I'm afraid I'm on the side of the old bill on this one
I'm a huge advocate of the word ‘Cunt’ and I agreed with the late great George Carlin when he said the following about offensive words:
"There is absolutely nothing wrong with any of those words in and of themselves. They're only words. It's the context that counts. It's the user. It's the intention behind the words that makes them good or bad. The words are completely neutral. The words are innocent. I get tired of people talking about bad words and bad language. Bullshit! It's the context that makes them good or bad. The context."
You come to a website like b3ta and you expect to see cunts everywhere (literally and figuratively), and while the cause of what those guys were doing was certainly funny and arguably morally virtuous, calling random office workers, some of whom may just work in HR or IT, walking out of a building "you cunt" I think is a step too far, which is a shame because everything else about this skit was great.
I suspect someone was quite rightly offended by some girl waving a collection tin and calling them a cunt and made a complaint to the Police, which they're duty bound to investigate. He could have been politer to her from the outset though.
/rant over, relurks
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OldWhit, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 8:31,
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Me too
*unlurks*
Freedom of speech and all that, but regardless of what the parent company have done, calling someone a cunt because of who they work for when their very livelihood may be hanging in the balance is a bit off too in my opinion,
I don't like that girl. full of e4 presenter blasé and had total disrespect for authority, if a policeman asks you to do something, you do it, end of. Regardless of how 'wacky and 'zany' you want to be. Observe how the cameraman is inching away all the while, and the guy actually seems to observe the gravity of the situation and tells her to take it off. It'd be a great one to explain to mummy and daddy and to work (assuming she does) "I've been arrested" "what for" "well..."
And people above are moaning about the policeman being a bit rude when she's walking around with 'cunt' written on her back? And fair do's there 'wasn't anybody around' whilst he was talking to her but he's obviously steered her away from the RBS building because if someone's riled up enough to call the police then you want them away from there, like i said, some people could be losing their jobs and livelihoods, and being called a cunt could tip them over into a drama student killing spree.
/rant
/grumpy old/young man
*relurks*
(, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 13:19, Reply)
"Cunt"?...
...vs ""Smartarse" (as used by the copper). 'Offensive' language is a matter of opinion.
Get arrested and play the tape of the hypocritical and arrogant copper back in court.
(, Fri 27 Feb 2009, 15:27, Reply)
You what?
"if a policeman asks you to do something, you do it, end of."
No. They don't get to tell civilians what to do. That's not what the police are for, nor is that within their rights.
(, Fri 27 Feb 2009, 16:14, Reply)
I'm with you on that...
...he was trying to intimidate her into doing what he said without answering her polite questions about what law she was breaking. A police officer is not the law.
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yes yes yes man oi mate, someone's writtten 'bum' on your neck, Fri 27 Feb 2009, 18:36,
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