Crowd Behaviour

[Guest Artie Bucco]

I'm a hypocrite, what can I say?

I'd say the same things to someone's face, if I was having a face-to-face discussion with them.

It's giving them the respect to tell them what I really think, rather than being patronising.

Being in the crowd at an event is a different situation.

Swearing & carrying on is akin to going to the game having not showered for 4 days.

You're being offensive and inconsiderate to the people around you, and impinging on their ability to enjoy the match.

[H_T 2,941]

Cataclysmos follis te cunni stupri

or

Вы чертовски пизда душ мешок

Translation please ?

[old dee 22,982]

As much as some disagree swearing in this day and age really has become a social norm.

Against Sydney I was sitting on the second level in a rather quiet section where 3 drunk guys rolled on about a variety of topics. Stefan the f**king hairdresser got a few laughs, Cale was called a [censored]-cat minus the cat countless times and the f bomb dropped countlessly. A very nice family was sitting two rows in front with kids ranging at guess 2-12.. the father did the occasional turn around to have a look who was yelling out but for 3 quarters and with ample opportunity did not move albeit with countless seats available elsewhere. They were far from a 'Collingwood' family who would expect this kind of language from Dad watching an episode of The Simpsons in front of the idiot box, and it appeared to me he has considered the behaviour to be normal at the football. That was blown by the 4th quarter when they were dropping c's and evicted but it did raise a point to me that most and granted not all, when attending the football expect that.

Whether it is right or wrong is not my problem, but I think buying a ticket to a game comes with the *conditions apply that maybe just maybe some passion will be shown.

DL7 I find your post very depressing.

If this is now the accepted norm I fear for the future of a large section of the crowd continuing to attend games

and continuing to be members.

As stated earlier these people are the reason my wife and daughter only go a few times a year.

They are no longer members and I can see they will quickly turn into foxtel viewers in the next year or two.

I can put up with it but large numbers of the population cannot and will not.

[jabberwocky 2,301]

Seriously we all need to harden up a little bit and stop making our society and our great game so soft

There is a distinct correlation between the amount of filth in the outer and the hardness of the contest on the ground.

Harden up mate, and control yourself.

[daisycutter 28,684]

Translation please ?

u f d-b c

any more and i'd get 50 metres and a trip to the MRP

[rpfc 27,636]

So we cannot show passion as supporters without making those around us uncomfortable?

And since when is passion an excuse for calling someone an 'f-wit'?

If I said that to my missus and then gave the 'passion' excuse, I wouldn't get off at the MRP (to steal DC's joke)...

[daisycutter 28,684]

So we cannot show passion as supporters without making those around us uncomfortable?

And since when is passion an excuse for calling someone an 'f-wit'?

If I said that to my missus and then gave the 'passion' excuse, I wouldn't get off at the MRP (to steal DC's joke)...

puh-leeze rpfc....it's 'a f-wit'.....you should know better.

if you are going to swear you may as well do it with style!

that was what I would expect from a filth supporter.

[DEE fence 4,558]

Sadly I hardly ever get to a game and the last three have been losses when we were very much a developing team.

I have kids and I swear, even before I know what I'm saying I generally feel my mum recoiling at my use of 'effinn bull$hite' at an atrocious Scott McLaren decision.

So when I get to the footy, I look out for small children and don't sit next to them because I agree they need a friendly space (if I think about it I can remember being a little tacker in 1976 and being scared stiff by the grown men yelling at a Richmond game). I also think there is a substantial difference between an expletive based emotional response to an on field incident that is as painful to watch as hitting your thumb with a hammer is, to the 'stream of consciousness' invective of uncouth rabble (filth supporters) who are just territorial pissing and taking up far too much public space.

So common sense and let the crowd self police.

[old dee 22,982]

So we cannot show passion as supporters without making those around us uncomfortable?

And since when is passion an excuse for calling someone an 'f-wit'?

If I said that to my missus and then gave the 'passion' excuse, I wouldn't get off at the MRP (to steal DC's joke)...

Agree 100% that makes 3 of us at the MRP

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u f d-b c

any more and i'd get 50 metres and a trip to the MRP

I just hope those who can read it, don't get offended. We do have a code.

[Nasher 33,166]

I think jeff gieschen and the umpiring department shuld be blamed for the escalating use of profanities at the footy. Lets be honest.. Some decisions are a trigger reaction for the f bomb and other blunt insults.

By extension of this logic, it's therefor okay for me to hit my wife, after all, it's her fault for making me angry, right?

[old dee 22,982]

By extension of this logic, it's therefor okay for me to hit my wife, after all, it's her fault for making me angry, right?

Good luck with that one Nasher!

[daisycutter 28,684]

I just hope those who can read it, don't get offended. We do have a code.

they were all referenced in the op i replied to

but don't worry, most here are still trying to work it out (not being familiar with those words that is)

next time you won't ask for a xlation

[daisycutter 28,684]

By extension of this logic, it's therefor okay for me to hit my wife, after all, it's her fault for making me angry, right?

you shouldn't need an excuse to hit your wife Nasher

for the PC, only joking (alright - in bad taste then)

[Rogue 585]

here we go

let's strip away another fundamental tradition of the sport

lol.

Seriously... it's got me beat as to how any of that can be construed as passion.

Agreed.

[Nasher 33,166]

why dont you just wear ear plugs to the game that way you wont do any damage to them or your soft little member

ohh that man said the f-word

It's less about isolated incidents of saying the f word, and more about the blokes whose faces turn purple as they spit out long sentences that are made up of >50% f and c words.

Really, if you think being able to swear excessively and abuse players and umpires is crucial to the footy experience, then I think you need to grow up and get some perspective on life.

[Eth 4]

Depends on where you sit. I'm a vocal person at the footy, but I try to make it funny rather than shout obscenities. Worst one I've had in a long time was Friday night - couple of Dons fans who thought every second word had to be f---.

I'm pretty much the same as you - vocal but not abusive.

I mean, I'm 15, and I know what's right and wrong and I know what happens when there's people around you swearing at the umpires or players. I find it odd that people twice or three times my age still find it fun to yell loads of profanities when really, they're just making a fool of themselves and they're setting a horrible example for the younger people around them.

[SuzDee 13]

Let me know where you sit Gotzy9 because I don't want to sit anywhere near you...at all! There's a thing called swearing and then there's verbal abuse. I'm afraid some people aren't intelligent enough to distinguish the difference between passion, team support and abuse.

[gOLLy 401]

Some [censored] bag told me and my mates to stop swearing, I literally tried and could not help myself - its just a part of footy life.

Here is a thought, if the AFL are so concerned about footy crowd behavior have a little section for family if they are too scared of being surrounded by passionate supporters, let them sit in a little section in which you won't hear a peep out of anyone.

That we in turn we can swear, they can sit there and listen to their children talk about how well they are doing in their game boy game at the time.

Everyone is happy.

Maybe they should set up a animal enclosure aswell. Would be fun

[Fork 'em 6,572]

Maybe they should set up a animal enclosure aswell. Would be fun

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Maybe they should set up a animal enclosure aswell. Would be fun

Cage match anyone...

[45HG 1,539]

I'm with Rp.

I usually try to keep my outbursts to mildly humourous jibes, often at the expense of myself.

Those around me probably just wish I was swearing.

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I usually try to keep my outbursts to mildly humourous jibes, often at the expense of myself.

^This.

Moloney tackled Stanton (I think it was Stanton - maybe Howlett) to the ground - "Welcome to bruise-free footy Bombers...." - few Bombers and Dee supporters had a chuckle.

[Guest Artie Bucco]

I still remember Darren Kowal running in the circles with the footy until he got caught holding the ball, as he was prone to do.

This was at the very same time as the news broke of the spreading bovine disease in the UK.

A bright spark in the crowd yelled "he's got mad Kowall's disease!"

Will never be able to forget that.

Edited June 8, 2011 by Artie Bucco

[rpfc 27,636]

I usually try to keep my outbursts to mildly humourous jibes, often at the expense of myself.

Mine are at the expense of Newton...