More perverse PC getting away with it's idiocy

[Skybird]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...rd/7204543.stm

I don't care what people do in their bedrooms, but I would feel uncomfortable and irritated and would take it as an attack against my as well as public sense of reverence (Pietät) if needing to sit in a bus beside such idiots. I would also refuse to accept having to sit in a bus beside a naked couple. that the company is apologizing and evades into arguments about safety instead of telling them they are behaving like a$$holes and are an offense to the public, is cowardish, perverse, and another sign how far culture in the widest sense already has detoriated.

It's a simple thing of behavior, nothing else.

[HunterICX]

Oi!

what your doing now is STEEDS job , skybird

hehe, having red the article in a rush, I would say...what a crazy bunch..
pardon me, but there is something like pulbic appearance, act normal..what you do behind doors is fine with me, but keep it private.
and indeed the company shouldnt have apologized.

HunterICX

[Konovalov]

Steady on chaps. Someone having a stressful day perhaps?

Much to do about nothing in my view. Now, is there any real news about that we can get our knickers in a twist over? Oh the outrage. Yawn.

[Kapitan_Phillips]

I wonder if she pees on lamp posts?

She's very animal like, she's kind of like a pet, as well as a partner

Sounds like a real swell guy

Of course by 'swell guy' I mean 'tosser'

[mrbeast]

Originally Posted by Konovalov

Steady on chaps. Someone having a stressful day perhaps?

Much to do about nothing in my view. Now, is there any real news about that we can get our knickers in a twist over? Oh the outrage. Yawn.

Ditto here.

[jumpy]

Nice puppies


Would the bus company also tell its patrons to fk off if they had mohawk hairstyles?

I don't see the problem myself. What were they doing that was so 'dangerous' to public safety?
Jobsworth busdriver imo. The number of nutjobs I've seen on busses who're behaving in a loud and violent manner and the bus driver doesn't batt an eyelid... but these two for being a bit 'different'?

It takes all sorts in this world, and based solely on appearence, mr jobsworth busdriver has no right to discriminate between who gets to travel on PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by jumpy

Nice puppies


Would the bus company also tell its patrons to fk off if they had mohawk hairstyles?

I don't see the problem myself. What were they doing that was so 'dangerous' to public safety?

The company argues not with public safety, but safety for the freaks themselves. See, the bus slams the brakes, the line gets caught somewhere, the girl, sorry: the pet falls down, and there goes the neck into pieces.

Well, I am dreaming.

[TteFAboB]

If a lapel badge is a catastrophe waiting to happen...

[mcf1]

That is Really perverse to discribe his girlfriend as a pet

[Oberon]

Takes all sorts to make a world, denouncing them as freaks is, IMHO, a little harsh.


Besides, as anyone stopped to read the bit where it says that it's HER that wants to be treated as a pet, not him forcing her to behave like one. Anyway, one of our cats used to have a collar which would automatically break if he put too much stress on it to prevent him hanging himself, perhaps a similar agreement could be sort.

[STEED]

Not my cup of tea this one, see my thread for a good rant.

BTW, any bus company has the right to kick you off the bus for X,Y & Z reasons. I was kicked off for having too much small change (1p's 2p's 5p's) which was the correct amount but the driver would not count it and blamed me for holding him up. If you stand a yard from the bus stop they will drive by and so on.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by STEED

Not my cup of tea this one, see my thread for a good rant.

BTW, any bus company has the right to kick you off the bus for X,Y & Z reasons. I was kicked off for having too much small change (1p's 2p's 5p's) which was the correct amount but the driver would not count it and blamed me for holding him up. If you stand a yard from the bus stop they will drive by and so on.

Depends on the driver, some are good, some are right arseholes. I've had a good insight into the bus industry, my father is a bus driver, and you do get some right sods.

[CCIP]

Oh seriously, what kind of issue is this? By that logic me carrying my sturdy laptop bag could be dangerous for passengers on the bus! Let's ban bags, they're dangerous to people! Let's ban bread, too, people could choke on it.

Sure, these guys are pretty weird. But that's not up to the bus company to worry about. I don't think their particular dress code or philosophy of life really threatens anyone.

I would say it's PC on your part Skybird - terribly PC of you to feel offended by a subcultural tendency that's way left of field.

[antikristuseke]

Originally Posted by Skybird

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...rd/7204543.stm

I don't care what people do in their bedrooms, but I would feel uncomfortable and irritated and would take it as an attack against my as well as public sense of reverence (Pietät) if needing to sit in a bus beside such idiots. I would also refuse to accept having to sit in a bus beside a naked couple. that the company is apologizing and evades into arguments about safety instead of telling them they are behaving like a$$holes and are an offense to the public, is cowardish, perverse, and another sign how far culture in the widest sense already has detoriated.

It's a simple thing of behavior, nothing else.

PC nonsense yes, but this time from the bus company and you, since you are the one complaining about not wanting to be offended. The bus companys claim that they could pose a threat to fellow passengers in case of rapid deacceleration is complete horse****. Personally I wouldnt have a problem with public nudity, but I can understand why that is where the line is usually drawn. About what you say in one of the later posts in this threat that there is no unlimited froodom for self-expression in a society, I agree with you, but this falls well within acceptable limits. In a free society one should allways expect to see things that offend.

[Tchocky]

I don't see the issue here.
I dislike the backtracking done by the bus company.

I think I'd have to be having a terrible day to feel insulted by how a couple I've never met look.