I understand your argument but I don't agree with it. "Robinson" has deliberately flouted and challenged the law. He has invited what has happened to him, despite being given s suspended sentence. That you believe that others deserve imprisonment more than he does because of more serious crimes may, or may not be true, but doing what he did cannot be ignored and the only course open to the Judge who found him guilty was to send him to prison. You simply cannot warn someone that is what will happen the next time and then just let them off, or warn them again, when they do it. It isn't just for "Robinson" that that principle is important. It is for everyone to know that if you flout the law you get punished.

As I told you it doesn't have a yes or no answer! It depends what the thing is.

You could agree with him that bake beans are healthier than peas and that has no bearing on it.

If you both agreed that that Asians are inferior to Europeans then probably.

You are, of course, entitled to your opinion but you aren't the Judge who is in possession of all the facts in either of these cases. Nor am I by the way. In fact I know nothing of the other case so cannot offer any kind of opinion.

Judges are very well trained and experienced to know what is appropriate in each set of circumstances to both punish, ensure there is no repeat offence and serve as a warning to others. If a suspended sentence is conditional upon attending re-education courses, or even psychiatric counselling etc etc then it could be that a Judge might decide that an 18/19 year old would be best kept out of prison. Neither of us should second guess a Judge.

So you're opinion(s) are as worthless as some of those you disagree with then?

Now that is a very specific question. Not sure though that a 7 year old would really comprehend it, but never mind.

If you, or "Robinson" decided that it was correct to publicise these events because of the background of the people involved then yes you would both be racists. If you decided to do it because they were committing acts against children, and you believed you were helping society by publicising them, then no you wouldn't be.

In either case though I would take issue because the correct way to handle such things, as you suggest, would be to report it. The way to report it is to the appropriate authorities, so that they can handle it professionally and not risk contaminating due process. If you weren't satisfied with their response then you complain, and if the complaint fails then you contact your MP. What you don't do is take the law into your own hands, or become an internet vigilante.

Now that is a very specific question. Not sure though that a 7 year old would really comprehend it, but never mind.

If you, or "Robinson" decided that it was correct to publicise these events because of the background of the people involved then yes you would both be racists. If you decided to do it because they were committing acts against children, and you believed you were helping society by publicising them, then no you wouldn't be.

In either case though I would take issue because the correct way to handle such things, as you suggest, would be to report it. The way to report it is to the appropriate authorities, so that they can handle it professionally and not risk contaminating due process. If you weren't satisfied with their response then you complain, and if the complaint fails then you contact your MP. What you don't do is take the law into your own hands, or become an internet vigilante.