Uh huh. So if somebody's just standing around going "Where the fuck did I leave my car keys?" or something like that, they will not be arrested?
No swearing in pubic in Preston Great Britain
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Uh huh. So if somebody's just standing around going "Where the fuck did I leave my car keys?" or something like that, they will not be arrested?
No one is getting arrested but just fined. Think of the film Demolition Man without the automation behind the law.
Laws like this in my opinion can be to subjectively applied by law enforcement. And that subjectivity often leads to abuse.
Too bad. Babies gotta eat, too, you know.
Well that's their logic of course - "it's natural" and all that bullshit. Well so is shitting- natural that is. Doesn't mean I'd squat down in the restaurant and take a dump.
If a Police Officer was around they may get some friendly advice to watch the language.
Adults eat in restaurants. Are you saying babies shouldn't be allowed to eat there, too? The common advice is for a breastfeeding mother to take her child into the bathroom. Tell me, Tom, do you eat where you shit, too?
Adults eat in restaurants. Are you saying babies shouldn't be allowed to eat there, too? The common advice is for a breastfeeding mother to take her child into the bathroom. Tell me, Tom, do you eat where you shit, too?
False analogy. But no of course not - at least I hold it until I get to the bathroom where it would be appropriate to shit where I eat at. Women can put breast milk in a plastic container without having to pull out their breast in a restaurant and 'naturally,' breast feed.
Regardless, the argument IMHO that something is 'natural,' doesn't mean we always do it in public.
And besides, I really don't give a shit because the restaurants I frequent women typically aren't whipping out their breasts in public - it would be bad manners.
In topic- I agree that the right to public breast feed shouldn't be abridged nor do I think the right to say 'fuck' should either in public.
But if one is gong to take the position that 'good manners,' should prevent someone from using profanity I'd also think that "good manners' would also mean public nudity [breast feeding] would be out of bounds as well. In other words I don't think you can have it both ways and say lets legislate 'good speaking manners,' without putting alot of other behaviors on the table that many other people find equally if not more offensive.
Adults eat in restaurants. Are you saying babies shouldn't be allowed to eat there, too? The common advice is for a breastfeeding mother to take her child into the bathroom. Tell me, Tom, do you eat where you shit, too?
False analogy. But no of course not - at least I hold it until I get to the bathroom where it would be appropriate to shit where I eat at. Women can put breast milk in a plastic container without having to pull out their breast in a restaurant and 'naturally,' breast feed.
Regardless, the argument IMHO that something is 'natural,' doesn't mean we always do it in public.
And besides, I really don't give a shit because the restaurants I frequent women typically aren't whipping out their breasts in public - it would be bad manners.
In topic- I agree that the right to public breast feed shouldn't be abridged nor do I think the right to say 'fuck' should either in public.
But if one is gong to take the position that 'good manners,' should prevent someone from using profanity I'd also think that "good manners' would also mean public nudity [breast feeding] would be out of bounds as well. In other words I don't think you can have it both ways and say lets legislate 'good speaking manners,' without putting alot of other behaviors on the table that many other people find equally if not more offensive.
I swear to God, it's only Americans who have this insane aversion to ever seeing breasts in public.
I've got three words for you: get over it. Women have every right to breastfeed in public, and I am against any law that would try to curtail it.
I'm against legislating "manners" to begin with so your argument gets no traction with me.
^it's not just Americans. there's been stuff in the press about attempts to curtail it here in Britain too. one nursing mother was kicked off a bus by the driver for breastfeeding her spawn on the bus.
as for the topic. fuck preston council. fuck them in their stupid asses.
as for the topic. fuck preston council. fuck them in their stupid asses.
That's fucking absurd. Why are people so terrified of breasts? Hey, you might have suckled on one when you were an infant, too! No doubt it's scarred the poor kids for life.
i was bottle-fed and it never did me any harm.
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Yes sir, and I'd sign a petition to that effect.
I have a bigger aversion to seeing an crying infant suck a woman's tit in public than I do someone saying 'fuckin ya."
You cannot make the 'good manners,' argument on one IMHO without including the other.
This is actually legal?
Suddenly that bit in Demolition Man isn't so far-fetched...
Demolition Man popped in my mind as well.
You should approach the guy and politely say, "Excuse me, but don't you know any other swear words? If you don't, I'd be happy to teach you some."