No room for extremism
THE sentence given to a man who chanted racist slogans outside a South Yorkshire mosque should stand as a stern lesson to anyone else who feels tempted to follow suit and stoke up hatred.
English Defence League supporter Daniel Parker will now have eight long months to come to terms with the error of his judgement and unacceptable behaviour.
We live in an age when understanding rather than hatred is needed more than ever.
All Parker achieved, apart from the loss of his liberty, was to play into the hands of extremists on both sides of the growing divide between communities in this country.
He should think himself lucky that the court did not serve the toughest sentence in its armoury for this offence, for then he could be spending years rather than months in paying the price for his actions.
There is no room for extremism, of any form and from anyone.
We are sure that our right-thinking readers will agree and welcome this sentence.
Building to solve future challenges
IT is encouraging to learn that Sheffield City Council is working to make life easier and more acceptable for our increasingly older population.
For the council is to consider plans to include 50 affordable homes for older residents as part of a £5 million development in Arbourthorne.
This is a welcome step and takes into account the warning signals that the city’s population is growing older and that fresh challenges will be faced in the years ahead.
That means that we need to start planning now if we are not to be faced with huge social problems.
This is a step in the right direction and, if approved, will allow people to remain in the communities which have nurtured them through their lives and where they feel comfortable and welcome.
That is an important factor in ensuring people can enjoy their later years rather than become a burden.
Name lives on
THERE is a long tradition in Sheffield of honouring the city’s leading figures by naming new buildings after them. And that tradition continues as Sheffield Hallam University rename one of its flagship buildings after our most famous furniture designers and philanthropists, the Cantor family. It is great to learn that a family name, which is synonymous with high quality design, will endure.
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Derek.Hutchinson
Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 08:20 PMIt is sad that any muslim can chant things like death to infidels, death to the English etc yet walk away from it as though being immune from prosecution. The Protests in london by predominently muslim members showed plackards with the same and the burning of the USA flag and the Union Jack where no arrests were made. This is of course positive discrimination against the English where anything an Englishman says is judged to be racist whilst anything said against the English is considered to be normal and not against the law. About time the English woke up and took the country back as others have done in the middle east etc where our government backs the people there, I wonder if they would stand back and be overthrown by the people here without reacting the same as other countries governments in the middle east and using force against their own people?
Alexr
Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 04:02 PMClearly, Danny must have upset the muslim bombers. Did plod ask the muslim bombers if they were offended by the chants? They must have to have found out they were offended. In that case, why didn't plod arrest and prosecute the muslim bombers? . . . . Clearly a case of over zealous bullies in blue.
awreetthen
Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 09:34 PMListen to the chants from one half of the city against the other on October 16th at Bramall Lane. But obviously to chant against a religion that advocates death to us infidels is far more serious. Total lack of respect to our war dead is of course a minor offence --after all the outrage is only suffered by the English. The blame must be with Tony Blair--He put our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan instead of in our own land where the true challenge to our heritage is, supported by the LabLibLuvvies and their racist mantra. We should have provided the chanter with a megaphone not 8months in jail.
Springwood
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 10:57 AMThe lowlifes who desecrated the war memorials weak excuse were they were drunk and did fully realise what they were doing. The other two lowlifes knew full well what they were doing, to commit maximum offence. The sentencing does make sense. Some get off lightly; others get locked up for equally offensive acts.
Lancashire Dude
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 05:24 PMSpringWood £50-00 fine was also given to the drunken woman who urinated and committed a sex act at a Blackpool war memorial. Not to forget community service for that drunken student that urinated on another war memorial. Such vile acts are not the exclusive domain of people belonging to a specific religion.
Springwood
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 02:57 PMSorry for the typo * British*
Springwood
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 02:54 PM'Daniel Parker will now have eight long months to come to terms with the error of his judgement and unacceptable behaviour for chanting racist slogans outside a South Yorkshire mosque'. It serves him right. On the other side of the coin, a muslim extremist was only given a £50 fine for burning poppies on Armistice Day in front of veterans and their families during the two minuted silence, while chanting 'Bitish soldiers go to hell'. Emdadur Choudhury, of Whitechapel, East London, was convicted of threatening, abusive, insulting words and behaviour.
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