Because lostalex came into the thread, called us hypocrites and went on about how the UK is full of racists or something.

Ok this has gone on long enough, and lostalex I'm sick of you derailing threads like this, if you really want to talk about British history then start a new thread, but from now on any off-topic posts will be deleted and maybe infracted.

That about sums it up.

Now... back to the thread.

I didn't see the news - did anyone?

Arista, how was the story covered? I tried switching but didn't catch it.

I didn't see it on BBC News, I asked mum to put it on but if there was something I must have missed it.

I tried 3 different channels - to catch the Regional news - and must have missed it each time.

Hrm perhaps it might be mentioned tomorrow?

BBC Breakfast might mention it, they tend to mention similar things in the mornings.

I wish I saw the news report on it.

God I love YouTube for giving twats like this their comeuppance. :love:

I'm impressed with the speed in which they arrested her.

what on earth was she thinking? she must have been drunk or on drugs

Correct Pyramid
As a SA Boer my first language is Afrikaans.Some of my older relatives have very limited English.

I can say hand on heart that at given stages of my life: I have been under the influence of one, other or both - and never once did it produce such racist, venomous hatred for another human being in the way it did with her.

I know we aren't all the same: but I find it hard to believe that such clear hatred would be spat out in the way she did, because she must have been under the influence. It's no excuse, regardless.

Yes could be.

Boer...that's the correct spelling. I used 'boar' earlier on. (I used to date a lad when I was a teenager in Saudi, who was a SA Boer. Bloody gorgeous he was too). Jan Van Der Laan. Scrumptious guy.:blush:

Sorry.. I disgress.

On the subject of languages - I noticed how 'well spoken' those that the women in the tram was addressing, in comparison to her own way of speaking..... completely showed her up at every turn.

Yeah she does look like she is on coke or something.Her jaw movements are like she is chewing on a piece of cardboard.
The most worrying thing for me is not that she is an ignorant fool,but that the child doesn't even flinch.Poor lad seems used to her rants.

It was on ITV1 London News
then
BBC London News

Its a Local News story
but could become Front page.

something must have happened to provoke her though? not that that's an excuse but we don't see the whole story from start to finish, it begins in mid-rant

Oh, I see.

I wouldn't be surprised if we see it on the main news.

I don't think so, it's probable that she's just a racist, saw there were a fair few people of other nationalities/races and went off on one

And the issue of secretly filming a minor and putting it up on YouTube without the consent of the parents? :nono:

I think (?) Niahm said much the same thing earlier in the thread: that was the real concerning part of it: the child was completely unfazed by her ranting..... just shocking.

Far as I'm concerned, given that she was committing a criminal act - to try to hide that because the child was filmed - is pretty petty imo. Hundreds of thousands of clips are on youtube of youngsters, and you can be sure that their parents haven't consented to them.

The news agencies reporting this are rightly hiding the child's face.

The poster of this video did not

A clear invasion of this child's privacy

people have a right to be able to get on a public tram and not be filmed by someone though, especially people with children

the news agencies are correct to do so as they are obliged to meet with regulations and legislation to ensure they follow such practices.

I do not believe that the poster of this video should be taken to task - in any way, shape or form. They were filming a criminal act taking place.

If that's all that's needed to protect criminals, they just need to ensure they have a young child to hand at all times.

Can't say I'll lose sleep over the kid not having his face blurred, people find themselves filmed unwittingly all the time