semitic crimes.

[naomi24]

Mamyalynne, Buddha seems quite happy to play.

Jahulaye, I think he made it quite clear at the beginning that his views are not anti-Semitic. Another case of PC over-reacting - in my opinion.

[Mamyalynne]

Of course dogs love to play, they love to snooze too.

Dog is great chap's a numpty.

[naomi24]

Yes, he's a numpty. Numpties rarely consider the consequences of their actions.

[Jahulaye]

“Jahulaye, I think he made it quite clear at the beginning that his views are not anti-Semitic.“

But then goes on to insult all Jews...

But his “clause” at the beginning means he’s not so the Jews shouldn’t be offended and it’s their problem not his.

I see.

[naomi24]

Jahulaye, he's not anti-Semitic. He's an idiot. Big difference.

[andy-hughes]

Jahulaye - // “Jahulaye, I think he made it quite clear at the beginning that his views are not anti-Semitic.“

But then goes on to insult all Jews...

But his “clause” at the beginning means he’s not so the Jews shouldn’t be offended and it’s their problem not his.

I see. //

This does bring us into the age-old, and often debated on here, argument about offence being meant, or not, and being taken, or not.

My view is that you cannot employ a get-out-of-jail-free card by prefacing anything with "This is not supposed to be offensive ..." - the inference being, if you are offended, you have no sense of humour, and so on and so on.

Offence is a reaction, it is not governed by the intention of the originator of the comment / joke / YouTube film, etc.

In an ideal world, you would not cause a reaction you didn't intend - but life is not lijke that.

[naomi24]

andy-hughes, //his “clause” at the beginning...//

What clause?