Old man cleared of thought-crime charges

From The Scotsman:

AN ELDERLY taxi driver held in a police cell for 12 hours after he used racist words in front of his white passengers has told of his relief at being cleared of criminal charges.

James Young, 71, was arrested at his home after his passengers reported him to the police, claiming they had been enraged at his insistence on describing Pakistanis in a derogatory way.

The accusations, by the wife and daughter of a former Labour MP, sent the great-grandfather, who has an unblemished record, into a spiral of depression. But yesterday, he walked free from Dundee Sheriff Court after a sheriff threw out the charges, ruling he had no case to answer.

Sheriff Maxwell Hendry said Mr Young's comments had been "undoubtedly embarrassing, annoying and inappropriate", but they did not constitute an offence.

Last night, politicians and campaigners welcomed the decision, describing the determination to prosecute in the first place as "crazy".

However much I love my Scots heritage I am so damn glad my great great great grandparents got on that boat for America.

The fact that the charges were thrown out means that sanity ultimately won the day, but it shouldn't have even had a fight on its hands. The fact that the cops were even willing to go to this guy's house and arrest him because the wife and daughter of some former moonbat (in other words Labor) MP said they heard him say something mean about one of the Muslim immigrants who are destroying Scotland boggles the fraking mind!

Listen up America. If we elect someone like Mrs. Bill Clinton or B. Hussein Obama or the Breck Girl and return San Fran Nan to the Speaker's chair in the House we'll be pushing our own country toward this kind of lunacy.