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Swearing is now banned here.
« on: May 31, 2011, 11:19:34 PM »
In the state of Victoria, apparently now you'll receive a $200+ fine for swearing in public if a cop hears you. WTF is this shit? I mean really, it's slowly becoming Orwellian here. They cite it as 'anti-socal' behaviour, oh bullshit, it's practically apart of Aussie culture to swear... and that begs the bigger problem, is it the obvious swear words like shit and fuck, or ALL of them like bloody, fricken, etc?

All I know is that, if I get caught and fined, I'm not only going to refuse to pay it, but I'm willing to create a legal storm over this and cause a fuss. >:(
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Re: Swearing is now banned here.
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2011, 11:39:40 PM »
That sucks.  :thumbdn: I hope you guys can get it overturned in court.
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Re: Swearing is now banned here.
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2011, 11:42:56 PM »
That fucking sucks arse.
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Re: Swearing is now banned here.
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2011, 04:38:36 AM »
Is it definitely just if a cop HEARS you, even if he overhears a private conversation? Or is it swearing AT cops? Coz I think you can get done for swearing at cops here too

It's stupid. they're just words ffs
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Re: Swearing is now banned here.
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2011, 04:48:20 AM »
Quote from: ProfessorFarnsworth on May 31, 2011, 11:19:34 PM
In the state of Victoria, apparently now you'll receive a $200+ fine for swearing in public if a cop hears you. WTF is this shit? I mean really, it's slowly becoming Orwellian here. They cite it as 'anti-socal' behaviour, oh bullshit, it's practically apart of Aussie culture to swear... and that begs the bigger problem, is it the obvious swear words like shit and fuck, or ALL of them like bloody, fricken, etc?

All I know is that, if I get caught and fined, I'm not only going to refuse to pay it, but I'm willing to create a legal storm over this and cause a fuss. >:(

 They've got to be kidding.  No public swearing in the land of Crocodile Dundee?! 

 Fight the power, Farnsworth!  :viking:
« Last Edit: June 01, 2011, 04:50:26 AM by couldbecousin »
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Re: Swearing is now banned here.
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2011, 05:34:22 AM »
Nice to see you guys down there have completely solved the whole problem of crime and have time to move on to the important things ::)


Are there any areas in Australia equivalent to the Bible belt in the US?  Laws like this are being tossed here in the last few years though trigger was http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,14287.0.html
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Re: Swearing is now banned here.
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2011, 08:02:12 AM »
That's seriously fucked up.
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Re: Swearing is now banned here.
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2011, 09:06:05 AM »
Telling someone to "fuck off" when necessary should be a god-given right as a human being.   :zombiefuck:
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Re: Swearing is now banned here.
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2011, 11:25:12 AM »
Here come the Thought Police.  ::)  ::)  ::)
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Re: Swearing is now banned here.
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2011, 12:13:02 PM »
Quote from: ProfessorFarnsworth on May 31, 2011, 11:19:34 PM
In the state of Victoria, apparently now you'll receive a $200+ fine for swearing in public if a cop hears you. WTF is this shit? I mean really, it's slowly becoming Orwellian here. They cite it as 'anti-socal' behaviour, oh bullshit, it's practically apart of Aussie culture to swear... and that begs the bigger problem, is it the obvious swear words like shit and fuck, or ALL of them like bloody, fricken, etc?

All I know is that, if I get caught and fined, I'm not only going to refuse to pay it, but I'm willing to create a legal storm over this and cause a fuss. >:(

So prostitution is legal and swearing is not.  You live in a bizarre land  ???
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Re: Swearing is now banned here.
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2011, 05:23:44 PM »
I know that it at least "used to be" illegal in Michigan. I once heard of a bizarre story of a man being arrested for screaming FUCK when he nearly drowned. They said it was because there were kids around.
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Re: Swearing is now banned here.
« Reply #11 on: June 02, 2011, 05:19:14 PM »
Quote from: eris on June 01, 2011, 05:23:44 PM
I know that it at least "used to be" illegal in Michigan. I once heard of a bizarre story of a man being arrested for screaming FUCK when he nearly drowned. They said it was because there were kids around.
so they pulled him out of the water, just to arrest him?
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Re: Swearing is now banned here.
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2011, 03:42:42 AM »
This is fucking clever.

Good fucking job, Victoria. :clap:
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Re: Swearing is now banned here.
« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2011, 11:09:11 AM »
Quote from: ProfessorFarnsworth on May 31, 2011, 11:19:34 PM
In the state of Victoria, apparently now you'll receive a $200+ fine for swearing in public if a cop hears you. WTF is this shit? I mean really, it's slowly becoming Orwellian here. They cite it as 'anti-socal' behaviour, oh bullshit, it's practically apart of Aussie culture to swear... and that begs the bigger problem, is it the obvious swear words like shit and fuck, or ALL of them like bloody, fricken, etc?

All I know is that, if I get caught and fined, I'm not only going to refuse to pay it, but I'm willing to create a legal storm over this and cause a fuss. >:(

So have there been any prosecutions for this law??
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Re: Swearing is now banned here.
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2011, 07:44:23 PM »
Quote from: Scraphawk on June 03, 2011, 11:09:11 AM
Quote from: ProfessorFarnsworth on May 31, 2011, 11:19:34 PM
In the state of Victoria, apparently now you'll receive a $200+ fine for swearing in public if a cop hears you. WTF is this shit? I mean really, it's slowly becoming Orwellian here. They cite it as 'anti-socal' behaviour, oh bullshit, it's practically apart of Aussie culture to swear... and that begs the bigger problem, is it the obvious swear words like shit and fuck, or ALL of them like bloody, fricken, etc?

All I know is that, if I get caught and fined, I'm not only going to refuse to pay it, but I'm willing to create a legal storm over this and cause a fuss. >:(

So have there been any prosecutions for this law??

Not yet, but knowing how the cops are with speeding tickets, there's a high chance people have been fined already. Easy money.
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