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Man who disrupted boat race is jailed for 6 months.

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  • #62
    golden lane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,364 ✭✭✭golden lane


    Kurz wrote: »
    He shouldn't do any bloody time. The farce is that the inheritance class in the UK make a mockery of the law. If this man disrupted a boat race between Hull Polytechnic and Bromley Technical College then he would have gotten a warning and maybe a fine.


    yes, and if somebody in dublin raped somebody, they would get off......

    the point i was making....was, the law is an ass.....

    cronyism is rife in every country......


  • #63
    Kurz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 786 ✭✭✭Kurz


    golden lane wrote: »
    yes, and if somebody in dublin raped somebody, they would get off......

    the point i was making....was, the law is an ass.....

    cronyism is rife in every country......

    Is the fullstop key on your keyboard broke or what?


  • #64
    golden lane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,364 ✭✭✭golden lane


    Kurz wrote: »
    Is the fullstop key on your keyboard broke or what?

    no, it is on overdrive......


  • #65
    end of the road
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,007 ✭✭✭✭end of the road


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    If someone ran onto the pitch in the All Ireland Football Final and nicked all the balls so the game had to be stopped for 30mins as a protest against something or other he didn't like about the GAA would you feel the same?

    yes, infact i wouldn't care a less

    I'm very highly educated. I know words, i have the best words, nobody has better words then me.



  • #66
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,310 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    On targeting the race, he said: "It's a symbol of a lot of issues in Britain around class. Seventy per cent of government pushing through very significant cuts are Oxford or Cambridge graduates.
    ...and when they graduate from Oxford, and get into government, they'll always remember that arse from Oz who ruined their race...


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  • #67
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,948 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    Super-Rush wrote: »
    With the crimes that go unpunished you think that this deserved a 6 month jail sentence?

    If is had been a race between two lesser known universities nothing like this would have happened.

    Money certainly talked in this instance.

    It's a national institution innit.

    I get your point that there could be worse criminals / crimes and that is a factor but the coverage of what happened guaranteed the trial would be high profile.

    I still think what he did was unfair to all those dudes who trained and took part but he also ruined a tradition that was going for over 150 years. He's a dick.


  • #68
    Kinzig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 222 ✭✭Kinzig


    The oul judge was probably an ex Oxford or Cambridge lad..dont fcuk with the old school tie!


  • #69
    King Of Wishful Thinking
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 179 ✭✭King Of Wishful Thinking


    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    I still think what he did was unfair to all those dudes who trained and took part but he also ruined a tradition that was going for over 150 years. He's a dick.

    Don't think anyone disputes that, it's locking him up for six months that people have an issue with.

    It's inconsistent with current sentences trends in the UK, grossly so.


  • #70
    recyclebin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,578 ✭✭✭recyclebin


    They should bring the chain gangs back in. Have them dressed in pink overalls cleaning up rubbish like they did with the lad from culture club in New York.


  • #71
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,638 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    King Of Wishful Thinking wrote: »
    Don't think anyone disputes that, it's locking him up for six months that people have an issue with.

    It's inconsistent with current sentences trends in the UK, grossly so.

    True. He's still a complete dick though.


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  • #72
    jonsnow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 724 ✭✭✭jonsnow


    Teyla Emmagan wrote: »
    True. He's still a complete dick though.

    yes he is and a public school educated one at that but its still a ridiculous sentence which I think shows how worried the establishment in england are about the lower classes(or even their selfappointed spokepeople) getting uppity in these recessionary times.Any kind of protest related offences in england at all at the moment are getting very harsh sentences


  • #73
    Malari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,150 ✭✭✭✭Malari


    golden lane wrote: »
    how much time...will he actually do......

    there lies the farce........the law was broken......

    Is anyone else reading this like Malcolm in the Middle's friend, Stevie?


  • #74
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtSHMvpkuqk

    That lad only got 4 months and already had previous convictions and football bans under his belt.


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