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Yes. You can sue for whatever you want to ask for unless there is a limitation. This is simply a fact.You're trying to justify suing for 150k for a racially motivated comment.
No. Read it again.You're also trying to justify Faruqi's comments were ok, coz, 'the queen is dead, you can't defame the dead' lol, again no surprise.
I was saying Faruqi's comments are true and echoed in many different countries.
The death of Queen Elizabeth II has prompted an outpouring of reflection and reaction online. But not all was grief – some young Africans instead are sharing images and stories of their own elders, who endured a brutal period of British colonial history during the Queen’s long reign.
“I cannot mourn,” one wrote on Twitter, posting an image of what she said was her grandmother’s “movement pass” – a colonial document which prevented free travel for Kenyans under British rule in the east African country.
Another wrote that her grandmother “used to narrate to us how they were beaten & how their husbands were taken away from them & left to look after their kids,” during colonial times. “May we never forget them. They are our heroes,” she added.
Their refusal to mourn highlights the complexity of the legacy of the Queen, who despite widespread popularity was also seen as a symbol of oppression in parts of the world where the British Empire once extended.
Kenya, which had been under British rule since 1895, was named an official colony in 1920 and remained that way until it won independence in 1963. Among the worst atrocities under British rule occurred during the Mau Mau uprising, which started in 1952 – the year Queen Elizabeth took the throne.
The colonial administration at the time carried out extreme acts of torture, including castration and sexual assault, in detainment camps where as many as 150,000 Kenyans were held. Elderly Kenyans who sued for compensation in 2011 were ultimately awarded £19.9 million by a British court, to be split between more than 5,000 claimants.
The UK Foreign Secretary at the time, William Hague, said: “The British Government recognises that Kenyans were subject to torture and other forms of ill treatment at the hands of the colonial administration. The British government sincerely regrets that these abuses took place, and that they marred Kenya’s progress towards independence.”
Queen is dead. She can't. Queen also had a different office and place in society.Willing to bet you'd think differently if Faruqi had passed and the queen tweeted 'can't support someone who was an irrational progressive and willingly displays disdain for the monarchy'
Belittling the sentiments expressed in that comment and by millions around the world.drive by comment
Dunno about that but I will take it on face value. I don't recall you commenting about her but that's no litmus test as I read dozens of posts a day.I'm no fan of the hanson
Hanson did this to herself. She is a racist piece of shit.baited dumb ass hanson hook, line and sinker.
So what is the upper limit for these actions?Either either, in no known universe is pursuing such a heavy penalty is valid, regardless if it's legal recourse.
Does the law cite an upper limit? If not, it's valid. Racists are getting theirs. Deal with it.
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