In all serious canSmoked Salmon or anyone else with significant legal knowledge just confirm the significance of this verdict and what it means going forward to everyone
I watched Suits season 1-3. We can cunt off who we want now.
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I watched Suits season 1-3. We can cunt off who we want now.
Personally I think there is just as much scope, if not more, to prosecute Chelsea fans, and Spammers, under the Act and it bothers me that no attempt has been made to do so.
Corbyn needs to look a little closer to home & sort his own house out before jumping on this band wagon. The neck on that fucker is beyond belief.
By ‘just popped up’, do you mean 9 months ago?
Fucking old bill & pc cunts put these 3
Lads through it for fuckall.
ACAB
Lads through it for fuckall.
ACAB
I will agree that it seems the CPS was and will continue to test the waters with this. My (and the majority of people I've spoken too) main gripe with this is why is it that spurs fans are targeted first? Why are we in the preposterous position where there was 3 spurs fans arrested and going to court while west ham fans at the time was racially abuse those being arrested?
I'd be willing to have a debate on whether we should drop Yid from our vocabulary. Only after we stop having anti-semetic abuse thrown at us consistently at games, in pubs and online
I'd be willing to have a debate on whether we should drop Yid from our vocabulary. Only after we stop having anti-semetic abuse thrown at us consistently at games, in pubs and online
I wouldn't call that a grey area. I would call that not being prosecuted. While the experience is probably stressful, the reality is that the person is not convicted so there is no lasting impact.
It's also unlikely that a precedent would have been set had there been a hearing since it would likely only reach precedent stage if there had been a conviction and it was appealed. Public Order Act offenses are nothing new and it may simply have been a conviction at first instance with no further challenges.
I haven't yet read why this was dropped, but I suspect it was because of the difficulty of producing evidence beyond the statements of stewards and/or the officers who issued warnings. If I were fans I would not be cavalier and assume this is a free pass to say what they like at games without fear of action. It's possible that this will be tried again at a later date if the problems in this instance were evidence based and they can be overcome so I think people should keep this in mind when dealing with the police at games.
More likely it's been referred to them by the police who've autonomously decided to arrest people for it, they've had a look and decided it's a load of bollocks with zero legal basis.
Class action funded by Tottenham fans, Wow shoe would be on the other foot then!
Brilliant news, finally common sense has prevailed, and I say that as a Spurs fan who comes from a Jewish heritage.
I would hope that the context in which Spurs fans use the word, has at last be understood and accepted.
YID ARMY!!!!
I would hope that the context in which Spurs fans use the word, has at last be understood and accepted.
YID ARMY!!!!
Yes. Intent isn't required under the act, only that you be in the vicinity of people who may reasonably by distressed by the chant. Well, I can tell you personally that part of the Jewish community still find it offensive, and it's not a stretch to assume that there are Jewish people in the crowd at White Hart Lane, especially when the chairman himself is Jewish! Plus, Jews are an ethnic group as much as they are a religious group. So I actually think it does come within the scope of the legislation. Any more definition on this particular issue would need a case to get at least as far as the Court of Appeal so that judges could give commentary. But if people are hoping for Parliament or the courts to sign off on a "yid is not offensive" policy, I don't think you're going to be seeing it any time soon.
Weirdly, to my ears, "Jewish Cunt" sounds a lot more Anti Semitic than "Yid Cunt"
"YID" relates to Tottenham, the club... Liverpool fans are Allowed to hate Spurs...
But JEWISH CUNT is a whole other matter...
Potato/Potahto I guess!
that is brilliant the whole thing was a farce.
does this mean we have won?& david baddeil is a wanker plenty of timesGet ready for some very loud and proud yid army chants! I am on vocal rest until I get to the ground tomorrow.
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