Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
Hang on Sith. You always come across as a reasonable and intelligent poster so I recognise your dilemma but let’s consider three factors here.
Who is Lucy Connolly? The wife of a Tory Councillor.
When did she say what she said? In the immediate aftermath of the dreadful Southport tragedy.
What did she say? ‘Set fire to all the f*****g hotels full of the b******s (asylum seekers) for all I care.’

Imo, in the light of such incitement to violence and murder she deserves to be in prison.

Consider the consequences of what she did…half witted far right bullies actually did attempt to do what she advocated.

Had you or I, some years earlier, used a forum like this to encourage people to harm Mel Morris or damage/set fire to his property I suspect we’d have faced the full force of the law and possible imprisonment. Rightly so too, imo.
I'm certainly not advocating she goes unpunished.

I'm just not convinced imprisonment for such a long time is the answer. Perhaps having to face those she was advocating such actions against would have been a better punishment.

It was a vile horrible thing to say but if we look at the flames being fanned over Southport, this was not from a quickly deleted post on X, I believe the culpability lies elsewhere but those guilty maybe chose their words more wisely but we're far more incendiary.