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Gary Hart's Stalker

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Jul 17, 2013
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Would love a Brighton version of this flag!

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Tricky Dicky

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The Fifth Column

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Nov 30, 2010
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As Stephen Fry once famously said, 'It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so f*cking what.'
 






Really ? As someone who is on the transplant list I think it's quite offensive. If you think which team you support is more important than life or death then you really need a reality check.

But if you weren't, would you find it funny?
 


CheeseRolls

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Jan 27, 2009
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As Stephen Fry once famously said, 'It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so f*cking what.'

Stephen Fry is as capable as any of us of being pig ignorant and insensitive - Sometimes it is all about the context.
 








Thunder Bolt

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As Stephen Fry once famously said, 'It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so f*cking what.'

Maybe you could substitute the word offended with upset? As CheeseRolls said, it is about context.
 








Gullflyinghigh

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Apr 23, 2012
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As Stephen Fry once famously said, 'It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so f*cking what.'

He's undeniably a very intelligent chap, doesn't mean he's always in the right though does it?

It's a careful balance, as with all things, if you make a slightly off-colour joke that offends one person out of many then it could be easily written off as a difference of opinion, if you were to instead sit in a pub wearing a shirt mocking Hillsborough (to use a modern example) then you'd be being an insensitive pigheaded tit and you should be pulled up on it.

'Has no reason to be respected as a phrase' = depends on context
 


Tim Over Whelmed

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Jul 24, 2007
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I think, regardless of how funny someone else finds it, if someone is offended by it the best course of action is to say "I'm sorry if I offended you", isn't it?
 




Paul Reids Sock

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Nov 3, 2004
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Offended? So what.....Steve Hughes

Was thinking of that exact clip and was going to dig it out
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I guess for me the flag is actually more likely to do good than any harm. It isn't mocking people who require a donor and instead is more likely to actually raise awareness whilst also having a dig at Palace.
 




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