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clearly he used religion to have a pop at the driver.
But did he? We only have Mr Singh's word for that.

On the balance of probs, as they say in court, my money would be on the cabbie rather than on the druggie ex-convict. :wink:

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The intial article conveyed the impression that all that happened was that the good Marquis confused the Hindu faith with Sikhism, whereas the Daily Mail story indicates that there was a bit more to it than that.

We don't know what precisely was said, in what tone and in what context it was said, so it's a bit difficult to pass judgement.

Of course, there is a tendency to exaggerate these things, as JD found out when investigating the BNP story - the lads who were portrayed as little angels weren't quite that, and while the victim was supposedly on his death bed his main injury transpired to be a fractured cheekbone.

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i think the marquis must have been having a bad day, as a mate of mine picked him up once, thought he was a nice bloke, and even had a cup of tea in his place.


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clearly he used religion to have a pop at the driver.
But did he? We only have Mr Singh's word for that.

On the balance of probs, as they say in court, my money would be on the cabbie rather than on the druggie ex-convict. :wink:

Balance of probabilities isn't good enough for a criminal charge to stick.

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Balance of probabilities isn't good enough for a criminal charge to stick.

Is that so? :roll:

My point is that we are not trying him in court, we are judging him on a few news-clips.

So on the balance of probs 50.1%+, my money is on the driver. :wink:

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Balance of probabilities isn't good enough for a criminal charge to stick.

Is that so? :roll:

My point is that we are not trying him in court, we are judging him on a few news-clips.

So on the balance of probs 50.1%+, my money is on the driver. :wink:
So is mine :D . However, the Marquis is still entitled to the presumption of innocence, is he not?

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gusmac wrote:
Balance of probabilities isn't good enough for a criminal charge to stick.

Back to this, the answer is yes and no. :?

If I was in court for speeding at 100mph, having been caught on camera, I could plead guilty, or be found guilty if the case is proved beyond reasonable doubt.

Now we all know that.

But if I pleaded guilty to a charge of speeding, but said I was only doing 80mph, the court would then decide on the balance of probabilities if I was telling the truth. :wink:

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Balance of probabilities isn't good enough for a criminal charge to stick.

Back to this, the answer is yes and no. :?

If I was in court for speeding at 100mph, having been caught on camera, I could plead guilty, or be found guilty if the case is proved beyond reasonable doubt.

Now we all know that.

But if I pleaded guilty to a charge of speeding, but said I was only doing 80mph, the court would then decide on the balance of probabilities if I was telling the truth. :wink:

and if you pled not guilty and the only evidence was the uncorroberated word of someone else, it would be thrown out of court.

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and if you pled not guilty and the only evidence was the uncorroberated word of someone else, it would be thrown out of court.

I would hope it never ever makes it to the court room. :wink:

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and if you pled not guilty and the only evidence was the uncorroberated word of someone else, it would be thrown out of court.

I would hope it never ever makes it to the court room. :wink:
The defence rests :lol:

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So you think it is ok to verbally abuse any body in the name of free speech.
No i do not think it is ok to verbally abuse anyone in the name of free speech :roll: .
Passengers have sometimes assumed that i am Irish but i do not take this as being left paralysed and verbally abused.....
Some people have assumed that i am Greek and i do not take this as being verbally abused.
Some people have asked me if one of my parents is Indian and i do not take this as being verbally abused.

All i meant was that sometimes the pc brigade go too far in the way that they tell us how to live our own lives.

I myself have quite a number of friends from different parts of the globe and as far as i am concerned every person has as much right to their freedom of speech as the next one,as long as it is not abusive :-k

By the way i would class being called a BIGOT as being verbally abused ](*,) :-k

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It is Badger that I am calling a bigot. We live in a multi racial/cultural society and we should respect everyone equally until someone oversteps the mark
Well you have just lost my respect :roll: as you know nothing about the nationality or race of my friends you stupid tw3t(and thats freedom of speech by the way :lol: )so dont get your knickers in a twist :lol: :lol:

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It is Badger that I am calling a bigot. We live in a multi racial/cultural society and we should respect everyone equally until someone oversteps the mark
Well you have just lost my respect :roll: as you know nothing about the nationality or race of my friends you stupid tw3t(and thats freedom of speech by the way :lol: )so dont get your knickers in a twist :lol: :lol:


I wasn't aware that I made any comment about the race or nationality of your friends. My comment was based on your reply to the post.

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Blandford has a long track record of being hostile and not paying taxi fares. Abuse comes easy to him because he thinks he is superior to most other human beings. I can imagine how belittled this taxi driver might have felt but to take offence at being called a Hindu rather than a Sikh is stretching the realms of racism a little too far.

Blandford is a man of means and perhaps the prospect of rich pickings is the main reason behind this taxi drivers sudden disgust at being called a Hindu.

I said main reason in particular but I do not discount the fact that there could be other reasons?

Blandford might well have been abusive but I think it is going to be difficult to prove he was racist.

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JD wrote:
Here's the Daily Mail take on the incident.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... ge_id=1770

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:oops: Apologies to Grandad as i had not read this Daily Mail report #-o which is a bit more in depth and proves what a prat blandford is.
I believe in freedom of speech but certainly not to the extent that blandford alledgedly went to.
Once again apologies grandad :oops:

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