To not be sure who is wrong in the Golly dispute?

[Mitmoo]

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2034203/Grandmother-faces-court-placing-Golliwog-window-dispute-neighbour-black-wife.html

OK it's a DM to flame me but never the less..........

A grandmother has a longrunning dispute over boundary issues, which I know from personal experience can be extremely distressing, even though in my case it was just a part of my small back garden not serious land as in this case.

The grandmother IMO was probably being racist in putting the golly in her window, but it is in her house and no one is being forced to look at it. She says it is a grandchild's toy and was put there only while tidying up. Other neighbour was so offended they photographed it!

But AIBU in thinking the other couple were being ridiculous to go to the police about it and now the original woman (probably in the wrong, don't buy the grandchilds toy story) could be facing two years in jail?

Perhaps there is an argument for granny being a nut in this day and age to buy a golly for a child, while admittedly loved the badges from the jamjars in the 70's.

Ultimately it is a doll, in her house, on her windowsill, she's wrong, she's probably racist but how can this be a good use of our courts, our legal system, this is a neighbour dispute.

How can they prove what was in her mind when she placed the golly in the window sill? AIBU in thinking these families are as bad as each other and are blowing this up out of all proportion, while accepting boundary disputes do get under your skin big time.

It seems to me involving the police was vindictive and a court case over this is unnecessary?

It's the sort of behaviour if I saw it I would say "silly cow" or similar and move on.

Two wrongs and all that. Not defending racist behaviour for a second just seems to me this has been blown out of proportion in making this a court case with possible jail time for having a golly on your windowsill.

Particularly as I am not sure they can prove her intent when putting it there.
We are supposed to be in dire financial straights as a country, how much is this case costing?

OR AIBU?

[sundayrose10]

Jacqueline- Well dh must be the worst black person on this planet, the bloody racist!

We also let our children watch Tom and Jerry...Oh my God will the racism in our household ever stop!


We do not care about your husband and his nasty doll. It does not change the fact that that thing is racist. People kill me when they marry a black person and come out with so much shit out of their mouth. My husband this, my husband that. What a bore.

[sundayrose10]

My god! some people are so fucking pig shit thick. Just no getting through to them. You can link article after article to try and educate these grown people and they still come out with the same old shit. I applaud all who have TIRELESSLY tried to explain over and over again why those things are offensive. You have the patience of a saint.

[Jaquelinehyde]

Well sundayrose10 aren't you a lovely person!

My husband had an opinion on a subject and asked me to express it as he doesn't have an account. The opinion and experience he discussed hadn't yet been represented so how you could be bored by that I don't know.

Maybe it's just that anyone who doesn't agree with you is a bore or fucking pig shit thick as you so elequently put it.

Well I see your fucking pig shit thick, bore and so much shit out of their mouth and raise you a great big fucking CUNT which I am sure someone as pleasant as you could never be but if we are going to play the insult game lets do it properly!

Seriously why does a grown up debate always have to decend into petty name calling it's pathetic!

P.S. I'm loving the irony of the 'when they marry a black person' comment. How fucking stoooooopid is that!

[AmberLeaf]

P.S. I'm loving the irony of the 'when they marry a black person' comment. How fucking stoooooopid is that

I totally got her point on that one.