(October 24, 2011 at 6:40 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Thought I should update people on this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-15429369
Not really a win for people supporting freedom of speech / expression; she got off on a technicality rather than being acquitted because the government should have no say in what people display in their windows...
The CPS took the right decision not to proceed any further since it would be impossible to prove conclusively that Mrs. Mason herself put the golliwog in the window. The CPS has acted in the public interest in avoiding the costs involved in pusuing the matter.
I doubt that the golliwog will be appearing in Mrs. Mason's window in future...... which is to be celebrated.
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
