Grog squad warning

[CoggaRules]

All good dudes.....as long as there is some common sense from the authorities as well. The problem is that now that the big boys have issued the directive, the cops and security guards, who themselves have amongst them, looney tune, power junkies, think they are now storm troopers. It happened to me and I would suggest others, whereby the last thing I think of is causing trouble and standing in and around bay 13-14, I let fly with the f word, after a tiger fluffed a play, or an ump whistled up a ridiculous free and there they were. i.e. 2 or 3 of them, would descend and first issue a warning and then hang around and hope like hell that i trangressed again....I mean WTF!!! I understand that there are more serious incidents that these "new laws" are trying to address, but at the end of the day, the meatheads who couldnt do anything but become security guards get all this power given to them and end up 8 times out of 10 nabbing someone who just happened to let fly because of emotion and not a serial offender

 

[cairo tiger]

sing your songs, be funny, be happy, support the boys but dont swear and ridicule....easy boys and girls

 

[Livonski]

To paraphrase a philosopher: 'he who swears doesn't know and he who knows doesn't swear'

 

[AstuteTiger]

With "lets go ****en mental" why not change it to lets go fricken mental....If they are going to come down on the grog squad/tiger army there needs to be a change of lyrics in some swearing songs...
Most songs/chants have 1 word of swearing so change the word or cut it out and sing to ur hearts content....
The aim at the footy is to be with ur mates and have fun so it shouldnt be a problem to cut out the swear words or just change em....

 

[partycorolla]

So.... there's a game on today yeah.... Can we perhaps focus on the people on the field, not the moronic few (not talking about the grog squad as a whole, just the idiots who push the boundary) off it...

 

[Put a Lids on it]

No swearing at the footy? WTF is going on? disgrace! Next you won't be able to say bloody or bugger off. What a ****ing dictatorship.

 

[Mile High Tiger]

To paraphrase a philosopher: 'he who swears doesn't know and he who knows doesn't swear'

Wow, what a wise person that philosopher must have been.

I'm a parent and I've worked out over the last 13 years that you can't save your children from swearing whilst also participating in our society. Hearing people swear when we're out and about does not appear to have damaged them so far. My message to them always is that it's not about the words, it's the meaning that matters. Therefore bigoted, racist, homophobic comments are unacceptable to us, but swearing is something we consider harmless. Funnily enough, we as a family seem to swear extremely rarely.

I love the Grog Squad but wish they'd cut out chants like the H-O-M-O one. As for "Let's go f***ing mental", who really gives a rat's? Completely harmless.

As for not swearing in front of women, that just seems like patronising, hypocritical, paternalistic garbage to me.

I hope the authorities show good judgement here.

 

[Top_4_Tiger]

Firstly, I am not having a go at you personally so please don't get me wrong here.
But this is typical Gen Y stuff. Who cares about anyone else and it's all about me.
As soon as we abandon all common decency and respect for our fellow human beings, then we lose everything. My old man always taught me - never ever swear in front of women or children and you'd better have a good reason to swear even in front of men.

I agree with you on swearing. It's a matter of behaving with class and respect for those around you.

Interesting how you attribute a selfish attitude to Gen Y - I think you're on the right track, but it's probably more an age thing. Every generation at that age is similar isn't it? I love this type of topic... From my understanding it's part of human development. From the ages of 20-40 we're concerned with finding a partner, building a career, creating family stability etc. When we reach ~40 years old, we usually have all that and our focus shifts from ourselves and our immediate family, to the wider society. It happens that way in many cultures around the world (although for tribal communities it happens younger due to a shorter lifespan).

Generations are a funny thing... is it true that Gen X literally created a new development phase called 'teenagers'? Before the 60's, it went child to adult and the term teenager didn't exist right? If it was a generational thing then Gen X must have been pretty immature at that age to have a whole new class of 'non-adult' applied to them by the generation prior

Every generation thinks the next one is selfish etc, its mostly true because wisdom takes years of experience to accumulate. So a 20yo adult and a 50yp adult are different now, but when that same 50yo adult was a 20yo himself, he forgets he was actually quite similar.

There's no need to make it a Gen Y thing... It's simply age, experience, accumulated wisdom, and the natural journey from the self to the family to the wider society of all human development. I think our captain grandpa may be an exception though

 

[fleabitten]

Wow, what a wise person that philosopher must have been.

I'm a parent and I've worked out over the last 13 years that you can't save your children from swearing whilst also participating in our society. Hearing people swear when we're out and about does not appear to have damaged them so far. My message to them always is that it's not about the words, it's the meaning that matters. Therefore bigoted, racist, homophobic comments are unacceptable to us, but swearing is something we consider harmless. Funnily enough, we as a family seem to swear extremely rarely.

I love the Grog Squad but wish they'd cut out chants like the H-O-M-O one. As for "Let's go f***ing mental", who really gives a rat's? Completely harmless.

As for not swearing in front of women, that just seems like patronising, hypocritical, paternalistic garbage to me.

I hope the authorities show good judgement here.

Couldn't agree more. I take my wife and two daughters to the game and swearing isn't an issue at all for any of us. People have been swearing at the footy from day one. If your grandma or your kids can't handle it, don't bring them.

That said, we won't stand for racism (won't hesitate to text the number and get your stupid ass kicked out) and if someone is going over the top with abuse, you'll be asked to tone it down a bit and if you don't we'll get your stupid ass kicked out, too.