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Jesus is a ____!!!!
Topic Started: Jun 25 2008, 07:15 PM (190 Views)
Patrick Bateman
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Teen arrested for 'blasphemous T-shirt'

By Ben Dillaway

June 25, 2008 10:01am
Article from: Gold Coast Bulletin


A GOLD Coast teenager who wore a T-shirt by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth that reads 'Jesus is a c**t' has been charged with offensive behaviour.

Above the offensive slogan a nun is depicted masturbating.

A 16-year-old was arrested on Monday for wearing the shirt and was charged with offensive behaviour under the Summary Offences Act 2005 for public nuisance.

Senior Sergeant Arron Ottaway said the teen was walking along Hollywell Road, in Biggera Waters, when a officer saw him.

Police conducted inquiries at Australia Fair, where the teen said he bought the shirt, to find any shops selling it.

The Reverend Matt Hunt of the Helensvale Baptist Church said it was sad people spoke about the Lord in such a way.

"It's fairly common language these days to express sadness, anger or hurt," he said. "It's a degrading word to use and Jesus is anything but that. It's like calling white black."

Mr Hunt said using the Lord's name in vain was a serious sin.

"When someone comes to the point of saying Jesus is the devil or Jesus is 'expletive', the Bible does say be very careful because you're on thin ice."

Gold Coast lawyer Bill Potts said the arrest highlighted Australia's need for a Bill of Rights.

"One of the great problems with our country is that we talk about rights such as privacy and freedom of speech and the like but they are not enshrined or protected in any way as they are in America," he said.

"While there are always limits on freedom of speech, you can't incite violence or anything like that, it seems to be now more than ever that our rights to freedom of speech and freedom of expression should be protected.

"A Bill of Rights which enshrines that protection is long overdue in this country."

Mr Potts said charging the teen was 'ludicrous' and brought the law into disrepute.

"A shirt might offend some and might be amusing to others," he said.

"If a person was wearing the shirt in a church or a religious rally where it was specifically intended to offend or cause disruption, then perhaps the prosecution might stand a chance.

"However, to criminalise juvenile or boorish messages is to bring the law into disrepute. The police are acting like the thought police and censors."



I think its wonderful that the Police have had enough and have started charging/arresting Cradle of Filth fans, society can only benifit
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Jack Bauer
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Didn't the members of cradle of filth wear those shirts to the Vatican?
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I expected something like this to happen elsewhere, not Australia. :/
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I love how the police took the time to arrest a teen with a band shirt
Cause, you know, those real criminals will just turn themselves in
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Elazul
Jun 25 2008, 10:19 PM
I love how the police took the time to arrest a teen with a band shirt
Cause, you know, those real criminals will just turn themselves in
Ka-ching! Spot on the money.

On the otherhand, what a stupid shirt. Serves the cockhole right for thinking he is badass. What a cockhole. If he really wanted to get on the bad side of society, he should have gone to T-Shirt Hell

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Elazul
Jun 25 2008, 10:19 PM
I love how the police took the time to arrest a teen with a band shirt
Cause, you know, those real criminals will just turn themselves in
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I love it how that bloke they interviwed at the bottom thinks that a bill of rights would have protected the kid. Your rights to privacy, etc, go right out the window when the cops think you've commited a crime, so it would have done jack shit.
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