Bottom Pincher

[anotheoldgit]

Did the Police over-react with this bottom pinching incident?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles /news/news.html?in_article_id=472084&in_page_i d=1770

Quote from the web site:

He said a female Channel 4 producer called 999 as she chased after Mr Burdett following the incident.

"I was outside and saw her make the call as she was running after Rufus', he said. "He escaped, but then five police cars turned up. It was ridiculous."

[ruby27]

I guess that I must be a lesbian social worker as per AKA shadow man.

His intention may have been to have a laugh be freindly or whatever, by why should his wants be paramount wihtout considering his impact on her. She was well within her rights to consider this is assault. At what point is a woman allowed to say actually your wish to pinch my bottom is unacceptable, and as an adult you must face the consquences of breaking the law.

[Gromit]

anotheoldgit

Notice in Tech section you were have some font settings issues.

On my browser, your commas and quotation marks look the same as mine. I assume you have gone into tools and then internet options at the bottom. There are some font preferences and accessibilty ones. Just as a personal preference, I use the Verdana font. It was specialy designed to be legible on screen (unlike Times).

[Shadow Man]

Ruby nobody has denied it was an assault, and nobody has praised loutish behaviour.

But............there are more things to worry about and I am sure the police have more serious criminal to catch.

On the whole, most women would not mind the behaviour. They may not like it, but they wouldn't call the police.

Isn't it odd only fat, smelly, man-hating lesbiens are against such behaviour?

[johnlambert]

I am NOT a fat, smelly, man-hating lesbian minter!!!

[ruby27]

AOG
Whilst I am on my feminist soap box, I do not think the situation you describe is exactly the same, as a male you have not been fighting male dominance, sexual violence and general oppression since time began. That is a situation that has been reserved for women. However, in the context you describe, the woman behaved in an unacceptable way. Physical contact between people is context dependant is it not. It should be either by mutual agreement and relationship - family, social, employment, health or due to issues of safety, law and order such as restraint or by accident bumping in to each other, sharing a tube train. For all of these contexts there are social rules, written and not written, pinching bum of stranger in that context is not an invitation, but a violation. However, if true 5 police cars is way over the top. He should be condemned to spend time with lesbian social workers, who have not shaved their arm pits.

[anotheoldgit]

ruby27 Why doen't it suprise me? Once again a rule for one section of the community and a different rule for the others.

Thanks Gromit but you will notice I only use single inverted commers, to avoid the Quote word.

ie. and he said "that's what I mean"

Will using a different font avoid this?

[anotheoldgit]

Sorry it didn't do it this time, has AB fixed it?

[fiest82]

Absolutely disgraceful!! I'm sure a terrible, mannerless upbringing is the cause here so I blame his parents.

[mightyWBA]

The world needs to lighten up a little.
ffs

[ruby27]

SM
as usual you are so right. In fact if only we were not so fat and smelly, men probably wouldn�t be repulsed by us, in which case we would get our brain's sh**ged out, would see reason and stop being lessie social workers.

Does this mean I have to get divorced and work for social services? I can already do fat.

[ruby27]

AOG
I was agreeing with you (well nearly). I do not think the response should be different on the grounds of gender. Obviously different response in different contexts.

[fiest82]

Also, don't mean to be judgemental but who would have thought someone called Rufus would ever do such a thing?
Good thing they chased this pervert down, he's nothing but a nuisance to decent folk/women in society who are just trying to do their jobs at the end of the day.....

[NikkiB]

I'm split on this issue. Bottom pinching is not exactly a heinous crime. On the other hand, who was this cretin to think that he had the right to do that?
I think the best response would be a swift knee to his groin area.
Then again, he was probably acting out of bravado in front of the cameras.

[jno]

the police too often have more important things to do with their time than investigate assaults on women; they probably wouldn't have done it this time if it hadn't been filmed live. But he got away with it anyway, so normal service is resumed.

[mushroom25]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/6 928254.stm
where do you draw the line in these cases?

[diamondrocks]

lol she dialled 999 i think that says it all :|
its so pathetic
hmm in bars and clubs women regulary get pinched by drunk strangers but you don't see them frantically dialling 999 :|
i wonder what she said when she made the call?

[jno]

complaining of sexual assault is pathetic? Not a father of two from Swindon by any chance, are you?