tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post2017642209952434282..comments2023-11-05T22:12:50.570+11:00Comments on Daphne Anson: How Sweet It Is! Judge Bathurst-Norman ReprimandedDaphne Ansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-33182083128294235562012-04-04T22:06:38.698+10:002012-04-04T22:06:38.698+10:00Many thanks for this alert, Ariadne!Many thanks for this alert, Ariadne!Daphne Ansonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-9648973130385790692012-04-04T20:15:34.908+10:002012-04-04T20:15:34.908+10:00There's a recent whitewash of this case:
Smas...There's a recent whitewash of this case:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1288636/smash_edo_the_inside_story_of_activists_battle_against_arms_giant.html" rel="nofollow">Smash EDO: the inside story of activists' battle against arms giant</a><br /><br />And worse:<br /><br /><i>EDO campaign<br />Campaigners are planning a summer of protest against the EDO arms factory in Brighton.</i><br /><br />What passes for analysis in this ignorant, lopsided, bigoted country of ours. Note the promise of ongoing "action". And of course the politically-motivated omission of heinous bias.Ariadnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890283022455289696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-1482511157714416612010-10-08T22:06:14.384+11:002010-10-08T22:06:14.384+11:00I have seen much made of Judge B-N's Jaffa ori...I have seen much made of Judge B-N's Jaffa origin, but in fact his father was in the East Africa colonial service, and I have a hunch his birth took place in Jaffa when his mother was en route from East Africa to England (or vice versa). I get the impression that his father's career was based in Kenya and not at any time in Mandate Palestine.Daphne Ansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-50201782201384368932010-10-08T21:54:13.339+11:002010-10-08T21:54:13.339+11:00I had professional contact with George Bathurst-No...I had professional contact with George Bathurst-Norman back in the '60s, when he was junior counsel, and always found him to be fair and reasonable, so I was completely shocked when I read of the manner in which he dealt with this case.<br /><br />I did not know that he was born in Jaffa, and that his father had some role in the British colonial-style administration of the Mandate.<br /><br />There's no doubt that most of the British military and civilian personnel posted out there were prejudiced against the Jews, and there's strong argument that, despite the 1917 Balfour Declaration (which proved to be not worth the paper it was written on), the British did more to sabotage the re-birth of the Jewish state than to foster it. Something of all this must have rubbed off onto this Judge.Gordon Rossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-1725780519155925462010-10-08T08:03:08.841+11:002010-10-08T08:03:08.841+11:00I take your point, Nathan. I should have perhaps c...I take your point, Nathan. I should have perhaps called it "bittersweet" - because while it's certainly true that, despite the reprimand, the acquittal that resulted from Bathurt-Norman's bias is not subject to appeal (in English Law acquittals can't be, and the reprimand doesn't have any impact on this), the reprimand surely acts as a deterrent to any future summings up of the kind he used. Plus he's unlikely to be used again.Daphne Ansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-82027137527780642642010-10-08T07:49:59.676+11:002010-10-08T07:49:59.676+11:00It's not so sweet, in fact it STINKS that due ...It's not so sweet, in fact it STINKS that due to that hateful summing up by a prejudiced judge the people consequently can't be retried.nathan of plazanoreply@blogger.com