Grenfell garden bonfire video

I am never sure when "better to ignore" and" need to challenge" start & end.
We know in the past those masterminding the rise of facism pareaded as respectable whilst rabble rousing amongst disgruntled/ poorly educated groups. In between people turned blind eyes, thought it " would never happen" kept low profiles etc. Then we had WW2

Could you expand on your thoughts on " slippery slope" argument please maryeliza. I am genuinely interested.

Slippery slope arguments are the last refuge for an inadequate argument and sadly very common here and out there

Baggs

No surprise but I agree totally with the thought process behind the words in your link.

It was crystal clear from the very first reports of the video that it was filmed at the time and put on WhatsApp as anyone with more than one brain cell means it can then go viral. That meant the private event became public and it happened because the people concerned wanted others to see what racist idiots they are

if they didn't intend it to be made public why did they film it and put it on social media?

An intersting opinion. But not sure it is the police who will make a decision to prosecute or make up the laws!
It is the police who act on information that a crime MAY have been committed. Their job is to find evidence, to protect the public, uphold existing laws. If on investigation no law has been broken then no action taken. In this case men went to the police, police followed through and will present a case to CPS who make a decision.

I am unclear how the video became public. But if you play on the edge you have to expect the possibility of falling off!