Ex-champ arrested for calling waitresses 'pet'

I can't believe the law put him through that for calling women "Pet". I lived in the UK for a couple of years and never heard of anyone getting offended by that term. Now, "Bleedin' tart", that's another story! :lol1:

the term 'pet' is used commonly in newcastle. it's literally associated with the accent. like when liverpudians say 'mate'.

What the hell? the guy is a Geordie isn’t he? Or at least that area, County Durham maybe. That’s how they talk. I was in Newcastle two weeks ago and pretty much every lady over about 35 working in a shop or cafe called me “pet” while I was being served. It’s part of their every day vocabulary. What a joke Which leads me to believe he said more than "pet" The article doesn't actually state what went down. As an experiment call the police and say the crime was someone calling you pet. I bet they laugh at you

It’s not insulting he’s from the north east of England, they call everyone “pet” there, it’s a friendly term, like they use it in shops when saying thankyou or something, “thanks pet” - it’s part of the vocabulary where he’s from. It’s said in a polite/endearing way. They all use it. anyone visiting the place he’s from will be called it 10 times a day at least. Ah ok, I wasn't familiar with the lingo there. That makes this even worse. Same here in the states, the war on pronouns and words when there are far more serious offenses taking place each day.

What the hell? the guy is a Geordie isn’t he? Or at least that area, County Durham maybe. That’s how they talk. I was in Newcastle two weeks ago and pretty much every lady over about 35 working in a shop or cafe called me “pet” while I was being served. It’s part of their every day vocabulary. What a joke The Great Nash is from the northeast and gets called pet at shops, etc, often. Nash does not get offended and tell them to call me the Great Nash. Ridiculous. Nash out.

surely there must be something more to it than calling someone pet LMAO now it will be how the word is used, aggressively, shouting at them etc

This "hate speech" nonsense, along with a lot of other woke bullshit, spread to the UK from the US. Because we don't have a written constitution to protect our rights as citizens we are more vulnerable to it than Americans. We now have something in the UK called "non-crime hate incidents" (NCIs). https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/0...e-full-orwell/ What this means is that if a person is offended by something said to them by some-one else and they believe it was motivated by ethnic/racial or religious bigotry, misogyny or transphobia, they can report the incident to the police and the police will identify the "perpetrator" and keep a permanent record of the incident. They have been known to visit people and warn them about their behaviour, even though they did nothing illegal. But the worse thing about NCIs is that a person can have a NCI on their record without even knowing about it. You can't be prosecuted for it, because you haven't broken the law, but having a NCI on your record can prevent you from getting certain jobs or holding positions of public trust. Wow thanks for the information although I’m not Brit

This is what happens when you don't have free speech laws in a nation. Granted, he shouldn't be insulting anyone, but no one should be arrested for hurting someone's feelings. This "hate speech" nonsense, along with a lot of other woke bullshit, spread to the UK from the US. Because we don't have a written constitution to protect our rights as citizens we are more vulnerable to it than Americans. We now have something in the UK called "non-crime hate incidents" (NCIs). https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/0...e-full-orwell/ What this means is that if a person is offended by something said to them by some-one else and they believe it was motivated by ethnic/racial or religious bigotry, misogyny or transphobia, they can report the incident to the police and the police will identify the "perpetrator" and keep a permanent record of the incident. They have been known to visit people and warn them about their behaviour, even though they did nothing illegal. But the worse thing about NCIs is that a person can have a NCI on their record without even knowing about it. You can't be prosecuted for it, because you haven't broken the law, but having a NCI on your record can prevent you from getting certain jobs or holding positions of public trust.

What the hell? the guy is a Geordie isn’t he? Or at least that area, County Durham maybe. That’s how they talk. I was in Newcastle two weeks ago and pretty much every lady over about 35 working in a shop or cafe called me “pet” while I was being served. It’s part of their every day vocabulary. What a joke Exactly. 'Pet', 'duck', 'doll' ... Offence taken, not given

This is what happens when you don't have free speech laws in a nation. Granted, he shouldn't be insulting anyone, but no one should be arrested for hurting someone's feelings. It’s not insulting he’s from the north east of England, they call everyone “pet” there, it’s a friendly term, like they use it in shops when saying thankyou or something, “thanks pet” - it’s part of the vocabulary where he’s from. It’s said in a polite/endearing way. They all use it. anyone visiting the place he’s from will be called it 10 times a day at least.

here is what he was arrested for under UK's retard laws that do not support free speech: "accused of using threatening, abusive or insulting words to cause harassment, alarm or distress" lol what a bunch of shitty laws It was illegal to "insult" them, its subjective what is insulting to someone and then the jury has to speculate on his intent and all this nonsense. what a shit show. they have nothing better to do with the police and courts time? does the UK not have more serious crimes to pursue?

This is what happens when you don't have free speech laws in a nation. Granted, he shouldn't be insulting anyone, but no one should be arrested for hurting someone's feelings.

Seems like a particular trend with the all-encompassing notion of 'hate speech' Lmfao or am I not allowed to ?

What the hell? the guy is a Geordie isn’t he? Or at least that area, County Durham maybe. That’s how they talk. I was in Newcastle two weeks ago and pretty much every lady over about 35 working in a shop or cafe called me “pet” while I was being served. It’s part of their every day vocabulary. What a joke

Wow , that is unfortunate to what level the cops are willing to go Im not in the UK but where I live it is becoming a military state although we have no states lol Seems like a particular trend with the all-encompassing notion of 'hate speech'

Wow , that is unfortunate to what level the cops are willing to go Im not in the UK but where I live it is becoming a military state although we have no states lol

Some heavy petting there.