DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 10 February 2010 Posted 10 February 2010 Oh fook off. You're clearly a WUM, why bother posting if you're so transparent? If you're not a WUM, you're just a bit of a willy puller. I was 'subjected' to swearing at Filbo in my formative years and guess what, it actually TAUGHT me stuff about life and what's acceptable and what's not. I learned that for 90 minutes, you can scream, eff and blind at the oppo and then at the final whistle and returning back to 'real life', you don't swear like a trooper and you become a 'normal' person again. I've done fine in life and maybe its because of football? How else would I get a release from the tedious nature of the day to day grind? Right, that's my self-indulgent rant over, but hopefully it hits home with some of you? Not me pal. You must be a pathetic excuse for a so called human being.
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 10 February 2010 Posted 10 February 2010 DT, for one, we shouldn't desensitize our children, nor should we applaud bad behaviour. But children need to know what's right and what's wrong and how will they know that without seeing the wrong. Society is full of 'bads', everywhere you go there's stuff that 'kids should not be subjected to', so what should we do, wrap our kids in cotton wool. Or teach our kids that this type of behaviour is not acceptable, BUT, we should also teach our kids that the ill's of society shouldn't stop us living our lives, infact we should go one step further as to set an example!! I have to say that you always come over as a sensible person. Lets just say, we might not see eye to eye on this subject, and leave it that.
Guest Posted 10 February 2010 Posted 10 February 2010 I wish some of you who cannot string more than four words together without using offensive language would stop going to matches. if you cannot express yourself without such language it's a poor do Anyone who can just accept swearing is o.k. in public, is an uncouth slob!It just shouldn't happen. Anyone caught doing it should be banned for two seasons. Here we go, the sanctimonious posse are here to save the day. Language can be a versatile tool. It can express anything from our total awe to our total disgust. And every emotion in between. Swearing has been part and parcel of our language for centuries. It serves a purpose. Strong words are needed to express strong emotions. If you are offended by it, you obviously have no grasp of it. You certainly haven't read widely. One of my favourite things about the Canterbury Tales is the way Chaucer switches from the pious to the crude. He reflects on how society differs, and he does it well. Nearly a thousand years later, human nature hasn't changed. But of course your prudishness, you and your children won't be able to see how we haven't changed in that time, because you won't let your precious little ones read a few naughty words. And to think, they buried Chaucer in Poet's Corner. Some bloke who had his young lad with him turned round to me once in the kop and asked me to mind my language so my reply was if you dont like it you should be sitting in the family stand because thats what its for. I think i had a very valid point. It is a very valid point. Reet pisses me off when some parent moans about swearing in the Kop, yet they have paid to go there. But Little Precious would have been free, had they gone in the non-swearing, happy clappy family stand. Oh, forgot to press the quote button, but Lou, we used to play a game at infant school called "I can make you swear". We tended to use it on the even smaller, unsuspecting kids, but it went along the lines of "I say 'one whatever', you say 'two' and so on.....one cough....". I even made one up. "Canal". I was a legend. We knew it was wrong. That was the main reason we played it. Had grown ups not made a big deal about swear words, the game would have been boring!
lou Posted 10 February 2010 Posted 10 February 2010 Oh, forgot to press the quote button, but Lou, we used to play a game at infant school called "I can make you swear". We tended to use it on the even smaller, unsuspecting kids, but it went along the lines of "I say 'one whatever', you say 'two' and so on.....one cough....". I even made one up. "Canal". I was a legend. We knew it was wrong. That was the main reason we played it. Had grown ups not made a big deal about swear words, the game would have been boring!
Ford Super Sunday Posted 10 February 2010 Posted 10 February 2010 Loving the 'high horse' people on this thread and the phone in. It's wonderful to see Grown up adults, who I will assume have seen Leicester play, or have been in a football stadium at some point in their lives, be offended by swearing. I always thought swearing was part of the game, it's how I will and always will represent my feelings. If someone asked me to stop swearing during a game, i'd be stunned. I sit right behind a child of about 5/6 years old. not once has his parent asked me to mind my language, probably because he's not a self-righteous retard. I'm getting sick to the back teeth at the minute of happy clapping, seat cushion, silent, 'oh so great' fans who seem to think all swearing should be banned, we should politely clap when we do something well, and sit down in masses when nothing else in the match is happening. Swearing would be the last straw, and I cannot believe the club have given two free tickets to someone for this. Apologising for swearing? Something that has been embedded in the football fan culture for decades? I tell you, there are some adults out there who need to grow the fvck up, quickly.
caz05 Posted 10 February 2010 Posted 10 February 2010 Loving the 'high horse' people on this thread and the phone in. It's wonderful to see Grown up adults, who I will assume have seen Leicester play, or have been in a football stadium at some point in their lives, be offended by swearing.I always thought swearing was part of the game, it's how I will and always will represent my feelings. If someone asked me to stop swearing during a game, i'd be stunned. I sit right behind a child of about 5/6 years old. not once has his parent asked me to mind my language, probably because he's not a self-righteous retard. I'm getting sick to the back teeth at the minute of happy clapping, seat cushion, silent, 'oh so great' fans who seem to think all swearing should be banned, we should politely clap when we do something well, and sit down in masses when nothing else in the match is happening. Swearing would be the last straw, and I cannot believe the club have given two free tickets to someone for this. Apologising for swearing? Something that has been embedded in the football fan culture for decades? I tell you, there are some adults out there who need to grow the fvck up, quickly. Yes but the funny thing is he was that disgusted with the swearing,he went and accepted free tickets for another game Hope they havent sat him next to the away fans
marbelladave Posted 11 February 2010 Posted 11 February 2010 Swearing is language, and like all language the meaning is in the usage. We have all heard language where every other word is a f'ing this and a c'ting that but so long as it is not aimed a me I don't much care. I might (and often do) consider the person using such language to be pond life, but that is merely my opinion. However I do, at times, find the language of football supporters to be seriously unpleasant, don't get me wrong, I happily join in a a chant of 'the referee's a w.......', it's all part of the fun but some of the personalised abuse I hear is disgusting. I was at the 'famous' Andorra game at the old Olympic stadium in Barcelona where, at half time, Steve McLaran was subjected to some of the worst, most personal, vitriolic abuse I have ever heard. This was not simply bad language but personal abuse on a deliberate and co-ordinated scale that I, personally, find wholly unacceptable. It was so bad I was tempted to leave the stadium right then but decided to stay and cheer England on to a much needed victory, glad in the end that I did. I here similar abusive language at virtually every game I go to, I don't like it but I live with it. It's part of the price you pay1
lou Posted 11 February 2010 Posted 11 February 2010 Yes but the funny thing is he was that disgusted with the swearing,he went and accepted free tickets for another game Hope they havent sat him next to the away fans Or worse, next to me!
Sir Fynwy Posted 11 February 2010 Posted 11 February 2010 Or worse, next to me! If they have any sense the tickets will be in the family stand, however giving tickets away to moaning gits seems to show they have little sense. I think everyone in the walkers on saturday should contact the club after the match for free tickets if a single bit of bad language is heard.
lou Posted 11 February 2010 Posted 11 February 2010 If they have any sense the tickets will be in the family stand, however giving tickets away to moaning gits seems to show they have little sense.I think everyone in the walkers on saturday should contact the club after the match for free tickets if a single bit of bad language is heard. Good idea, theyve set a precedent now!
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