Man gets 22 weeks in jail for staring at someone else in public.

da_corndog · 2022-04-30T11:54:59+00:00

How dare he have eyes that collect light which his brain converts to images. Such things should be banned for all men immediately.

UnconventionalXY · 2022-04-30T12:39:02+00:00

I want to feel as safe as men on the train

If they keep up jailing men for looking at women, men aren't going to feel safe at all. Be careful what you wish for women. Just another example of unexpected consequences to knee jerk emotional reactions.

I hope UK men crash the system in opposition.

windowpass · 2022-04-30T12:55:44+00:00

The UK has officially become a feminazi country. Of course as usual, this « rule » is in favor of women, but they refuse to make it explicit lol

Arch_Stanton1862 · 2022-04-30T12:04:50+00:00

"He stood, less than a metre away, looking."

I have to admit that's creepy if you're looking at that distance at someone. I mean he wasn't excactly "zoning out" The punishment is ridiculous though.

LondonDude123 · 2022-04-30T13:08:11+00:00

The dude that got 22 Weeks did more than stare, he intentionally followed her off the train, stalked her for a bit, and actually waved at her at one point. Thats not cool in any way.

Heres the thing, I can see how a court could find that "intentionally cause harassment/alarm/distress" under UK Law. But 22 Weeks in prison? Nearly SIX MONTHS in PRISON.

If you want to make a new law, make a new law. But this dude got 6 months in prison for Section 5, which is usually an 80 quid fine. Do I smell "making an example"?

Marty-the-monkey · 2022-04-30T12:02:57+00:00

These are the two arrest described in the article, both seem justified to me.

In recent weeks the staring posters have been put into the spotlight after a man was jailed for staring at a woman on a train between Reading and Newbury, and blocking her exit

Wasn't arrested only for staring, but also for blocking her way out.

On 22 April, British Transport Police tweeted that officers in north London had arrested a man who pressed himself against a woman on a train. They had been following the man because they noticed he was "closely watching" female passengers.

Wasn't arrested only for staring, but also for pressing himself against other passangers.

Thread_water · 2022-04-30T13:44:46+00:00

“It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself__anything that carried the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face (to look incredulous when a victory was announced, for example) was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime, it was called.” -1984

lovedrspock · 2022-04-30T14:22:50+00:00

Absolutely maddening that this is a thing! FOH

oafsalot · 2022-04-30T12:48:49+00:00

As she got off, he followed, so she decided to wait on the station concourse for five minutes before boarding her bus. He stood, less than a metre away, looking.

After several trains came and left without the man getting on, she "bolted" for the stairs.

"I turned around and he was just waving at me," she says.

He stalked her mate, he got time for that as he should have. He'll be out in 11 if he's a good boy.

We don't deny some men harass women or cause them to fear, we just deny it's every man like women insist it must be.

The_Great_Sarcasmo · 2022-04-30T12:51:10+00:00

https://www.btp.police.uk/news/btp/news/in-the-courts/man-jailed-after-refusing-to-stop-staring-at-a-woman-on-a-train-and-blocking-her-exit---berkshire/

To be fair he does sound like a bit of a creep. He probably has a bunch of priors.

Title	Man gets 22 weeks in jail for staring at someone else in public.
Author	windowpass
Upvotes	44
Comments	41
Date	April 30, 2022 11:48 AM UTC (4 years ago)
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