Pride

[Lady Whistledown]

Sounds like you're condoning it. Do the boys in blue "turn a blind eye" to the sordid behaviour in public parks after the lights go down....to the open use of class A drugs and to the pornographic literature that is spread around ?

Or is it too politically correct to arrest them for blatently breaking the law.

What do you suggest? Stop and search the 100,000 people who attend for drugs? I do hope you're not suggesting your taxpayers money be spent on that.

For the same reason we don't go around nicking every single drunk in West Street on a Friday night (we only have 36 cells at Hollingbury), it's just not possible to pick up everyone popping pills at Pride (as it wouldn't be at a FBS gig).

The focus therefore has to be on the more serious offences, ie targeting the dealers for example, and the bag thieves. Loads of them got nicked last year.

As for anything else that goes on (you seem to know a lot about it), a public order offence is only thus if someone else was likely to be harassed, alarmed or distressed by it, and therefore if we get a complaint from somebody else, or the behaviour is particularly outrageous in itself, then we'd have to act, if not, well it comes down to providing a visible presence and hoping it puts people off.

I suppose you have to consider who you'd rather have locked up and off the streets. A notorious drug dealer, or a slightly pissed guy getting a blow job in the hedge?

Which presents the greater risk to society?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Sorry but that is nonsense. If two Palace fans twat a passer-by they'd end up in court. As would anybody considered to be a football fan thought to be breaking the law. Heterosexual sex in public would likely lead to an appearance in court but it's fine for gay sex in a public place because it's only once a year? I'm amazed by your analogy-seeing as you're a member of the police force.

Total rubbish.

Give me an example of someone you know who's been taken to court for having sex in public.

 

[Easy 10]

So if during the course of your patrol, you happened across a bit of uphill gardening going on in the bushes, would you turn a blind eye Edna ?

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

...this post might even get Bushy of my tail as well....

Why have you replied to your own post?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Why have you replied to your own post?

I quoted my previous post to put my follow-up in context. That's all.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Well it all depends on the circumstances, doesn't it?

As I've already explained, to be done for a public order offence means there must be some chance of somebody seeing it and being harassed, alarmed, distressed etc (and I'm not allowed to count as the person who might be thus harassed etc), so, I'd have to consider what the chances are of someone else being offended by it, bearing in mind the location, whether I'd be thinking the same if it was a man & a woman, or two women, for example (can't discriminate, can I?), whether it was really obvious, whether they stopped when told to, and so on.

Anyway, this is all getting a bit anal, literally. Pride is for women too. What would you gentlemen do if you happened upon two attractive ladies getting it on in the shrubbery?

 

[Paxton Dazo]

line all the poofs in a line, and shoot the ****s.

 

[beorhthelm]

I suppose you have to consider who you'd rather have locked up and off the streets. A notorious drug dealer, or a slightly pissed guy getting a blow job in the hedge?

i think the question needs to be reframed a little. who should be arresting at the point in time, a notorious drug dealer whos whereabout you dont know, or someone committing another offence right in front of you. which one can you address right away?

i certainly dont think Pride should go because of a few having it away in the bushes, but i do think its time the organisers said that sort of behaviour isnt acceptable and have stewarding to prevent it (like you would in a club for drugs)

 

[British Bulldog]

Anyway, this is all getting a bit anal, literally. Pride is for women too. What would you gentlemen do if you happened upon two attractive ladies getting it on in the shrubbery?

I'd take lots of pictures for evidence

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

So if during the course of your patrol, you happened across a bit of uphill gardening going on in the bushes, would you turn a blind eye Edna ?

surely better than turning the other cheek

 

[Frutos]

line all the poofs in a line, and shoot the ****s.

There was me thinking we lived in the 21st century now...still, what can you expect from a Spuds fan?

 

[Cian]

I'd take lots of pictures for evidence

Ah, the standard attitude of 'its OK for girls to do it'.

They're homosexual too - the same people who bang on about it being 'abnormal' are no doubt the same people who wank themselves senseless over two ugly blond slappers pretending to have lesbian sex and would dream of somehow getting involved in a three-up with two women (although, the likelyhood of getting one woman to begin with would be a fine thing for them.)

In the case of the person on here with the Red Hand defaced Union Flag - does he know his likely idol King Billy was almost certainly bisexual?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

i think the question needs to be reframed a little. who should be arresting at the point in time, a notorious drug dealer whos whereabout you dont know, or someone committing another offence right in front of you. which one can you address right away?

Whose whereabouts we don't know?

The drug dealers who get nicked ARE the ones who are doing it there and then, usually by selling to under cover coppers

Again, what's the bigger risk to your kids and all the rest of society?

You having that "Daddy, what are those men doing?" conversation, or some predatory scrote selling pills cut with rat poison and blackboard chalk to your offspring, down the line?

I'm not saying I'm happy with anyone using the public environment as a free for all shag-fest, far from it. I just think some perspective needs to be applied, principally as I don't think so many would be complaining if it was straight couples, or lesbians, in the same position (as it were).

 

[dougdeep]

There was me thinking we lived in the 21st century now...still, what can you expect from a Spuds fan?

A yids fan surely?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

line all the poofs in a line, and shoot the ****s.

A Spurs fan, eh? Funny, I'm sure Hitler once said something similar about the Jews. But then you probably don't know much about Spurs history or fan base do you, I doubt they cover that in your GSCE Humanities class.

Or were you simply trying to impress the big boys on here with your daring devil-may-care attitude and inspirational use of language?

 

[cannedheat]

Forgot all about bum shaggers weekend in Brighton, going to pack my bags and f*** off out of my home town and let them give one and other the Chalfonts, bet the chemists have a run on the Anusol.

 

[Man of Harveys]

I like the way there's this assumption that local residents will naturally disapprove of Pride - I live about 2 mins away from Preston Park and can't wait for Pride; I've been for the last 4-5 years - really, some of my best friends are gay - one of them helped to organise the first one- and it's always top fun - a free carnival right on my doorstep. It's also, incidentally, a brilliant place to pull girls.

The idea that a load of thick, cunty blokes are so scared of it that they keep away is nothing but an added bonus that hadn't actually occurred to me before.

 

[cannedheat]

I like the way there's this assumption that local residents will naturally disapprove of Pride - I live about 2 mins away from Preston Park and can't wait for Pride; I've been for the last 4-5 years - really, some of my best friends are gay - one of them helped to organise the first one- and it's always top fun - a free carnival right on my doorstep. It's also, incidentally, a brilliant place to pull girls.

The idea that a load of thick, cunty blokes are so scared of it that they keep away is nothing but an added bonus that hadn't actually occurred to me before.

That's amazing, how did you know that I am a thick cunty bloke, I am chuffed that someone has seen my good side.

 

[British Bulldog]

I like the way there's this assumption that local residents will naturally disapprove of Pride - I live about 2 mins away from Preston Park and can't wait for Pride; I've been for the last 4-5 years - really, some of my best friends are gay - one of them helped to organise the first one- and it's always top fun - a free carnival right on my doorstep. It's also, incidentally, a brilliant place to pull girls.

The idea that a load of thick, cunty blokes are so scared of it that they keep away is nothing but an added bonus that hadn't actually occurred to me before.

I like the way you assume that any fella who does'nt like pride is a think cunty type bloke who's scared of it.

 

[Marc]

whens the STRAIGHT PRIDE festival? I want to celebrate STRAIGHTNESS!