BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[midlandsgrimpeur]

That strikes me as an admission that we are a racist country requiring clarification instead of a country with some racists who are best ignored.

I think it points more to the malevolent actions of a fairly small but vociferous far right contingent who effectively utilise social media to rapidly spread their racist shite. It is a sad indictment of their influence though that many police forces have adopted a policy of highlighting ethnicity in particularly sensitive cases in an attempt to cut them off at the knees, so to speak.

 

[secretsqirrel]

That strikes me as an admission that we are a racist country requiring clarification instead of a country with some racists who are best ignored.

According to Badenoch’s response to Jess Philips last week, we need to go after the gangs of immigrants from countries with a culture that does not respect women and girls.

Her response missed the point of the Philips statement but I’m not expecting a retraction any time soon.

 

[secretsqirrel]

I think it points more to the malevolent actions of a fairly small but vociferous far right contingent who effectively utilise social media to rapidly spread their racist shite. It is a sad indictment of their influence though that many police forces have adopted a policy of highlighting ethnicity in particularly sensitive cases in an attempt to cut them off at the knees, so to speak.

Unfortunately these internet trolls will join the dots if the picture is not drawn for them, quickly.

 

[Pblakeney]

Unfortunately these internet trolls will join the dots if the picture is not drawn for them, quickly.

It is a sad state of affairs, and one which is only going to deteriorate.
Pandering to idiots only drags us all down to their level.

 

[Pblakeney]

I think it points more to the malevolent actions of a fairly small but vociferous far right contingent who effectively utilise social media to rapidly spread their racist shite. It is a sad indictment of their influence though that many police forces have adopted a policy of highlighting ethnicity in particularly sensitive cases in an attempt to cut them off at the knees, so to speak.

They could have said that all the accused are British nationals.
Anyone querying past that is outing themselves as racist.

 

[AuroraSaab]

In what way is ethnic origin relevant to a rape enquiry?

Characteristics of both victims and offenders, including ethnicity, are often relevant to offending patterns. As MG says the police now report it so people don't jump to conclusions, especially in charges with large numbers of defendants.

As the offences are historic, I wonder if this is a case of a woman finding the confidence to go to the police after seeing the Pelicot case, or perhaps the police reviewing a complaint that had earlier been dismissed. It could be more straightforward in that an arrest for other offences brought these crimes to light.
Brave of her to waive her anonymity.

 

[CXRAndy]

To stop the likes of MAGAndy claiming it as some kind of Muslim gang / immigrant thing as they like to make out white males don’t commit these sorts of horrendous crimes.

They deserve whatever sentence is handed down.

 

[briantrumpet]

That strikes me as an admission that we are a racist country requiring clarification instead of a country with some racists who are best ignored.

No, no, they've got legitimate concerns.

 

[Pblakeney]

No, no, they're racists who have been told that they've got legitimate concerns.

FTFY

 

[briantrumpet]

Stop everything. I predict you'll forever remember the moment you read this.

 

[Psamathe]

Re: Proscribed organisations
Are the Police failing to tell the difference between a noun and an adjective?

To my mind in her sign the "Palestine Action" is an adjective describing the prisoners she's supporting ie she's supporting prisoners not a proscribed organisation.

But then English never was one of my abilities and Grammar definitely not.

 

[Pross]

Re: Proscribed organisations
Are the Police failing to tell the difference between a noun and an adjective?
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To my mind in her sign the "Palestine Action" is an adjective describing the prisoners she's supporting ie she's supporting prisoners not a proscribed organisation.

But then English never was one of my abilities and Grammar definitely not.

Or is she saying she supports Palestine Action whereas prisoners oppose genocide. A comma would help with the confusion 😉

 

[AuroraSaab]

Is that Greta T? A couple of colons would have also clarified it.

 

[Ian H]

Or is she saying she supports Palestine Action whereas prisoners oppose genocide. A comma would help with the confusion 😉

No comma required. She supports 'Palestine Action prisoners', who are those in prison for supporting Palestine Action.

 

[briantrumpet]

Re: Proscribed organisations
Are the Police failing to tell the difference between a noun and an adjective?
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To my mind in her sign the "Palestine Action" is an adjective describing the prisoners she's supporting ie she's supporting prisoners not a proscribed organisation.

But then English never was one of my abilities and Grammar definitely not.

They've decided that they are the grammar police, so any statement in which the two words 'Palestine' and 'Action' appear, even if they are in two separate sentences, override any niceties of punctuation or part-of-speech-ness. It's ludicrous. I assume protesters could avoid being arrested by simply omitting the word 'action', unless the police then decide that simply 'Palestine' implies 'Palestine Action'.

Asmentioned before, it's a linguistic question that really ought to be followed into the even further regions of ridiculousness, with linguistics professors telling the judiciary that this law is a total ass as it's being prosecuted.