Fan threatened with eviction from MCG for barracking too loud

[WillieNillie]

Rather hear maggot or grub than the f or c bomb.

Maggot is equally as bad. This is the rules the AFL set, not me or you

 

[Black white]

Why do people have to swear like idiots.
Im all for funny comments being yelled out but when its full of swearing it loses it comic value.

Melbourne are no good - not funny
Melbourne are shit - a bit funny... Still
I think its Melbournes year - funny
Will it ever be Melbourne fxxxxn year - funny, but unnecessary.
Pass me my fxxxxn cheese board I'm going home - funny

 

[SSwans2011]

'But but I've always been allowed to swear at the football... stop taking away my rights!'

No, you haven't. They are just enforcing the conditions of entry more rigorously now. According to anecdotes on here, it seems most people aren't getting kicked out for just swearing anyway.

Maggot is equally as bad. This is the rules the AFL set, not me or you

No it's not. Read the conditions of entry. **** and campaigner are covered by it. Maggot isn't. Contextually it could be if it's being purposely used to abuse someone and make them feel unsafe.

 

[SSwans2011]

Whole lot of snowflakes in here melting down about not being able to make a dick of themselves at the football. The pre-existing conditions of entry being enforced more rigorously is so offensive to them they are considering not going to the football anymore. Hysterical.

 

[Andrew Mc]

You carrying on like people just constantly dropping f bombs and c words ad nausium

Unfortunately, there are times when this does happen, and it's getting more prevalent in other places too.

 

[Black white]

Not at all mate. But when some drunk moron gets in your face im not taking the chance of getting hit first.
Learnt that lesson the hard way

You need to mellow out on your weed tough guy.

 

[demondavey]

It's not like you go to the footy with the intention of offending people, but it's not cause for censure if a stray profanity slips out here or there.

Haven't you heard?

The 'F Word' Is No Longer Deemed Offensive In Australia

Mate I am not saying a stray F bomb is going to cause me to point the finger, but constant expletives are too much.

Surely you agree?

 

[blackcat]

Spoken by someone not a parent?

They are just words but no parents need campaigners throwing the word campaigner around with abandon (or even ****).

It is not like the youth will NOT be exposed to colloquial idiom for pudenda. What an opportunity to teach your children the context and the rhetoric, even if they are only 5or6. Teach them rudimentary 5or6 version. Take ownership as a parent versus a Gareth Andrews version of public service announcements (we know what is right for you and your family) or Gillon McLachlan, or Luke Ball or Hutchie. Ferk off!

 

[zyzzbruh]

I don't use that sort of language, I find it projects a stigma for a poor vocabulary. I was merely making a point of how I feel about ingrained words meaning different things and we should choose for ourselves what we find offensive for practical reasons whilst also not suppressing other peoples choices to express themselves. Even if I don't relate to it.

Still doesn't change the fact that a word actually means something, regardless of what connotation you put to it. Choosing what words mean rather than going off the actual meaning is not practical at all. In fact it's extremely unrealistic and creates a plethora of other issues, because words will no longer mean anything which means a 'fact' can become a 'fairytale'. If 99.9% of the world can distinguish a swear word, trust me there's no need for you to try and define it any further, nor try to change a majority rule that already clearly defines words as it is.

 

[demondavey]

Melbourne are no good - not funny
Melbourne are **** - a bit funny... Still
I think its Melbournes year - funny
Will it ever be Melbourne fxxxxn year - funny, but unnecessary.
Pass me my fxxxxn cheese board I'm going home - funny

It’s funny for a certain cerebral type like yourself..

 

[Black white]

Whole lot of snowflakes in here melting down about not being able to make a dick of themselves at the football. The pre-existing conditions of entry being enforced more rigorously is so offensive to them they are considering not going to the football anymore. Hysterical.

Mainly hawthorn fans who have been looking for a reason to stop going after not being able to deal with loss or losses

 

[HTT]

Conspiracy theory: the AFL/channel 7 wants crowd numbers to drop so they can use it as evidence for a need to change rules to increase ad breaks (sorry, I mean scoring)

 

[dees arent rabble]

Melbourne are no good - not funny
Melbourne are **** - a bit funny... Still
I think its Melbournes year - funny
Will it ever be Melbourne fxxxxn year - funny, but unnecessary.
Pass me my fxxxxn cheese board I'm going home - funny

Maybe its sounds more funny to people with low IQs.
Plenty of funny things can be said about the demons withour dropping swear words in there.
Like hey McDonald your as soft as the brie cheese on a melbourne members cheese platter. Why does there need to be swearing involved

 

[Hawkie_McHawkHawk]

Unfortunately, there are times when this does happen, and it's getting more prevalent in other places too.

On a level I agree with you, I hate the fact that swearing is so causal now, it isn’t clever and literally adds nothing to any sentence.
It’s a strange society when it’s encouraged and displayed more than ever with music and tv, yet we find ourselves pointing fingers at emotional supporters in the outer.

My problem is with a football body trying to police it for no other reason but to sanitize every last inch to squeeze out every last cent.

 

[Ron The Bear]

I will admit that i have punched out a few idiots that have had a crack at me because ive asked them to tone it down in a nice manner.

Precisely the type of person who should be banned for life.

 

[Black white]

It’s funny for a certain cerebral type like yourself..

You shouldn't have wasted your daddys private education money David. You may have developed some wit, at the very least you would have been able to support your judgemental views. Now, how is that update going my new online friend???

 

[dees arent rabble]

Precisely the type of person who should be banned for life.

Ive banned myself. To many drunken oxygen thieves. Rather watch it at home

 

[demondavey]

You shouldn't have wasted your daddys private education money David. You may have developed some wit, at the very least you would have been able to support your judgemental views. Now, how is that update going my new online friend???

I went to a public school

 

[Ron The Bear]

Mate I am not saying a stray F bomb is going to cause me to point the finger, but constant expletives are too much.

Surely you agree?

Yeah, there's a line where it's a torrent, and repeated. Even Gillon says it's self-regulating among the crowd.

 

[thedank]

AFL is pushing for less people to go to the football and more to watch it at home. More eyeballs on the ads + less overheads of filling stadiums = $$$

just spitballing here

 

[demondavey]

Yeah, there's a line where it's a torrent, and repeated. Even Gillon says it's self-regulating among the crowd.

I’ve sat next to Melbourne supporters where the expletives have been so intense I’ve said that they need to go. A plethora of supporters have pulled them up and security finally moved them on.

 

[Ron The Bear]

I’ve sat next to Melbourne supporters where the expletives have been so intense I’ve said that they need to go. A plethora of supporters have pulled them up and security finally moved them on.

Sure, there are extreme cases where security's intervention is warranted.

I find it helps to watch from the same vantage point each week. You get to know the crew and they get to know you, and a happy medium is tacitly established.

 

[Black white]

I went to a public school

Did they teach you to use smiley emojis after each sentence or didn't someone update you on what to do?

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Maybe the solution to this - like all restrictions - it's to have a zone where you can do whatever you want.
No security, fenced off from the rest of the crowd. You can go as feral as you want - bring your own booze. No reserved seating. If you get kicked out of another area you get put in here rather than ejected from the stadium.

Make it a footy mosh pit for those who really can handle the thought of being in a functioning society, so they can thrash it all out, get it out of their system.

 

[bzparkes]

If you feel the need to standup and let out an abusive string of expletives every time something goes wrong against your team in a match you are an embarrassment to the human race and should be ashamed.

Don't get me wrong, I don't care about swearing in normal conversations that just happen to be in earshot. I'm talking about that unwashed, goatee-loving, raspy-throated ****wits up in the third tier who are a parody of themselves and drop c-bombs every time the umpire pays a free against their team.

It's gotten better over the years but these people would be better suited confined to a zoo than out in the general public.