Victims want their abuser charged

[donnashuggy]

It is amazing how dumb some people can be.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-17/muslim-couple-want-racist-to-be-charged-sydney-islam/6401248

[lionrose.7]

I shake my head in  wonder donna to think people would attack a different race for no reason, traveling peacefully on a train, what the hell have we become.

Sad lady, must be missing something in her life

[azureline**]

Fake fb pages.............. where will it end? and even accusations that the woman didn't start it?

[cherry*135]

Dumb? Ignorant? Mentally unstable? to carry on like that.

[***super_nova***]

I saw the interview with the lovely gentle  Pakistani couple.  So sad, Mrs.Hafeez is now frightened to travel on public transport alone with her baby.

[youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit]

I agree with the comments here..

Also, since when has it been a thing to just share your opinion in public like that? Ive noticed more people doing this in recent years..

Sometimes on the tram here, having to listen (but pretend I cant hear them) to someone kicking off, I catch myself thinking 'shutup, no one wants to hear from you!' A little respect/ common courtesy about being in public, amongst strangers, goes a long way..

and then I put my sunglasses on, ipod in and look out the window.

PS I know that I could be seen as being ignorant by those here who take the stance 'theyve got the right to express their opinions'..my reply to that is that Ive only got the right to ignore them, in an effort to commute without being harrassed.

[watta*drama*queen]

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@youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit wrote:

I agree with the comments here..

Also, since when has it been a thing to just share your opinion in public like that? Ive noticed more people doing this in recent years..

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Perhaps she does not have access to 'social media' ?  I find her behaviour unacceptable but then I also find the outburts of some on public fora such as here equally unacceptable . Uninformed , unresearched and anti-social comment appears to be the norm for some .

[lurker172602]

I had the unfortunate experience yesterday of having to spend a few hours in the company of a woman from the "that's my opinion and I'm entitled to express it" brigade. She seemed to have no awareness that she was making others feel very uncomfortable. What happened to manners and decency and tolerance?

[youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit]

watta, I know what you mean..Ive always thought 'social media' to be an ironic term!..lots of anti-social behaviour and sociopaths seem to be attracted to it..

I guess its a bit different when youre in public and you have to button your lip and play deaf and dumb.

I hear you lurker!!

and have you noticed time passes so  s     l     o     w     l     y  when youre in their company?

[*pepe]

the woman made generalised, ill informed remarks about muslims but that was not a racist rant.

I have used public transport a lot and have seen all sorts of people abused for being 'different' - skin colour, clothing, weight, religion, hair colour - you name it, but not everything is a chargeable offence, people need to harden up. 

"If someone with white skin can travel easily without any harm and concern why don't I?

that is just not true - anyone and everyone can be a target to some loudmouth.