I say this all the time, but the last time I traveled overseas was on a trip to London. It was fabulous, and I keep telling myself I'd like to go back. But I'd like to go back to July 2001. It's been so disappointing to see the direction the United Kingdom has gone. Unfettered immigration from Muslim countries, knife crimes, and being thrown in jail over a Facebook meme are just a few of the delights that await. Hell, England even threatened to extradite Elon Musk and arrest him over his posts on X about the Southport riots.
Here's another crazy story out of the U.K. A woman is going to prison for 17 years for killing her rapist.
At 18, Martyna Ogonowska got 17 years for stabbing a man who was violently sexually assaulting her - appeal denied.
— Emily Wilding Davison🏴🇬🇧 (@Wommando) May 9, 2025
Banaras Hussain, Rotherham gang leader who raped & tortured girls as young as 11, walked free after serving under half his 19-year sentence.
This isn’t justice. pic.twitter.com/dWPvc9kOqz
This is insane
— gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 10, 2025
The Guardian reports:
A woman who stabbed a man to death as he sexually assaulted her has lost an appeal against her 17-year jail term.
Martyna Ogonowska was handed a life sentence aged 18 after being convicted of the 2018 murder of Filip Jaskiewicz, 23, in a Peterborough car park, using a knife she said she carried for self protection.
Sentencing her at Cambridge crown court in 2019, Judge Farrell QC told Ogonowska that Jaskiewicz “undoubtedly touched you sexually and was violent to you shortly before he was killed”. But he said it did not qualify as self-defence because Ogonowska, who he accepted suffered from some mental disability and had experienced previous trauma, had taken a knife to the scene.
The U.K. is very serious about knives (and ninja swords). You're not supposed to have a knife. You're supposed to dispose of it in one of the handy knife disposal bins around London. U.K. police have raided charity shops and confiscated knives (and a rusty spoon as well).
It did not qualify as self-defense.
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As Elon Musk said, insane.
If this had happened 20 years ago, all of Europe would have been on its feet
— Marc P. Babare (@wannatrustyou) May 10, 2025
The UK seems to love predators
— Carlos E. Moreyra, MD (@moreyraortho) May 10, 2025
The UK is done for
— Caleb (@CapitalCaleb) May 10, 2025
Afraid so.
Norway is the same. You cannot do anything, but call for help, if possible. Otherwise you are prey, and you just pray. Or go to jail.
— Robert (@InfiniCreateAI) May 10, 2025
Meanwhile, in the United States:
Authorities in Spotslyvania County say they're still deciding whether to charge a Fredericksburg-area homeowner in the fatal weekend shooting of a teenager. Investigators say the 18-year-old was one of three teens breaking into the man's house. https://t.co/xLZXx92h7S
— FOX 5 DC (@fox5dc) May 6, 2025
Castle doctrine. This shouldn’t even be a question.
— Ryan Petty (@rpetty) May 6, 2025
Self-defense is a natural right. You don't get to override it.
— Sour Patch Lyds (@sourpatchlyds) May 6, 2025
“The boys who survived tell investigators they were recording themselves "dinging and ditching" for a TikTok challenge, not trying to commit burglaries.”
— Nice Guy Eddie (@pompousgrass) May 6, 2025
“Dinging and ditching” at 3:00 in the morning. Ok..sure. 👍
The "boys."
You don't ding-dong ditch from the backyard.
— Dennis, Actual Antifascist (@spongeworthy2) May 6, 2025
I am not sure I buy the ding and ditch story. Especially from the backyard?! It sounds very much like what was reported. They were committing burglary
— Fr. Gabriel Robert Hanley (@SFS150) May 7, 2025
If the U.S. goes the way of the U.K., they'll lock up the intended robbery victim.
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