Time to mind our language
One was found guilty of using bad language, and fined £3,000. The other band member had his case adjourned ’til later on in the year. Surely, it’s time for the gardai to make a stand against the appalling language directed at them while carrying out their duties.
I am quite sure that the vast majority of the people would readily support them in pursuit of such a policy.
Soccer players, among others, have also found themselves in hot water over careless verbiage.
A Manchester United player, after making obscene gestures and uttering expletives at a linesman, was fined £3,000 by the governing body of his sport.
‘Bringing the game into disrepute,’ as they say in sport, could be extended to the broader population to mean ‘bringing the use of the spoken word into disrepute.’ Only last year in Midleton Court, Co Cork, a man was heard to utter a blasphemy, and a quick-witted garda who overheard the ‘offence’ told the judge, and the man had a seven-day detention order slapped on him. More of the same is needed to rid our decaying society of the despicable foul-mouthedness that is so prevalent among all age groups. Perhaps, as a first step, some of my fellow citizens would consider excluding swear words from their vocabulary as their resolution for 2003.
***** *** **** (Happy New Year).
Noel O’Shaughnessy,
9, Boyne Crescent,
Mayfield,
Cork.
