So now he has 16 months to grow it back to a foppish length and perfect his poetry reading skills, which he can deliver to a captive audience. Plenty enough time to commit The Ballad Of Reading Gaol to memory.
So now he has 16 months to grow it back to a foppish length and perfect his poetry reading skills, which he can deliver to a captive audience. Plenty enough time to commit The Ballad Of Reading Gaol to memory.
Boadicea's Chariot 
I agree Toc.
The defective cretin needs a good thrashing.
Val,
I have the feeling he will get that and more!
Let’s hope for some more exemplary sentences.
Wot a tosser.
I imagine the state of his coiffure will be the least of his worries, once he is befriended by Big Bubba! I hops so, anyway.
HOPE, swipe me, HOPE!!!!!!
Only pome the old man could recite was the ballad of Reading Gaol!
Quite a bizarre choice considering he was neither queer or a gaolbird himself.
Not that one ever asked why, I never quite acquired a taste for such dangerous living!!!
As for the above, an idiot, its a shame his life has been ruined.
Then you have some who believe this sort of claptrap. Perhaps there are some here who would agree?
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/07/482318.html
All self inflicted Christina.
True, but many have done far worse and been punished far less.
How many of the ‘hacking scandal’ lot will get 16 months,?
SFA!
That is very true as well Christina. It is however no excuse not to sentence or to reduce the sentence. At the end of the day he will be out a long time before his 16 months are up He will be a lot wiser and if anything like Archer, will go on to make mega bucks.
Yes, it’s a tough sentence but if it serves “pour encourager les autres”, then it serves a purpose. Could this history student explain what purpose his swinging on the flag at the Cenotaph had? In what way did it serve whatever point he was trying to make? Does he remember what the whole purpose of the protest was? His stupid sniggering at his trial suggests not. He will now discover what difficulties a criminal record can bring. No travel to the USA, so no job that would involve such travel, etc.
I read your link, tocino. I notice that the lad who threw a fire extinguisher off a roof should not have been punished “because he didn’t kill anyone”. That was due to luck, otherwise he’d have been facing a manslaughter charge. If these sentences make some of these protesters who are simply out to cause mayhem stop to think for a moment, that’s all to the good.
The one line I remember from The Ballad of Reading Gaol is:
“For each man kills the thing he loves…”
so Gilmour and others may have to some extent killed their futures.
I think that 16 months, of which he’ll probably get half off if he behaves is a fair sentence.
I’m actually pleased to see the British judiciary acting in what I consider a sensible manner for a change 😉
Personally, I am against prison sentences. I think they serve little purpose other than to turn petty criminals into extreme criminals. Being forced to associate with other offenders in an environment where one’s dignity has been reduced to zero is not conducive to the rehabilitation of an individual. Don’t get me wrong, I think offenders should be punished but as I have said before the purpose of the punishment should be to be prevent them from re-offending. It should not be about vengeance which is a primitive and uncivilized emotion. In this instance, I think Gilmore should have received a good flogging and should have been made to work in a care home for the frail, preferably one that caters for veterans. Working with those who have served their country would likely engender a far greater respect for the institutions of the nation than will result from a long, hard spell in prison. It baffles me that society should think otherwise. Prison should only exist for those who are too dangerous to be let loose in society.
Sipu – not wanting to impress you or anything, but may I just point out that prison is a place where people cannot commit any more offences hence providing the public with the retribution and reassurance it deserves.
Rehabilitation and community service simply doesn’t work. At all. Ever. Just like flogging! I’m afraid “too dangerous” is so subjective it simply isn’t workable.
As for earlier comments, silly idiot, he got what he deserved, but the sentance was clearly harsh as a deterrent as Sheona said, and I agree with Soutie too – nice to see the judiciary being proportionate and sensible for a change. He’ll be out in 6 months maximum back into the bosom of his family!
No danger of that.
The anarchist look.
The Harry Potter look.
Looks more like 15 or so.