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The FUCKING HELL is wrong with these DAMN FUCKERS?!
But seriously, overkill much?
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Fuck, shit, ass and tits!
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Amusing comment from the linked article, though I have no idea whether it's accurate:
edited 2nd Jun '11 12:50:41 AM by feotakahari
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I am vexed!
This is absolutely fucking ridiculous.
But, as mentioned, who expects anything else of the Victorian Police? They've got a high complaint rate from civilians and have a particularly dark perspective on vigilanteism. Plus, it is often inhibitively difficult to acquire adequate means of self-defense. They don't want people to be capable of solving their own problems and then prove themselves inadequate as a police force.
Choose one, for fuck's sake. I don't care which. And now they can suck cash out of civilians for swearing. Good fucking grief.
It seems gun related crime is on the rise as of late, too. If the Victorian Police don't control this sort of thing and then enforce something as stupid as a swearing ban, then it becomes clear to me that they are not a civilian protection service but a coercive government tool.
^ I wouldn't doubt it.
edited 2nd Jun '11 12:56:31 AM by MadassAlex
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Now this is what I call some fucked up shitty legilsation.
"Take your (...) hippy dream world, I'll take reality and earning my happiness with my own efforts" - Barkey
The obvious solution is to swear in languages other then English.
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God damn can the Aussie government be stupid as shit sometimes. Moral Guardians out the wing wang and no guns?
At least in America you pick one or the other for the most part :P
It saddens me that so many took the low-hanging fruit as far as jokes about this topic were concerned.
This seems trivial, if the Victorian police have bigger problems. I can see the benefits of inducing an anti-swearing law, but not one so hefty or, indeed, so inane.
Pro-Freedom Fanatic
Aussies don't have no free speech, I take it?
This law is outrageous! The guys who drafted it should be whipped to death in public.
Whenever politicians try to punish people for saying whatever the Hell they want to say, they should be put in stocks and whipped with barbed wire.
edited 2nd Jun '11 4:35:34 AM by SavageHeathen
You exist because we allow it and you will end because we demand it.
No, they shouldn't.
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Air of Mystery's solution is BRILLIANT. *finds some Victorian legislators* Come mierda y mueres, hijos de puta!
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.
So how do they define "swearing", anyway?
And let us pray that come it may (As come it will for a' that)
^ Foul words which are unspeakable in civilised conversation?
Whoa dude, just whoa. I think this law is outrageous too, but I think the guys who drafted it shouldn't have anything to do with government, politics, or law, I don't think they should be killed or tortured for it. Torture is only the answer to a few things, not most things.
Victoria actually does have a bill of rights, called the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities. Freedom of expression is protected, in theory, but parliament can ignore it under certain circumstances. I'm not sure if swearing is even covered by this, though.
Nationwide we have an implied right to freedom of political communication, which is the closest thing we have to freedom of speech. Very few rights are protected by the constitution - it's mostly done via legislation because of how annoying and difficult it is to actually change the constitution, and civil rights weren't really a big priority when they drew the thing up.
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I reckon they should be mildly whipped with a wet towel.
Or booted with the giant boot from The Simpsons Australia episode as an ironic punishment for being unrepresentative of our nation.
Hell Hasn't Earned My Tears
inb4 the Australians hold a protest where they all curse at the people pushing the law
You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
Pro-Freedom Fanatic
@Barkey: Conspiring to abolish or abridge the freedoms of the public should be one of those things.
You exist because we allow it and you will end because we demand it.
You gotta take a step back bro, it's not some big conspiracy, it's a few morons who think cursing is damaging to the fabric of society. They are idiots, yes, but death or torture is disproportionate retribution to the max.
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What a load of lant and shite.
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@savage - I'm with Barkey on this. I agree the law is stupid as all hell, but it's not like they're killing civilians or actually preventing you from expressing your opinions (because free speech =/= cursing). Hell, whipped to death with barbed wire is barbaric for any crime, really. I thought the point was to be better than them.How the fuck can you complain about the moral ambiguity of a swear fine when you're calling for lynchings?
edited 2nd Jun '11 8:08:37 AM by Astrosimi
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/a-curse-on-both-houses-20110601-1fgkm.html
And yes, I was so outraged I DID just quote James Rolfe, the Angriest Gamer You Ever Heard.
$240 dollar fines for swearing in Victoria, Australia. Would I expect anything less than the "Victorian Police"? What, do they have MONOCLES they drop now?
Excuse me while I become the Scarface of swear word smuggling in this profanity prohibition. Victoria man, this whole town's a great big pussy just waiting to get fucked.
Hell Hasn't Earned My Tears