'Kidnap' bumper sticker sparks police probe

[RobinBanks]

vonuber said:

MrHorsepower said:

to pander to a useless minority's petty sensitivities.

What, women?

Kidnap victims?

[MrHorsepower]

RobinBanks said:

vonuber said:

MrHorsepower said:

to pander to a useless minority's petty sensitivities.

What, women?

Kidnap victims?

Moaning busybodies?

[creampuff]

aka_kerrly said:

Oh dear, I best be sectioned then for finding it mildly amusing whilst in no way thinking, "the picture makes me feel like abducting someone."

Can people stop being so over dramatic?

I didn't say it makes anyone want to abduct anyone. I said it indicates that people who find it funny are mentally unbalanced.

[Timbuk2]

I think that people who don't find it funny are probably women.

[Croutons]

MrHorsepower said:

Moaning busybodies?

Read the phrase "offence hunters" somewhere the other day, seems rather apt for this.

[anonymous-user]

creampuff said:

I didn't say it makes anyone want to abduct anyone. I said it indicates that people who find it funny are mentally unbalanced.

Let's say 5/10 people who saw it laughed and thought it was 'quite funny', would you seriously say that 50% of the population are mentally unbalanced?

So far I've shown it to:
Male office colleague - laughed
My girlfriend - laughed and said it was 'quite clever actually'
2 friends, a couple who are in their late 30's - they both laughed.

It's either not really that offensive and actually lightly amusing, or everyone I know is a psychopath.

[Impasse]

NinjaPower said:

Let's say 5/10 people who saw it laughed and thought it was 'quite funny', would you seriously say that 50% of the population are mentally unbalanced?

So far I've shown it to:
Male office colleague - laughed
My girlfriend - laughed and said it was 'quite clever actually'
2 friends, a couple who are in their late 30's - they both laughed.

It's either not really that offensive and actually lightly amusing, or everyone I know is a psychopath.

I think the stat is one in four will suffer from mental health issues at some point in their life. Who are you hanging out with?

[anonymous-user]

Impasse said:

I think the stat is one in four will suffer from mental health issues at some point in their life. Who are you hanging out with?

I would put money on my girlfriend going mental at some point...

[voyds9]

Everytime I see this



I am alarmed, can we get them to remove the sign.

[rb5er]

creampuff said:

aka_kerrly said:

Oh dear, I best be sectioned then for finding it mildly amusing whilst in no way thinking, "the picture makes me feel like abducting someone."

Can people stop being so over dramatic?

I didn't say it makes anyone want to abduct anyone. I said it indicates that people who find it funny are mentally unbalanced.

You sad little geek. Everyone I have showed it to finds it quite amusing. I would certainly laugh if I saw it out of the blue on the street, we must all be mentally unbalanced phychos.

Either that or you have no sense of humour. Guess which it is.

[Blib]

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Timbuk2 said:

I think that people who don't find it funny are probably women.

Although I'm not offended, I don't find it funny in the slightest and I'm not a 'women'.

[Timbuk2]

Blib said:

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Timbuk2 said:

I think that people who don't find it funny are probably women.

Although I'm not offended, I don't find it funny in the slightest and I'm not a 'women'.

I think that people who don't find it funny are probably gay and those who find it offensive are probably women?

[zygalski]

I didn't find it funny. Clever - yes, but not amusing.

[IanMorewood]

Oh goody all the crimes in Leeds must have been solved today.

[Ari]

rb5er said:

You sad little geek. Everyone I have showed it to finds it quite amusing. I would certainly laugh if I saw it out of the blue on the street, we must all be mentally unbalanced phychos.

Either that or you have no sense of humour. Guess which it is.

So to be clear, if you and your mates saw fk OFF in big letters on the back of a truck and found that funny, anyone who didn't would automatically 'have no sense of humour'?

Just trying to work out how you and your mates are the arbiters of this kind of thing?

[Ari]

Timbuk2 said:

I think that people who don't find it funny are probably gay and those who find it offensive are probably women?

Ah, starting to understand the intelligence level of those who found it funny.

See, this is why other people get to decide on these things, not you.

[TokyoSexwhale]

All fuss over nothing.

[creampuff]

rb5er said:

You sad little geek. Everyone I have showed it to finds it quite amusing. I would certainly laugh if I saw it out of the blue on the street, we must all be mentally unbalanced phychos.

Either that or you have no sense of humour. Guess which it is.

It is more likely that you are a tt and all your friends are a tt. Mong brained mysognistic halfwits tend to attract other mong braind mysongistic retards as friends and associates.

The fact that police legal advice would indicate it is a public order offence, that a number of people complained about it and the police thought it was in the public interest to advise the vehicle owner to take it down, indicates that to the normal person, this is grossly offensive.

Edited by creampuff on Friday 21st November 09:26

[menousername]

creampuff said:

It is more likely that you are a tt and all your friends are a tt. Mong brained mysognistic halfwits tend to attract other mong braind mysongistic retards as friends and associates.

The fact that police legal advice would indicate it is a public order offence, that a number of people complained about it and the police thought it was in the public interest to advise the vehicle owner to take it down, indicates that to the normal person, this is grossly offensive.

Edited by creampuff on Friday 21st November 09:26

about half a dozen people complained IIRC.... not sufficient to be representative of "normal"

in comparison I wonder how many people saw it and were either not bothered or found it mildly amusing

[Timbuk2]

Ari said:

Ah, starting to understand the intelligence level of those who found it funny.

See, this is why other people get to decide on these things, not you.