'Hun' not considered offensive by communications watchdog Ofcom

[52N4E]

Fans of the new reincarnated rangers have lobbied for the use of the word in a footballing context to be made a hate crime, but Ofcom say it isn't offensive.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/sc...ensive-8975541

[ZombieSkelper]

Great, something else for Wolph to be outraged about.

[AguyIknow]

I agree it's all about context but I'm amazed that the term Taff is considered more offensive than N@zi.

Nowt as queer as folk.

[stewarty27]

Its a strange phenomenon opposing fans nicknames for opponents take my own club..."" Sheep"" when you look and think about it make no sense whatsoever. Aberdeen being Scotland third largest City and no history of Sheep farming or shagging for that matter. Why are Dundee Utd called ""arabs"" and WTF is a "Yahoo" ? Ayr Utd are called the honest men but the crime rate for that area is not exactly low ! The "Pars" ? The Bairns ? "Loons" I'm no even sure why sevco are the huns. Aye Nowt queer as folk right enough.

[noahrab]

Its a strange phenomenon opposing fans nicknames for opponents take my own club..."" Sheep"" when you look and think about it make no sense whatsoever. Aberdeen being Scotland third largest City and no history of Sheep farming or shagging for that matter. Why are Dundee Utd called ""arabs"" and WTF is a "Yahoo" ? Ayr Utd are called the honest men but the crime rate for that area is not exactly low ! The "Pars" ? The Bairns ? "Loons" I'm no even sure why sevco are the huns. Aye Nowt queer as folk right enough.

Its DABs.

[stewarty27]

Its DABs.

Thank you Noah of course it is

[Sevvy too 2]

I suspect a way different answer if they asked if the Huns were offensive, though these days offensive and offended are neck and neck.

[Rangersmandownunder]

"Ofcom based its judgements on a survey of just 248 people throughout the UK".


Ofcom said in the report:"It is important to emphasise that participants in the research found it hard to make overall judgments about individual words or gestures without taking into account the specific context.

"In some cases, they gave their views on the acceptability of words without being provided with detail about how a specific word might have been used.

"The importance of context in participants' approach to assessing these words means that care needs to be taken when reviewing the information set out in this Quick Reference Guide."


I don't think the word "Jock" is offensive, or even the "smelly sock" words, but many years back when I was on holiday in Spain a rather unpleasant inebriated man from Yorkshire called me a "Jock c()nt" after we exchanged a few pleasantries about football, I took offense to that and he somehow lost his balance, fell over and lost a couple of teeth, the general consensus of the folk around at the time was that he deserved his karma as he was being offensive.

You should note in that report that.....................

"The term "hun" often used as a derogatory term north of the border for Rangers fans was described as: "Mild language, generally of little concern. However, seen as less acceptable by those familiar with the history and use of the term as a sectarian insult.".

So in fact Ofcom actually reiterate that it is a sectarian insult in that context.

In short the report is ballix.

[JackSnakes]

"Ofcom based its judgements on a survey of just 248 people throughout the UK".


Ofcom said in the report:"It is important to emphasise that participants in the research found it hard to make overall judgments about individual words or gestures without taking into account the specific context.

"In some cases, they gave their views on the acceptability of words without being provided with detail about how a specific word might have been used.

"The importance of context in participants' approach to assessing these words means that care needs to be taken when reviewing the information set out in this Quick Reference Guide."


I don't think the word "Jock" is offensive, or even the "smelly sock" words, but many years back when I was on holiday in Spain a rather unpleasant inebriated man from Yorkshire called me a "Jock c()nt" after we exchanged a few pleasantries about football, I took offense to that and he somehow lost his balance, fell over and lost a couple of teeth, the general consensus of the folk around at the time was that he deserved his karma as he was being offensive.

You should note in that report that.....................

"The term "hun" often used as a derogatory term north of the border for Rangers fans was described as: "Mild language, generally of little concern. However, seen as less acceptable by those familiar with the history and use of the term as a sectarian insult.".

So in fact Ofcom actually reiterate that it is a sectarian insult in that context.

In short the report is ballix.

Hun is a rangers supporter.
Pretending it is used by anyone here to describe Protestants is utter baws, principally because it is used by Protestants to describe rangers supporters.
Sectarian ma erse.
Fkn mopes get on my tits
boo fkn hoo every five minutes about one thing or another.
Snivelling fkn wretch

[Taintedice]

The hun word isn't banned on here, that's good enough for me.