Teenager fined £80 for swear word

Lord Zentei · Post by **Lord Zentei** » 2006-02-27 03:00am

Making officers de facto judges of what constitutes appropriate behaviour in public is ridiculous. Unless swearing is specifically prohibited?

Jon wrote:This country is going to shit, whether it's the government and their fucking stupid initatives or the cesspit dwelling scum who walk the streets, I'm outta here as soon as a viable option presents itself.

Where would you prefer to go?

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2006-02-27 08:32am

Lord Zentei wrote:Making officers de facto judges of what constitutes appropriate behaviour in public is ridiculous. Unless swearing is specifically prohibited?

Jon wrote:This country is going to shit, whether it's the government and their fucking stupid initatives or the cesspit dwelling scum who walk the streets, I'm outta here as soon as a viable option presents itself.
Where would you prefer to go?

Might I suggest the US or Canada? Both very nice places, even if the United States do need a bit of tidying-up recently.

mingo · Post by **mingo** » 2006-02-27 09:07am

In the town I used to live in here in the US, we had someone taken to court for "swearing in the presence of a minor". The WHOLE story is that this person was starting a gan and the police whated to harrass him out of town, and in fact, they did. Interestingly though, some words considered swearing in the UK, are not understood as such here in the US, proving that words are merely sounds, the meanings we assign to them.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2006-02-27 11:01am

I believe "goddamn" is a word that wouldn't be allowed on TV pre-watershed, unlike here. The US would be the last place I'd move to get away from this crap. I always liked the idea of either Canada of some quiet place in Australia or Japan.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2006-02-27 11:11am

Admiral Valdemar wrote:I believe "goddamn" is a word that wouldn't be allowed on TV pre-watershed, unlike here. The US would be the last place I'd move to get away from this crap. I always liked the idea of either Canada of some quiet place in Australia or Japan.

Let me just say, anyone suggesting moving to Canada to get away from this sort of shit is fucking delusional. That is all.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2006-02-27 11:48am

Then that leaves only two options; my image of Canadia is tainted.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2006-02-27 02:56pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:Then that leaves only two options; my image of Canadia is tainted.

From conversations with my cousins in australia australia really is no worse for censorship, cutting films tv shows etc to pieces to remove "offence".

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2006-02-27 03:41pm

And yet they happily show tits on TV in both Australia and Canada... makes one wonder about their priorities.

wolveraptor · Post by **wolveraptor** » 2006-02-27 07:44pm

They say Italy is great if you're looking for tits on TV.

Hendrake · Post by **Hendrake** » 2006-02-28 05:13am

And for nothing else.

Remember, in Italy blasfemy can get you fined in the hundred-euros range or more (maximum fine is 5.000 euros), though it's rarely enforced and the Catholic Church has a very firm grip on the Parliament.

And of course with 85% of TVs and newspaper directly or indirectly controlled by Dear Premier political information is somewhat skewed, and satire sometimes is censored...

I don't recommand it.