Covent Garden - why don't I trust the reporting ?

Bear in mind, I would summarily execute litter louts. And if you are caught using a phone driving you get the choice of phone or car to be crushed.

Locals say she is an unwell woman from Romania who has been around the area and the hostel for a long time. She was easily brought down by the police.

apparently 47, so of an age when Romania was in dire straits with people surrendering their babies to orphanages because they couldn’t afford to feed them. And those places did nothing more than feed the babies. All of whom will have lifelong and significant consequences of trauma.

So, of the rumours are true she’s got a significant history of mental illness, is homeless, has addictions and is steadily living in this area with locals being aware of her sufficiently to recognise her.

and she really likes her vape.

the point on this thread isn’t whether the perpetrator who stabbed four men was a woman - it is that thousands of commenters do not trust the bbc to accurately report a multiple stabbing in the middle of the day I the. Middle of our capital city. That’s a problem.

I was sceptical when they said "woman" because of the endless false articles the media keep putting out. They have headlines like "Woman rapes" etc and show a bearded man underneath. It is the boy who cried wolf, you lie too many times and people stop believing you.

We also have Coulter's Law which is they will immediately say "White British Male" and so when they don't immediately say that, you know that it won't be. We've got the trope of "Welsh Choirboy" now thanks to the media.

"Nothing binds a community together more than public shaming. Discuss."

Not so sure Mr. Lowe would be in favour of public executions. I mean isn't that Sharia law ? Also hanging needs too much skill. Too short and it takes forever, and time is money. Too long and you need to pay to clean the pit out. If you are going to execute by decapitation then at least do it properly with a guillotine. That way you could charge the condemned extra to lie face down when the mouton falls.

As you can see, I have done some research.

This. It's not as if she took them on in a boxing ring with a ref and rules to follow. She could have simply slashed unsuspecting men from behind (a "sucker" attack) in a crowd in which case it's easy to injure multiple people before people notice what's going on (reaction and response time) and take action to restrain her.

Some women hate men on a psychotic level. My ex-boss was like this. Every day we'd witness several diatribes directed against the male sex; she was a room counter as well and would make a fuss if there were more male to females present - she'd launch into a loud lecture about the patriarchy. It was endlessly tedious. She only employed women but god help you if you said something nice about your husband... It was like unleashing the kracken!

Of course, she was one of those women who was endlessly 'undressed' and 'sexually harassed' on her journey in on a daily basis, despite looking like a middled aged Rose West - the rest of us would just read Metro or our books on the journey in without incident. She'd always start the day with telling us about this.

hanging it is then, the rope can be used many times, maybe make it pay to view event and it could be run at a profit . As for the car v phone conundrum, if it's a contract phone and a leased/finaced car then it may help to explore alternative punishment. May I suggest the stocks followed by some street cleaning wearing a high vis jacket saying "I am a text and drive menace"

Re the execution of litter louts, would this be by hanging, electric chair or lethal injection?

Whichever is cheapest. I'm not a monster.

Re the choice of car of phone being crushed, phone of course, it's a no brainer given the ease and cost of replacement of a phone v a car.

Depends if you actually own either.

It’s possible. Crowded place, no warning, perpetrator acts quickly. Could have attacked from behind and just gone from one to another in seconds. Or potentially the last one or two could have defensive wounds while disarming her.

He's just playing at it though. No mention of summary justice. Typical snowflake. Talks tough, but that's all.

This thread is shocking.

This is the exact cognate of other parts of the hard right presuming every assault or rape is probably committed by a Muslim. Deliberately stoking up of fear.

any yes, I’ve read the thread and understand the flimsy defence of ‘but trans people made us do it’. As some of the more sensible regulars here have recognised, it doesn’t wash.

its possible to think people can’t change biological sex, that males shouldn’t be in women’s prisons, etc (and I think both those things) without resorting to this level of casual hatred