Alison Saunders, the chief CPS prosecutor for London, told the Times: "Many people who come to the Olympics won't live here, so it is important that if offences are committed, we act quickly.
"Having single solutions for single types of offence, however important the offence is, would be the wrong way to go.
Most important of all, the offence happened half a world away, in Kenya.
Salma Yaqoob, vice-chair of Respect, said laws checking individuals' ability to cause offence were important because there was an imbalance of power in society.
More than one-third of the male cases had a criminal history and when compared with the general population, custodial sentence, psychiatric treatment and violent offences were important predictors for suicide.
So Irish law has now enshrined the notion that the taking of offence is more important than free expression.
The "real W1A" phenomenon continues to flourish at the BBC, with the latest example the numerous internal meetings devoted to how potty-mouthed play The Motherfucker with the Hat could be talked about at 7.15pm on Radio 4's arts show Saturday Review without causing offence and, more important, without giving Beeb-bashing papers a field day.
And it is really the offence that's important, not the incident".
While Rooney's reckless lash out at Stewart Downing was irresponsible and put Manchester United under pressure as they tried to protect an important lead, it is an offence that should be placed in context.
We found that a previous conviction for a violent offence is an important risk factor for this population as it was associated with the greatest increase in the c-index and Royston's R, although adjusted hazard ratios were similar to those for some other factors (Tables 4 and 5).
