Well, you could do that but it would be way over the top. Public Order s.5 Racially or religiously aggravated disorderly behaviour would more than likely bring a conditional discharge or a fine of approx 500 quid.
From: Nigel Barber Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 1:45 PM To: Chris Briggs Cc: Tim Leslie ; Leeds List Subject: Re: [LU] Racist? Discuss! Let me get this straight: any ethnic grouping + insult = offence? What a bunch of British pussies we are (don't worry, I'll put myself in jail). Nigel. On 24 February 2010 13:32, Chris Briggs <[email protected]> wrote: Easy one this. On a technicality it can be deemed to be racist. 1st February 2007, the House of Lords gave a decision on the case of R v Rogers The definition of racial group in Section 28(4) of the 1998 Act clearly goes beyond groups defined by their colour, race or ethnic origin. It encompasses both nationality (including citizenship) and national origins. A case was recently in court (not the one where I sit) where the defendant recently pleaded guilty to a Racially Aggravated Section 5 Public Order Act offence. The facts were that he had called a police officer a 'fucking Scottish cnut'. He might well have been a cnut, and then it would be fair (if not lawful) to point it out. But it seems you can't go about calling people Scottish (even if that is also true) as it is deemed discriminatory. I think that MacPherson (but I could be wrong) defined a racist incident as one where anyone perceives it to be racist, hence huge amounts of police and judicial time being wasted on 'racist' incidents. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Tim Leslie" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 1:03 PM To: "'Leeds List'" <[email protected]> Subject: [LU] Racist? Discuss! Just when you thought it had all gone away! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8533791.stm I bet Andy Murray gets one! ;-) _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist www.leedslist.net _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist www.leedslist.net -- blog.mindbrix.co.uk/2010/01/20/zoomable-gallery/ www.concentrichron.com -- Mindbrix -- Dream it, draw it, build it, love it 69 Derby Street Beeston Nottingham NG9 2LG +44 7905 311 352 [email protected] www.mindbrix.co.uk Skype: ntbarber twitter.com/mindbrix _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist www.leedslist.net
