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Originally posted by Coffee Warlord
There is never, I repeat, never a need to do something like this.
Period. Do not pass go. Do not collect 200 dollars.
A court ruling condemning someone for using a freakin' word is utterly and completely ridiculous. And no, I'm not going to argue that racial slurs are not offensive in some cases. They can be.
I'm going to argue that the precedent for this case is downright terrifying. Where does it stop? That's one case down, now here comes the onslaught of similar events, each one growing more insane than the first. It needs to be stomped on, thoroughly, now. Not later, when it becomes commonplace, but now.
/rant
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Coffee,
In most circumstances, I would tend to agree with you. However, given the level of hooliganism violence there has been in the past throughout England and Europe, and the number of controversial incidents that have occurred there in the past few months, I can see why they want to clamp down. Also, I don't think we'll see the 'slippery slope' put into effect here.