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If the law is a tool for the quest for justice, this was a very dark time for the judiciary.

> In addition to being a bottom feeding racist.

It surely was a dog whistle all along. A pug whistle to be exact. I am not sure what to say to this.

> a load of money

deserved in my opinion and he is not the one looking like an idiot coming out of this story.

Admittedly, some jokes live only from the reaction.




Justice was done, and clearly seen to be done. I'm very comfortable with the balance of the law after that trial. Had the defendant bothered to offer a defence exploring freedom of expression, we might be discussing his acquittal.

Reading the judgement took my opinion from surprise at an apparently ridiculous verdict, to one that was entirely fitting.

>> a load of money > deserved in my opinion

For what? A defence he did not use after encouragement?




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