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Brass
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Topic: Rule 69 - where are the limits Posted: 14 Aug 15 at 12:16am |
Because there is no rule that forbids calling you a silly sausage or offending you in any other way that does not rise to the level of a gross breach of good manners.
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Solo4652
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Aug 15 at 2:42am |
Not sure my verbal reasoning skills can cope with that last sentence of yours, Brass! And in any case, what if I personally do consider "Silly sausage" to be a gross breach of good manners? You might not, the Protest Committee might not, but what if I do?
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andymck
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Aug 15 at 8:14am |
I can think of plenty of people who would be greatly offended by being called a sausage. They would even claim it was racist, given what sausages are made from.
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Andy Mck
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Rupert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Aug 15 at 10:48pm |
If the person calling you a silly sausage did so deliberately to offend you personally, with prior knowledge that it would do so, then perhaps you have a point, but if such a mild term was used at random, you'd have to understand it was not meant to be offensive. f**k off yout**t, on the other hand, doesn't need context.
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Aug 15 at 11:12pm |
Being thin skinned (like many sausages) does not give you a right to protest someone under rule 69. Should we say "please" when requesting room at a mark, so as not to offend. Or better still "after you".
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andymck
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Aug 15 at 11:22pm |
That's the issue here. Offensive comments do not need to be intended to be offensive. That is why we get all sorts of what can seem frivolous complaints go a long way in the real world. For a protest committee to try and decide what is offensive is a potential minefield. Many people just can't understand why someone else may take offence. The sausage example is one, and we do have sailors from religious backgrounds that could be offended.
If there is no intention, the committee has the option to issue a warning. This would be both educational and proportional. I am not advocating a flourish of protests but the question should not be did you intend to be offensive, but why are you offended. |
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Andy Mck
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Brass
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 15 Aug 15 at 12:24am |
Whether a person is or is not offended by some conduct is NOT the issue.
The issue a protest committee must decide in a rule 69 hearing is whether, if because someone was offended to some degree or because of some other reason there was a gross breach of good manners. That is to say, not only that there was a breach of good manners (which arguably any foul swearing is), but whether such a breach of good manners was a gross breach.
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andymck
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 15 Aug 15 at 1:14am |
But manners are subject to national, racial and religious and gender variation. A protest committee that does not appreciate that banter for one is a gross breach of manners to another. I agree that you can breach this rule without causing offence to a competitor. But you may also breach this rule unintentionally by using what you feel is banter.
Like I have said previously I have seen an international judge give a penalty for banter which he perceived as bullying. Edited by andymck - 15 Aug 15 at 1:20am |
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Solo4652
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 15 Aug 15 at 1:21am |
It's a gross breach of good manners if it was aimed at me and I say so. It's easy for the protest committee to decide whether it was a gross breach of good manners - just ask the person on the receiving end. In that way, it almost becomes a self-policing rule that's easy for a protest committee to rule upon. Also, it might mean competitors think twice about mouthing off at somebody else because they realise that what they're saying might be a gross breach of manners, even if they don't think it is. That realisation may then lead to people being far more likely to keep their mouth and temper under control, and that might well make a racecourse a much more pleasant place to be for all concerned. Bliss.
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Brass
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 15 Aug 15 at 2:01am |
Edited by Brass - 15 Aug 15 at 2:09am |
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