Political prisoner, activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach", eagerly awaiting the second (or possibly third) attempt to murder me.
Monday, 4 April 2011
Gentlemen and Thugs
An absolute prohibition on the use of foul language on the field of play has long worked perfectly well in rugby. And I mean both codes, so this is not about class or what have you. Why should it not also work in football?
I see my associate Neil Clark has used the 'f' word in his article on the Rooney incident. (http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/77230,people,news,alex-ferguson-and-wayne-rooney-fuck-off-two-peas-in-a-pod) Shouldn't your point also apply to journalists?
It has become so ubiquitous that its justified use is becoming impossible to identify and it has lost its power to shock, which means more recourse to physical violence instead.
I see my associate Neil Clark has used the 'f' word in his article on the Rooney incident. (http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/77230,people,news,alex-ferguson-and-wayne-rooney-fuck-off-two-peas-in-a-pod) Shouldn't your point also apply to journalists?
ReplyDeleteThat is a matter of context.
ReplyDeleteIt has become so ubiquitous that its justified use is becoming impossible to identify and it has lost its power to shock, which means more recourse to physical violence instead.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more.
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