Doesn’t make it right though does it? In an ideal world every **** who acts like that would be named and shamed. **** em both.
I didn't say it was it's high profile so arrests have been made. Had it been you it would be swept under the carpet !
I still remember that time, someone tried to have a go at Prescott (Labour), must have been years ago, and he came out fighting. Dealt with in the old fashioned way.
I wouldn't argue with any of that. We all know it exists. My point is, what's your view on it? Is it right? Personally in this instance I'm not sure it warrants the action. Not only that, even though it's common practice from employers, it's not consistent practice and very subjective. For example was every employee who happened to put a hand on someone on a platform sacked? Why is it the moron who harassed Whitty on this tweet gets sacked but those who clearly appear outside his home will likely not be? What about the people who pulled down the statue in Bristol who were plastered all over the news? Do those who support them believe they shouldn't be subject to the same outcome? There are wider issues here imo which are more than simply equating the fact it's common practice with saying it's right to do so. I've known of teachers getting sacked because they posted a selfie of themselves getting bladdered in a bar. The punishment was disproportionate.
I think in regards to a statue, if you deface or pull down a statue, my view is you should face the consequences of the law. I believe the main culprits in Bristol were prosecuted at a later date (Edit, see next post). The thing is a majority of the time you only see the main story selling headline, it don't make good front page news, to show the consequences of peoples actions several months later. The media love drama, not the legal process that follows it. The problem with letting things go in society, it sends out a wrong message that it's ok to do that. So sometimes the law has to be applied, that's why it seems unfair and disproportionate. You getting hugged on the way home is not going to attract a Guardian reporter, sorry but that's because you're not important.
@Treble just looked up those arrested for the Bristol Statue. Four people and the court applied reporting restrictions. They are due to stand trial at Crown Court on the 13th December. So there is consequences. https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/na...ate-set-four-accused-damaging-colston-statue/
