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Well even on here you get a ban or at a minimum an infraction for offending people.

Right or wrong?

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if we only had knock knock jokes humour would be over by the time we were 5

an ex of mine had epilepsy and i made a remark in the beer garden that her giving oral sex was like playing russain roulete with your winky.The person with epilepsy wasnt offended and spat her drink out laughing while someone who happened to know a woman with epilepsy got extreemly offended on the non present persons behalf

it didnt help matters when i asked for the persons number so i could avoid putting my winky in un nessecary danger either but once you have 1 foot in a hole you may as well jump in with both.

roy chubby brown concerts have warnings in teh adverts not to atttend if easily offended yet people still go then call for him to be banned

i think some folk want to be offended and are addicted to been offended

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I can see why she is your "ex" accyman

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Well, I think that comments about people being addicted to being offended are a bit like those who shut down discussion by citing racism, homophobia and the like.
I would never go to a Chubby Brown show because I know that his humour is not something I like.
I avoid the stuff that I don't like...or the stuff I find offensive.

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It's what they said he was guilty off, he was arrested on suspicion of making a malicious communication. The Malicious Communications Act 1998 appears to be a poor piece of legislation using not how it was intended, have a read here Malicious Communications Act 1988 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It basically means anything you write online could be used against you by the Police, be it Twitter, Facebook or on here

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Hi-yes this aspect is a bit Orwellian isn't it. There's no real sign that anyone is being more careful with their comments under the threat of police action but it's a warning about surveillance I suppose:rolleyes: It's also an easy arrest for the authorities. There's an interesting book from the seventies written by a Manchester University chap "The Police We Deserve".

Margaret P seems to get the balance right [p11*] It's all about taste. Tragedy does lead to jokes to cope [as with the jewish experience] but that's different to nasty anonymous inadequate text vandals. We should be able to put them down with humour but they would need to be grown up enough to understand it. I think time is another factor but modern society has one off reminder events that declare the subject "holy" all over again eg the enormous fuss re the Titanic-other ships have gone down! I was on a forum at that time where moderators decided that all posts about the event would be deleted "out of respect"-where does that end! Not only was there no discussion about the decision, it wasn't announced-confusion all round:(
[I'm sure it's better here].

Orwell thought we would all be under constant watch via our TV sets and only the elite would have private lives. A lot of that is now true and I like to see the look on peoples faces when you remind them that CCTV cameras aren't as significant as mobile phones tracking their every move volountarily!

I watched the live feed of the two minutes silence from Glasgow yesterday.
Impressive but some aspects? I'll leave it there out of respect and [hopefully] in good taste.
Dave W

"In The Future When All's Well" Morrissey

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Sometimes we inadvertently offend others.
This is because the internet is a very difficult medium to get nuances across on....something that is said in text can offend the reader as there are no facial expressions or body language(which we take far more notice of than we realise).
I am sure that over the years I have offended some people.......we all have different views on what is and isn't offensive.
I have never ever set out to offend someone on purpose...and that is the difference. I have never been banned for expressing an opinion...maybe that is because I have tried to moderate how I have expressed the opinion.

The people who make nasty comments in the name of humour are doing it with a purpose....that purpose is to make money out of what is a tragic situation for those who have lost someone.

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Somewhere along the line I must have missed something. Where did this one come from.:confused:

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Eric, I was referring to the comedians who use bad taste jokes in their shows......but I think this gives those internet trolls the signal that these comments are acceptable.

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Yup ... they are called "muslims.";)

By the way, "winky" is not a good choice of euphemism. "Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town ..... ":D

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Surveillance is only one aspect of governmental attempts to control discourse, or, at least, channel free speech into acceptable directions. There are other, unofficial, bodies who also try to enforce control. Fox "News" comes to mind. As Goebbels was well aware, and, of course, Orwell in "1984" and "Animal Farm", who controls discourse controls the people. Political Correctness is the new Ministry of Truth.;)

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Let me check my infraction warnings.......Seems your right :D

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The Government doesn't need to do it in UK - the BBC manage quite well on their own.

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It's a pity that most folks are convinced that what they see on any news channel is "news", the "facts."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4LPkmGO5Cc

It isn't. It's a series of editorials. Check out Fox "News" for their reporting on possible Presidential candidate, Elizabeth Warren.:rolleyes: Even the sports. Read a report on a game you watched ... and I know you and I have been watching football for over half a century ... and you scratch your head, and wonder: "Was I watching the same bloody game?":confused:

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I see serial twitter abuser Katie Hopkins is at it again with a dig on Twitter at the poor scottish health worker who unfortunately has contracted Ebola. :mad: