Free speech ... nah, not if you hurt someone's feelings

[Sun Wukong]

Paul Grange - Poor taste joke on a t-shirt worn down the pub

Look at the state of the poor guy over it.

I mean wow.

In Worcester. An event that has happened 30 years ago.

Poor taste and stupid, but wow.

Any input?
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"Hard times lead to hard people. Hard people lead to good times. Good times lead to weak people. Weak people lead to hard times." Smegballs
"Oh and STE balloons would be one of the nicer things we would receive at the office, the amount of dog turd in jiffy bags is not funny." Jsmith86

[Jewlio Rides Again LLB]

Free speech is a myth.
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[smegballs]

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[The Shaggy D.A.]

To save digging...

[BTTD]

He sounds like an idiot. I can see getting barred from the pub, but arrested, and court time?
I would of thought a caution would be strong.

[Joncrete Cungle]

[Ste]

"That Paul Grange is going to have the worst Monday ever. He's waking up to 3 bouncy castles and a petting zoo in his front garden!!"

https://twitter.com/GerryCLFC/status/737187886890684417

[Sun Wukong]

So it's not just me. I want to give the poor bastard a hug, frankly.

The media bullying in the UK is utterly shameful.
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"Hard times lead to hard people. Hard people lead to good times. Good times lead to weak people. Weak people lead to hard times." Smegballs
"Oh and STE balloons would be one of the nicer things we would receive at the office, the amount of dog turd in jiffy bags is not funny." Jsmith86

[Pete.]

I must be the exception, because I think he's a cockend for even considering wearing such a slogan. I mean it doesn't warrant the outcome but the only reason you'd wear it is in the hope of provoking some real or feigned outrage. No sympathy here.
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a.k.a 'Geri'

132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[CaNsA]

Go stand in the middle of Manchester wearing a t-shirt with the slogan,

"IRA Bombings, God's way of helping Rentokil"

Let me know how that works out for you.

[Rogerborg]

Back in the 80's, I used regularly to wear this t-shirt.

https://shirtsofsatan.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/tumblr_kvkxqqcx6r1qzzumoo1_500.jpg

I expect I'd get the jail for it now unless I were a Labour MP or Councillor.

He is a muppet for rolling over. If it was "banter" aimed at his scally mates, then the the intent was to insult them rather than offend the world. Thanks to Darth May, that's not actually an offence any more.
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[Tracey Suntan-King]

It's social media again. He is a knobhead. The t shirt was not funny or clever. It was offensive.

However, in the good old days, wouldn't so-called peer pressure prevail? As someone else said, getting barred from the pub, or some abuse from other drinker or mates would mean job done.

But no. Not anymore, social media means that the faux outrage spreads, feeds itself and morphs into a baying mob with pitchforks and flaming torches.

Thus, the police (who won't even come to your house if you're burgled or your car is stolen) end up knocking on his door and charges are laid against him.

It's not proportionate, there should never have been a prosecution.

It is frightening how one, private individual's mistake becomes the crime of the century thanks to "likes" or "shares". Everybody has to publish an opinion nowadays. It's not like he pished on a war memorial on the anniversary of the Somme or anything, is it?

However, ZFG, if he thought that his t shirt was funny, maybe he should have stayed in that day.
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[Lord Percy]

[Sun Wukong]

Charlie Brooker has it well;

Rebecca Black shaming

and equally distasteful, and more media contrived...

"Women hate me because I'm beautiful" global hate sponge

It is getting truly shameless these days.
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"Hard times lead to hard people. Hard people lead to good times. Good times lead to weak people. Weak people lead to hard times." Smegballs
"Oh and STE balloons would be one of the nicer things we would receive at the office, the amount of dog turd in jiffy bags is not funny." Jsmith86

[Sload]

Just, well you know.
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[colink98]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/alisonvingiano/this-is-how-a-womans-offensive-tweet-became-the-worlds-top-s?utm_term=.fgLoNNgVX#.oeoeYYxE3

i recall seeing a TED discussion about this.

[Tracey Suntan-King]

When I was at school one of the girls* came out of the lav with her skirt accidentally tucked into the back of her pants.

Much hilarity ensued, she was mortified and occasionally teased for weeks afterwards then it was forgotten.

Nowadays such an event might easily result in pics shared on social media, inviting opinions of and mocking by strangers, culminating in public shaming of an innocent mistake by someone who should have been able to rely on a friend having a quiet word in her ear, enabling the situation to be quietly rectified.

Many of these so-called shaming incidents are similar to the above, a careless mistake by someone living an otherwise uncontroversial life.

The course of your life should not be changed by other people's reactions to your silly mistake.

It stinks.

*me
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Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're probably right

[Polarbear]

Don't go and post on Twitter is the first rule.
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[WD Forte]

Oh FFS
I thought he was a complete dick head for wearing it, but feel
a bit sorry for the sod now.
In other news......
I hear wolf whistling is now a hate crime in Nottingham
Jeez where is at all going to end?
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[Ste]