[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

We can only comment based upon the facts at hand Annie, and that evidence suggests the guy on the floor started the trouble.

The fact no one got involved is no surprise to me though, because I have been in the city centre when a big football match had just ended and the shops were locking shoppers inside because hundreds of idiots were running amok having pitched battles in the street. I was shopping with my wife and saw about 6 or 7 yobs start beating and kicking the hell out of one kid who was about 15 years old, who was on his own and not even a football fan, and was doing nothing wrong. A couple of those punching and kicking him were blokes in their 30's the idiot bastards.

There were lots of people including grown men who could have intercepted but no one did - except muppet here. I ended up bloodied myself but did beat them off and I rescued the poor kid and kept him with us until the trouble had passed.

Most people do not want to get involved these days Annie, it's a sad fact.

Back to the topic; yes the gay guy went too far, but I still maintain that from the evidence available he did not start the trouble.

But you did intervene so you can't say no one ever intervenes, the woman who came across Lee Rigby on the ground intervened, it's not a given that no one intervenes, this screams staged the way the guy is mincing around with his handbag, what would we be saying if a guy was having seven bells kicked out of him and the attacker was strutting around and his sexuality was not obvious, Would we be saying the guy on the ground deserves it for verbally insulting the attacker?