If this is true then it is abhorrent - people should not be jailed for burning bibles, Quran's, poppies or any other symbolic, ultimately meaningless things.
I don't agree with burning of the Quran, given the current political climate, plus I suspect most people burning them have racist tendencies and have no other purpose other than to provoke.
But still - jail I cannot approve of.
Chowdry who burnt the poppies got a £50 fine. British patriots 0, Muslims 1.
He stole a library book and destroyed it so should be punished for that, I'd assume thats normally a community service offence. 70 days jail because the book happened to be a religious book is shocking, and very sad news for those of us who believe in freedom of speech
More likely a fine. How many people have forgotten to take Library books back, do they get 70 days too.
i would have more sympathy for him if he didnt steal the book and have previous convictions. other than that anyone should be free to burn any book they wish as long as its legally theirs
... which he could have done behind closed doors, in the privacy of his own room; to his heart's content. However ......
Here is a man who has committed at least one racially motivated crime in the past. He is a member of the EDL. He steals a Qur'an from a library and in a public place with one of the people present being his former parole officer he proceeds to spout hatred and then burns the Qur'an. He knew it was incitement - he said as much. There was no way he was gong to get released with a slap on the wrist.
I saw the report on the local news, some of his EDL friends turned up to support him, Chanting waving flags scuffling with court security and police,
Made one proud to be British,........... NOT,
BIG mistake by the judge, should have given him community service, in the local mosque,
Sending him down has turned him into a martyr,
the best way to treat holy book burners, flag or poppy burners is to ignore them, they are seeking a reaction, and by reacting you are helping them in that aim,
Do tell me when your paranoid delusions of the death penalty being brought back, not only brought back but brought back in a religious context actually happen.
Don't 'honour' killings count? We've had a few of those.
Wouldn't surprise me that some cotton wool-wrapped barbarians out in the Middle East will not feel that his punishment is satisfactory enough and will kill some aid workers to even out the score.
And then get caterwauling apologists saying that it was his fault. :sleep:
Here is a man who has committed at least one racially motivated crime in the past. He is a member of the EDL. He steals a Qur'an from a library and in a public place with one of the people present being his former parole officer he proceeds to spout hatred and then burns the Qur'an. He knew it was incitement - he said as much. There was no way he was gong to get released with a slap on the wrist.
Being a member of the EDL is now a crime is it.
Our freedoms are being eroded, bit by bit, when I talked on here about how EDL were kettled and how that wound them up, I was told they deserved it. Now, because students and union people were kettled it's against there human rights.
You'l see that this CRASBO is being tested on the EDL now, and it will be used on you in the future if you should decide to protest in the future.
Freedom of of speech, freedom of expression is no more.
Do they or do they just say they do? Their presidents get sworn in with the Bible, they have "In God We Trust" on their dollar bills and in their national anthem and they give tax breaks to various religious causes/organisation. Not to mention an Athiest would never get elected there.
They have no more seperation of church and state than we do.
Religious organisations get tax breaks because they register themselves as charities. The President doesn't have to swear on a Bible, he/she could use any religious text or none at all. I can't defend god on their money, they should all be ashamed of that IMO.
/ The Americans don't have the sight of teachers in state schools leading students in Christian prayer as many here still do. So they're ahead of us there...
I need clarification... I can I be locked up for burning The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
Don't be silly. The Flying Spaghetti monster is made up and written about in a book. Nobody has ever seen him either whereas with mainstream religion...er....hang on a minute.
Just my take on it you burn the bible you go to Gaol burn the Quran you go to Gaol but i agree with some posters this country is on a slippery slope to many double standards the poppy burning was a disgrace and the police or CPS got that wrong regards jack
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Chowdry who burnt the poppies got a £50 fine. British patriots 0, Muslims 1.
More likely a fine. How many people have forgotten to take Library books back, do they get 70 days too.
Well we could just seal off the area and check everybody's immigration status.
... which he could have done behind closed doors, in the privacy of his own room; to his heart's content. However ......
Damn, I can't burn it now.
Made one proud to be British,........... NOT,
BIG mistake by the judge, should have given him community service, in the local mosque,
Sending him down has turned him into a martyr,
the best way to treat holy book burners, flag or poppy burners is to ignore them, they are seeking a reaction, and by reacting you are helping them in that aim,
Yes. God save us from the religious.
Don't 'honour' killings count? We've had a few of those.
And then get caterwauling apologists saying that it was his fault. :sleep:
What for? It didn't mention them in the link.
If that's the case, then no wonder he was jailed.
However, it's the poppy burner getting so light a punishment that will be the cause of more and more trouble.
One sometimes wonders whether "the powers that be" aren't working subversively to ferment more and more trouble.
I'll get my tin hat now:o
Being a member of the EDL is now a crime is it.
Our freedoms are being eroded, bit by bit, when I talked on here about how EDL were kettled and how that wound them up, I was told they deserved it. Now, because students and union people were kettled it's against there human rights.
EDL is being used as a guinea pig to see how far they can go in stopping protest.
Please read this,
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/10290/
You'l see that this CRASBO is being tested on the EDL now, and it will be used on you in the future if you should decide to protest in the future.
Freedom of of speech, freedom of expression is no more.
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/10375/
If only it was that easy. I suspect most of them were either UK born or have citizenship.
Religious organisations get tax breaks because they register themselves as charities. The President doesn't have to swear on a Bible, he/she could use any religious text or none at all. I can't defend god on their money, they should all be ashamed of that IMO.
/ The Americans don't have the sight of teachers in state schools leading students in Christian prayer as many here still do. So they're ahead of us there...
Did Chowdry steal the poppies he set fire to?
Don't be silly. The Flying Spaghetti monster is made up and written about in a book. Nobody has ever seen him either whereas with mainstream religion...er....hang on a minute.
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I think so. You would be "inciting religious hatred" whatever that means. It's the new blasphemy.