Dazey Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jul/13/nottinghamshire-police-count-wolf-whistling-hate-crime?CMP=fb_gu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracii Guns Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Good- because receiving unprovoked attention from a man in a public space is intimidating. Men know they're not going to get anywhere with it, they just want to show who's boss. One sunny afternoon I was walking outside my flat, on the first day of the last World Cup. A shirtless man outside a pub, beer in one had, cig in the other, shouted something at me. I didn't hear what, but I'm sure that if any woman shouted in the street at a complete stranger utter nonsense, people would think she's loony. But this guy was excused because he was in the pub, drinking and it was the World Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted July 14, 2016 Author Share Posted July 14, 2016 Yeah, but that's not really a "Hate Crime" is it? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 (edited) Utterly ridiculous, the west has gone full retard unfortunately, there is no backing down at this point. Edited July 14, 2016 by bran 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 A 'hate crime' haha. Somewhat the reverse one would feel? I'm not sure if you are even meant to give up your seat on a bus or help a woman with her luggage on a train now? I always wonder if she is going to be a militant political correct nutter? Most of Brief Encounter would now be considered a 'hate crime' in this day and age haha. What a sad joyless world we live in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 8 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: A 'hate crime' haha. Somewhat the reverse one would feel? I'm not sure if you are even meant to give up your seat on a bus or help a woman with her luggage on a train now? I always wonder if she is going to be a militant political correct nutter? Most of Brief Encounter would now be considered a 'hate crime' in this day and age haha. What a sad joyless world we live in. Yet people will still wonder why people are wound up so tight and eventually snap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Taking it to its logical conclusion, all advancements and propositions by males to females would be considered 'hate crimes'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfierose Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Well the term wolf whistle kind of implies predatory behaviour in its self though. I remember the first time I was whistled at by a group of men whilst on holiday in France, I was 11 or 12 and wearing a matching disney t-shirt and shorts set, I was also with my mother at the time. It's never a pleasant experience, luckily it never happens now mostly because I've reached an age of relative invisibility and partly because I imagine that a fair proportion of men recognise it's inappropriate these days. (I might be totally wrong on that though, perhaps like the Cologne incidents certain behaviours are on the rise) Not sure how criminalising it can be enforced as such and I doubt it will often in reality, unless someone is a repeat offender but at least it sets out a clear message. 'Oi Guv, Whistler Jim is at it outside The Feathers again, send the flying squad to nick him and bring him in' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssiscool Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 17 minutes ago, alfierose said: it sets out a clear message. 'Oi Guv, Whistler Jim is at it outside The Feathers again, send the flying squad to nick him and bring him in' And people say our police are wasting money as it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 I dare you to do that to a Cop in the US Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 I used to do that and when they turn round you say "Not you!" Life is just getting less fun by the second really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 2 minutes ago, wasted said: I used to do that and when they turn round you say "Not you!" Life is just getting less fun by the second really. Yeah well this is not surprising hearing from you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 2 minutes ago, Slash787 said: Yeah well this is not surprising hearing from you I take it to the max everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 34 minutes ago, wasted said: I take it to the max everyday. I hope you are doing well and taking medications on time, I heard you are making a reality show on your condition, I hope everything works out well for you man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 1 minute ago, Slash787 said: I hope you are doing well and taking medications on time, I heard you are making a reality show on your condition, I hope everything works out well for you man. Just working on a title: The Price is AIDS or Wheel of You Have AIDS! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 5 minutes ago, wasted said: Just working on a title: The Price is AIDS or Wheel of You Have AIDS! ? The Price of AIDS is a good title Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Slash787 said: The Price of AIDS is a good title I'll send Charlie a twitter message to let him know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 PC ideology and cultural marxism, or whatever they call it, has to die out already. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracii Guns Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Someone shouted at me from their car last night. Why is it always while I'm walking alone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) 6 hours ago, Chewbacca said: PC ideology and cultural marxism, or whatever they call it, has to die out already. Whys it Karl Marxes fault?!? . I'm pretty sure there's nothing in Das Kapital about driving past Grace on her way home from work and shouting 'Oi big tits, looking for some action?!'. To be fair you could justifiably shout the same at McLeod too On a serious note I dunno about the hate crime bit, I suppose it all depends on how girls feel about it and I ain't girl. Does anybody wolf whistle anymore still? Edited July 15, 2016 by Len B'stard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Political correctness originated among communist states, e.g. USSR and East Germany, obsessed about 'correct' party dogma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I could see it as anti-social behaviour, even harassment, but it's not a hate crime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axls_Moustache_Rules Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 15 hours ago, Gracii Guns said: Good- because receiving unprovoked attention from a man in a public space is intimidating. Men know they're not going to get anywhere with it, they just want to show who's boss. Seriously? Intimidating? If I give a girl I don't know attention in public, perhaps I just want to talk to someone new? Sexual harassment is wrong - it's not hard to find it, the gangs of lads laughing and jeering, that's awful and happens on a regular occurrence for some women and I think it is actually a good idea to take this more seriously. Whistling is not a hate crime though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 1 hour ago, DieselDaisy said: Political correctness originated among communist states, e.g. USSR and East Germany, obsessed about 'correct' party dogma. That explains Britain First and their continued assertion that racism is a made up word (what other kinds of words are there?) that Leon Trotsky came up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 11 hours ago, wasted said: I'll send Charlie a twitter message to let him know. Why will you send yourself a message? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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