DEAR FOXIE
QUOTE..<<..Dear Poirot,..I'm sorry that you had to go through such a vile-experience.>>

AS I READ IT LUCY DID
NOT OUR PURe~0H ..[yep it..cOnfused me too
[i know a lucy in byron with two kids makes documentaries
has huge health ISSUES BUT SO HAPPY; CANT BE THE SAME ONE.

<<..And I am glad that we do have laws
forbidding speech or in this case - signs, that
offend public decency by using obscenities.>>

i thought they we simply jokes?
i snorted;..but heck im a guy..i want offended a such
but i wouldnt quote them here;it is what it is a sales gimmic;a catchy name[i wish they were proprly used as mobile signboards for good things..[politcal lobby]

<<..I suspect that there will be posters on this forum
who will argue for "freedom of speech," rights.>>

cheap shot/but yes

<<..However, as we know, people who enjoy the rights of
free speech have a duty to respect other people's
rights. A person's freedom of speech is limited
by the rights of others and all democratic societies
put various limitations on what people may say.

And Thank Goodness for that??

yes aaahhmen..to that
oops sorry arrrggg women..

WHAT HAPPEND TO STICKS AND BONES
AND CHICKS LIKING THE TOUGH ;LOST GUYS;THE DREAMERS

I RECALL A DAY WHEN THE BEATLES CAME
it was a lucky time for many a poor boy.

how perfect must we try to make this place
some hate my smelling of smoke/i hate people smelling like AN EXPLOSION IN A PHEROMONE FACTORY

Yeah, sorry about that Foxy and OUG...but I did encase the passage in quotation marks after linking to the article (which is usually what I do when I quote portions of a linked article)

Dear Poirot,

Thanks for the explanation.

And I'm glad it wasn't you.

So the unrepresentative swill, the grossly overpaid and under-worked Oz senate takes aim at backpacker vans? A storm in a teacup. Haven't they got something better to do to justify their very generous remuneration and benefits?

Unrepresentative swill,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG1khlbqI9k

The politically correct ban this, ban that over-reaction makes Australia a laughing stock internationally. However the serious side is the very nasty censorious wowserism, intolerance and authoritarianism of the leftie 'Progressives', the self-titled wolves in sheep's clothing, who are intolerant of free speech.

Is there anywhere as deeply politically correct as Australia? The Land of Oz is hurtling back to the post-WW2 censorship, the Fifties.

As much as I am all for freedom of speech, I think there should be limits to what is shown painted or stuck on cars driving around our streets.
Mainly because kids can read them and think it is ok to repeat these slogans.

Mind you, I have seen worse on bumper stickers on some cars and trucks!
Most of them are very sexist slurs against women, sexually explicit , or racist comments, which should not be allowed to be paraded where kids might see them.

I am not sure if there are currently any laws re what is allowed to be shown written on vehicles?

A lot of it is satire, a bit immature and undergraduate rude, but so what?

The Chaser doesn't seem to offend many OLO posters.