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Homophobic attack on London bus - mod warning, please see OP

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Sonny noggs


    This has already been covered. While many muslims are homophobic, there is zero evidence that the attackers in this case are muslim. It's not like assaults are only carried out by muslims anyway, and their religion would surely be against seeking out a bit of lesbian snogging.

    Why should the ethnicity be given too? Are ethnicities always reported when people are assaulted? Of course they aren't.

    Seems like you care more about it possibly being muslims (despite zero evidence) than what happened to the women.

    Who mentioned muslims? Wasn’t the demographic I had in mind.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,646 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    You'll get the usual ones in here salivating at the mere prospect of it, any attack anywhere and the usual fvckwits are straight in with their idiotic "religion of peace strikes again" or "sure we can all guess the ethnicity if these lads" posts.

    If a pic gets posted on a news site showing these lads were white you wouldn't hear another peep from them.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Sonny noggs


    SJWs our in force tonight.


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    if the gender, ethnicity, sexuality, religion of the victim of a crime is front and centre- particularly if any of it may be a causal factor- then should the same factors be as publicised in the perpetrators?

    if not, why not?

    edit- general question based on flow of thread, agreed that its rubbish to see the desperation for this to have been by muslims


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,646 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    SJWs our in force tonight.

    So are the homophobes, racists and bigots.


  • Registered Users Posts: 560 ✭✭✭jay1988


    Sonics2k wrote: »
    "Why do Gay people still need to have a Pride parade, sure there's no more real homophobia."

    "Oh this wasn't a gay attack, sure they attacked a gay couple, harassed them, attacked them and told them to kiss but this wasn't a gay attack."

    "Probably Muslims."

    Jesus Christ I weep for After Hours these days. Long gone are the days of fun and banter, now it's just right wingers spreading their usual ****e.

    You forgot the very left wing, "Trumps visit emboldened them to do it" post, convenient that.


  • Posts: 5,917 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    You'll get the usual ones in here salivating at the mere prospect of it, any attack anywhere and the usual fvckwits are straight in with their idiotic "religion of peace strikes again" or "sure we can all guess the ethnicity if these lads" posts.

    If a pic gets posted on a news site showing these lads were white you wouldn't hear another peep from them.

    Same ones with the usual homophobic ****e in threads too.

    Their a little busy in the coke thread at the moment, but should be along presently.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    Who mentioned muslims? Wasn’t the demographic I had in mind.
    Then you'll say who it was.
    SJWs our in force tonight.
    What's an sjw? A person who disagrees with you/points out flaws in your argument and insincerity?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Sonny noggs


    So are the homophobes, racists and bigots.

    Thanks for the heads up, i’ll keep an eye out for them.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    I would like them to have published the ethnicity of the attackers. Clear enough for you?

    Why? The only way this information could be helpful is in catching the attackers and I'm sure the authorities gathered all the relevant information. Unless you're planning on launching your own Neesonesque manhunt, how is there ethnicity relevant to you [edit] or the story?


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    jay1988 wrote: »
    You forgot the very left wing, "Trumps visit emboldened them to do it" post, convenient that.

    that post was quite obviously a p1sstake


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Sonny noggs


    Then you'll say who it was.

    What's an sjw? A person who disagrees with you/points out flaws in your argument and insincerity?

    What flaws? I asked why the ethnicity of the attackers hasn’t been reported. What is the problem?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    teenagers are a dangerous thing

    brains arent fully formed but big and aggressive enough to attack and do damage yet still not subject to the full rigour of the law


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    Meanwhile, Khan says incidents such as this "won't be tolerated".

    Err, lets have a look at the Met's own stats
    https://www.met.police.uk/sd/stats-and-data/met/hate-crime-dashboard/
    - for this specific classification, over the last 5yrs or so (upto April this year):

    LcfnX8W.png

    Yeh, good luck with that.


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,138 ✭✭✭Odhinn


    I would like them to have published the ethnicity of the attackers. Clear enough for you?




    I'm sure you would have. However you seem to have some vested interest in what that ethnicity might be, despite the fact we haven't a clue what it is.

    Who mentioned muslims? Wasn’t the demographic I had in mind.


    What demographic did you have in mind then?


  • Registered Users Posts: 560 ✭✭✭jay1988


    So far we've had "De muslims did it", "its trumps fault" and some victim blaming thrown into the mix with all the other ****e being posted.

    The ****ing state of this thread.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Sonny noggs


    FunLover18 wrote: »
    Why? The only way this information could be helpful is in catching the attackers and I'm sure the authorities gathered all the relevant information. Unless you're planning on launching your own Neesonesque manhunt, how is there ethnicity relevant to you?

    Yeah, I suppose we didn’t need to know the gender or sexuality of the victims either.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Sonny noggs


    Odhinn wrote: »
    I'm sure you would have. However you seem to have some vested interest in what that ethnicity might be, despite the fact we haven't a clue what it is.





    What demographic did you have in mind then?

    Black teenager criminality seem to be out of control in London.


  • Posts: 5,917 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    What flaws? I asked why the ethnicity of the attackers hasn’t been reported. What is the problem?

    Because it only matters to some ***** with issues.
    Now if they turn out to be white English assholes you won't be interested, other than to perhaps make a snide comment or two as to the victims sexuality.


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    DubInMeath wrote: »
    Because it only matters to some ***** with issues.
    Now if they turn out to be white English assholes you won't be interested.

    do we have a thread about every assault on london public transport?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Sonny noggs


    DubInMeath wrote: »
    Because it only matters to some ***** with issues.
    Now if they turn out to be white English assholes you won't be interested.

    Let’s wait and see before jumping to conclusions.


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,138 ✭✭✭Odhinn


    Black teenager criminality seem to be out of control in London.




    ...really? All the rest are saints then?


    In a place as ethnically diverse as london its a fools gambit to try and predict the ethnicity in situation like this.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    the attackers appear to be kids so dont expect any further info tbh


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Hal3000


    The issue here is our lack of any political will to flog thugs like this in the center of every town square the length and breath of the country. The generations coming up now have never known discipline as their snowflaked parents medicate them with phones instead of dealing with bad behavior. It's time to bring back discipline... Have them out picking up rubbish, cleaning chewing gum - anything but stop stop letting these types off with a stupid slap on the wrist - suspended sentences. Unless we do something this behavior and other thuggery will get worse.


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,138 ✭✭✭Odhinn


    Let’s wait and see before jumping to conclusions.




    ...sez mr "they're bleck".


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    Hal3000 wrote: »
    The issue here is our lack of any political will to flog thugs like this in the center of every tian square the length and breath of the country. The generations coming up now have never known discipline as they're snowflaked parents medicate them with phones instead of dealing with bad behavior. It's time to bring back discipline... Have them out picking up rubbish, cleaning chewing gum - anything but stop stop letting these types off with a stupid slap on the wrist - suspended sentences. Unless we do something this behavior and other thuggery will get worse.



    which country now


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,646 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Thanks for the heads up, i’ll keep an eye out for them.

    Something tells me.you only need to go as far as the bathroom ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    Yeah, I suppose we didn’t need to know the gender or sexuality of the victims either.

    The gender and sexuality of the victims is the reason they were attacked. I would say that's a crucial part of the story. Are you suggesting the attackers' ethnicity may have been a contributing factor in why they decided to attack these two innocent people?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Hal3000


    which country now

    England - Ireland every bleedin where


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Sonny noggs


    Something tells me.you only need to go as far as the bathroom ;)

    Why, you in there taking a dump?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,610 ✭✭✭✭Sand


    DubInMeath wrote: »
    Because it only matters to some ***** with issues.
    Now if they turn out to be white English assholes you won't be interested, other than to perhaps make a snide comment or two as to the victims sexuality.

    Its West Hampstead, and the victims claim at least one had a foreign accent. Its highly likely that if they are not English assholes that the incident will never get media attention again.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 736 ✭✭✭TCM


    I read the article and while it could be classified as a homophobic attack, I saw it more as an opportunistic episode, in that those thugs would gave attacked any vulnerable person(s) that they might have come upon at that time.


  • Registered Users Posts: 530 ✭✭✭Hedgelayer


    It doesn't matter whether they were attacked because they were of any sexual orientation.

    Or whatever type of person the attacker's are to be honest.

    An attack is an attack, unfortunately for these two young ladies they met up with the wrong crowd and got slagged off and a hiding.

    Myself and the brother got attacked by a bunch of scobes on holidays in Wexford back in 1993 and were badly beaten.

    We were attacked in an arcade/pool hall because we had a western lilt in our accent's by a few Dublin lads...

    They called us ******'s too and culchies.....
    One girl in the group kicked me while on the ground...

    Just got up after and dusted ourselves down, had a laugh about it and got on with the holidays in ****ty Courtown.

    Big effen deal, it's over in the UK get over yourselves for being outraged.....


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    Sand wrote: »
    Its West Hampstead, and the victims claim at least one had a foreign accent. Its highly likely that if they are not English assholes that the incident will never get media attention again.

    She also claimed that the other three were Britsh.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Sonny noggs


    FunLover18 wrote: »
    The gender and sexuality of the victims is the reason they were attacked. I would say that's a crucial part of the story. Are you suggesting the attackers' ethnicity may have been a contributing factor in why they decided to attack these two innocent people?

    Hard to say without the facts. Then again we wouldn’t be hearing about it at all if the victims were straight.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,646 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Why, you in there taking a dump?

    Run along child, you bore me.


  • Posts: 5,917 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Sand wrote: »
    Its West Hampstead, and the victims claim at least one had a foreign accent. Its highly likely that if they are not English assholes that the incident will never get media attention again.

    One had a Spanish accent the others were described as British.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,610 ✭✭✭✭Sand


    FunLover18 wrote: »
    She also claimed that the other three were Britsh.

    British is a fairly catchall term these days.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Sonny noggs


    Run along child, you bore me.

    Jog on mate.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭klaaaz


    Black teenager criminality seem to be out of control in London.

    You need to look up the demographics of London. Blacks account for about 13% of over 8 million people there, about 1m. From that number there must be a couple of hundred thousand black teenagers from which a tiny minority are involved in crime.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    Hard to say without the facts. Then again we wouldn’t be hearing about it at all if the victims were straight.

    So until you know the attackers' ethnicity, you're unable to say whether it was a factor?

    I think if a straight couple got attacked for being straight, it would make the news, don't you?


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    Sand wrote: »
    British is a fairly catchall term these days.

    Only slightly moreso than English.


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    FunLover18 wrote: »
    So until you know the attackers' ethnicity, you're unable to say whether it was a factor?

    I think if a straight couple got attacked for being straight, it would make the news, don't you?

    id say they came afoul of a group from one of the lower socioeconomic classes


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,156 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Sand wrote:
    British is a fairly catchall term these days.


    Jasus wept


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,254 ✭✭✭Billy Mays


    Hard to say without the facts. Then again we wouldn’t be hearing about it at all if the victims were straight.
    Yeah, the thing is we would though


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 727 ✭✭✭InTheShadows


    London is a very dodgy place these days. The scum seem to rule the day.


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    Billy Mays wrote: »
    Yeah, the thing is we would though

    yeah as i said the boards are clogged with the threads about every assault on london public transport alright


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,610 ✭✭✭✭Sand


    FunLover18 wrote: »
    Only slightly moreso than English.

    Not really. English is a specific ethnicity, like Scottish or Welsh. British is not. I am Irish. If I lived in the UK for 5 years, I could become British. But I would still be Irish, not English.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    klaaaz wrote: »
    You need to look up the demographics of London. Blacks account for about 13% of over 8 million people there, about 1m. From that number there must be a couple of hundred thousand black teenagers from which a *tiny minority* are involved in crime.

    You need to look up the correlation with ethnicity and crimes, many reports and stats clearly suggest that young black people were over-represented at all stages of the criminal justice system.

    Similar can be said of some certain religions, again 'over-representation' is very apparent (circa +300%+) compared to all other groups, with one exception.

    Likely there is complex factors at play including poverty, peer pressue, enviromental factors and so on, and no quick and easy solutions available (just as Major Khan who is now has unprecedented crime levels under his watch).


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  • Registered Users Posts: 530 ✭✭✭Hedgelayer


    No need for an agitator here that's for sure lol


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