Mail readers supportive of model's compensation claim

Daily Mail readers have reacted with fury to news that a mean blogger said some nasty things about former Vogue cover girl Liskula Cohen, and were quick to express support for the model's litigious crusade to unmask the cruel web scribbler and sue for defamation.

Essex girl S. Wallace wept:

This cyber bully was clearly a very jealous and vindictive woman and I'm glad that she was been found out. Too many people come onto internet forums spreading lies and hurtful gossip. It's about time people grew up and considered other peoples feelings, how would they feel if the tables were turned?

Norman, who desribes himself as a 'UK taxpayer' despite living in Greece, jived:

Sticks & stones are one thing, but calling a woman "a whore" is quite another ting, and I hope Ms. Cohen is awarded substantial damages.

Karen from the Midlands decreed:

Good for her. People should take responsibility for their words and actions. What this anonymous woman has written was unfair and untrue, so she should be called to account for it.

While BiBi from Lagos hoped for some serious compensatory payouts:

I hope the model sues her for every dime she has...this will teach her a life lesson and same goes for all pathetic cyber bullies - Go get a life!

Readers' sympathy for the slandered model was, however, surprising to some.

When two Muslim sisters successfully sued their former employer for permitting racist and sexual abuse earlier this year, Mail readers were angered by the women's pursuit of compensation.

Michael from Cambridge said:

Disgusting when our brave soldiers facing the rest of their lives without sight, limbs and dignity receive pittances. This whole race thing is getting far, far beyond a joke.

and Kim from West Sussex agreed that people shouldn't receive money just because they were called some rude names:

We are so afraid of hurting people that we have gone too far, this money should be going to good use like education and health not to two over sensitive woman who have nothing better to complain about

Similarly, when IT manager Vinod Rajdev claimed constructive dismissal and compensation for being repeatedly called 'Paki' and finding images of himself composited into a picture of Osama Bin Laden, readers dismissed his claims as over sensitive.

'Perhaps the guy had a sense of humour bypass', suggested Chris from Heathfield, and Jemma from Exeter agreed: 'Get a life and a sense of humour !!', she warbled.

William Thomson, an expat in Dubai summed the case up succinctly:

He really needs to get a life. Another compensation claim on the back of some names Oh how dangerous and helath threatening. When does he bring in his violation of Human Rights?

And when Mona Awad, a female Muslim banker, suffered racial, sexual and religious discrimination while working for HBOS, readers reacted with weary incredulity.



Rhiannon from Oxford expounded:

If she wants to work in banking, she should grow some thicker skin. It's hard work being a girl working in a man's world, but if you don't react to silly comments, then they get bored and give up.

While Peter, also from Oxford, led a chorus of 'Here we go again!':

Here we go again!! Another 'discrimination' claim in the hope of gaining untold riches for no effort! It is well past the time when the government put a stop to this 'nice little earner''. If this woman was a manager she should have shouldered the responsibility to put a stop to it, or left to find a position that suited her better. If I claimed during my 50 odd years at work for every slight or insult I would be a multi-millionaire now!

Muslim race claim chef refused to make traditional English food

Yet another Muslim has launched a discrimination claim against his employer for asking him to do something perfectly normal that no ordinary English person would object to - probably just to offend YOU.

Money grabbing Hasanali Khoja, 60, claims that being asked to cook sausages at his job with the Metropolitan Police amounted to 'religious discrimination' - because Islam 'forbids' its adherents from handling pork.

But when bosses at the West London station where Mr Khoja worked offered to let him wear gloves and use tongs while preparing traditional '999 breakfasts', he refused, alleging that he still wouldn't be protected from splashes of fat.

'The reason for this refusal is because of the fact it is well known that if you are cooking bacon or sausages, which I was asked to do, I was exposed to splash and contact with pork which I object to. Gloves and tongs would not make any difference', he whined.

Mr Khoja also says he was greeted with derogatory gestures and face pulling when he raised concerns over the handling of pork, and no attempt was made by human resources managers to find a resolution to the situation. He had previously been assured during an interview for his post that he would not be required to cook bacon or sausages.

The story was originally reported in virtually identical form over 6 months ago, leading commenters dumbfounded that somebody could stick to their absurd religious 'beliefs' so annoyingly:

Respected columnist Richard Littlejohn agreed, asking: 'Whoever heard of a chef being excused pork?' before adding hilariously: 'Naturally, [Khoja] now wants a large sum of money by way of com-pen-say-shun'.

It remains unclear why Littlejohn is unable to write words containing more than four syllables without spelling them phonetically. A sauce said: 'He really is just that thick'.

Another day, Another race claim

British readers of a popular pro-establishment/anti-government newspaper today voiced their incredulity at the news that YET ANOTHER non-Brit has decided to launch a race claim against his employer.

Not content with the thousands of other race claims already being flung around on a daily basis, IT manager Vinod Rajdev decided to complain about his treatment at the hands of fellow workers, after finding a comical picture on his desk in which his face had been superimposed onto that of Osama bin Laden's right-hand-man Ayman al-Zawahiri. Rajdev, a foreigner, says that his office antagonist, Mark Davis, used the famous 2001 photo of bin Laden with his second in command to humiliate him.

However, Maria from Derby was unconvinced, insightfully pointing out that:


Mr Rajdev, 58, alleges that he was also called a 'Paki' and 'Corner shop' by colleagues, which, for some reason, hurt his feelings.

But Bill from Hampshire had difficulty understanding why Rajdev didn't appreciate the convivial nicknames, as he told of similar cases of 'banter':

Similarly, Sarah from London couldn't see the problem with a bit of humour and racism in the workplace. After carefully analysing the situation, she deduced that in fact Rajdev had ENJOYED taking part in the innocent japes, before realising he could make some money out of a cynical race claim:


As it emerged that Mr Rajdev was demanding at least £50,000 in compensation over the claim, Stu from Oz suggested with a brilliant use of irony that there might be an ulterior motive for the case and questioned the Asian worker's principles:

Many silly race cases have recently hit the headlines, such as the Muslim chef who sued the Metropolitan Police because he didn't want to make bacon sandwiches, and Tarique Ghaffur, who claimed that he was passed over for promotion because of his ethnicity. Ghaffur's outrageous claim was likened by columnist Amanda Plattell to 'spitting in the face of the country that saved him', as he was described with stunning eloquence as 'a hypocrite' with a 'weepy back story', who was just 'piqued he didn't get the job he wanted'.

Egbert Nobacon from Essex picked up on Plattell's astute analysis, predicting that spurious race cases like Rajdev's and Ghaffur's would prove to be counter-productive to the millions of immigrants flooding into Britain to steal our jobs:


Jacqui Weems from Southampton echoed Nobacon's sentiments, and asked 'Who could blame them?' if employers stopped hiring foreigners all together:


Civica, Mr Rajdev's employer, said that Mr Rajdev had regarded the photo as no more than a 'bit of fun' and joined in all the 'office banter'.

But Mr Radjev's lawyer Joe Sykes hissed: 'We say that this was humiliation of an Asian worker which was crude and brutal discrimination and that the company should have held the culprits to account. Instead of backing the team leader, they gave his projects to junior team members and allowed the situation to escalate.'

*** Update ***

Comments have continued to spew in since this article went to press. The growing opinion amongst enlightened commenters is that Rajdev simply needs to stop taking racism so seriously: