Girls win £150 for Twin Towers outfits - photog related

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A spokeswoman said: "Both organisations have begun an urgent investigation into the circumstances around which these images have been taken with a view to taking the necessary action."

The university spokeswoman was unable to say what action could be taken.
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Idiots :bonk:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24835322
 
people will always do tasteless things for shock value - the real issue lies with the numpty who decided these costumes were award winning rather than just tasteless
 
Yes te outfits are tasteless, the person who thought they should win is a fool and the spokeswoman has no idea..
 
also to be fair it isnt exactly a hanging offence, tasteless yes, but how many people did they actually offend - hardly any until the media started splashing the picture about.
 
They're young and not so sensitive as us old gits become as we mature. I went dressed as Rambo to one with an A-Z of Hungerford in my pocket years ago, not long after the Michael Ryan incident. Very bad taste yes. Wouldn't dream of it now of course.

big soft moose said:
also to be fair it isnt exactly a hanging offence, tasteless yes, but how many people did they actually offend - hardly any until the media started splashing the picture about.
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Exactly.
 
big soft moose said:
also to be fair it isnt exactly a hanging offence, tasteless yes, but how many people did they actually offend - hardly any until the media started splashing the picture about.
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Pete I do agree that they probably wouldn't have offended anyone and I also hate it when people are OBOs (Offended on Behalf of Others).

My main point is the people who think some action should be taken against the photographer.
 
Where in your OP does it say action should be taken against the photographer? It says the circumstances around which these images have been taken with a view to taking the necessary action, which is completely different to what you are reading it as.

Maybe you shouldn't be an OBO
 
pooley said:
Where in your OP does it say action should be taken against the photographer? It says the circumstances around which these images have been taken with a view to taking the necessary action, which is completely different to what you are reading it as.

Maybe you shouldn't be an OBO
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A spokeswoman said: "Both organisations have begun an urgent investigation into the circumstances around which these images have been taken with a view to taking the necessary action."
 
i think that means action against the girls and possibly the DJ - ie the circumstances the images portray

personally i'd say thats a total overreaction anyway - tell all three to use common sense a bit more in future , maybe take the £150 back and forget the wehole thing
 
Pete I def agree with you. Tell them al not to be so daft in future.

I had read it as they wanted to see if they could take action against the tog..
 
pooley said:
Exactly - the circumstances. Where does it mention the photographer?
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The circumstances are clear as it says

A spokeswoman for the Stonegate Pub Company, which runs the nightclub, said: "Following the club night Halloween promotion that took place at Rosies, Chester, we are extremely concerned that an award of shopping vouchers was made to two young women who were dressed in a distasteful and offensive manner.
 
And the pub company keep getting their name mentioned in the national press and on forums etc. Give it a few days and no one will remember why they know the name of the chain but they will remember it if it keeps getting repeated.

Bad taste, yes but bad taste wins money - look at MuckDonalds...
 
This is actually quite interesting, and is related to what I'm thinking about researching as my second university assignment. I've been thinking about photo manipulation in photojournalism and the ethics of it. If an image is edited before being published in a newspaper for example, everyone agrees that it's wrong and shouldn't have happened (as in things are added to/taken from the image). It would be argued that the truth isn't being told as the photo has been manipulated.

What about if a photojournalist is sent out to photograph random police checks however... what if he goes out to shoot a couple of random checks, a driver gets irate and shee shee ends up hitting the fan? Would the photographer be expected to publish the photo of the man kicking off, or should he keep it to himself and simply publish a shot from a couple of seconds before? Some might consider not publishing the photo is manipulating the truth, others wouldn't, it's a difficult one!

We really are heading towards a similar claim culture to the US, everyone wants money for everything! Even when there isn't a blame for the claim :lol:
 
bigrob said:
The circumstances are clear as it says

A spokeswoman for the Stonegate Pub Company, which runs the nightclub, said: "Following the club night Halloween promotion that took place at Rosies, Chester, we are extremely concerned that an award of shopping vouchers was made to two young women who were dressed in a distasteful and offensive manner.
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Yep - I couldn't agree more about the bad taste, but absolutely no mention is being made of the photographer, you are just being an OBO and starting to look a bit foolish in not admitting you've misread the article
 
neil_g said:
And you're starting to look a bit troll'y..
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Go on, I'll humour you. Where have I trolled? All I have done is point out a clear misleading statement in the OP, Rob has been unable to admit it to me, despite it being the whole reason for the thread. You know very well that is not trolling, I am not trying to be argumentative, but neither am I going to agree with an incorrect statement
 
Would any one enlighten me as to what "trolling" is?

Sorry for being off topic but an understanding of the language used is essential. :help:
 
Col said:
Would any one enlighten me as to what "trolling" is?

Sorry for being off topic but an understanding of the language used is essential. :help:
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Does that explain?
 
a troll is someone who deliberately starts or exarcerbates arguments on internet fora - usually by being offensive, pedantic, contreversial or pursuing an offtopic argument like a dog with a bone

trolling is the act of being a troll

incidentally accusing someone of trolling is usually as bad as the act itself ... the appropriate way to deal with a troll is to ignore them (aka "don't feed the troll") and hit report to let the mods know so they can take appropriate action
 
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Another fancy dress tail.......Only the other day a woman suffered the consequences of dressing up as a Boston bomb victim.
 
big soft moose said:
a troll is someone who deliberately starts or exarcerbates arguments on internet fora - usually by being offensive, pedantic, contreversial or pursuing an offtopic argument like a dog with a bone

trolling is the act of being a troll

incidentally accusing someone of trolling is usually as bad as the act itself ... the appropriate way to deal with a troll is to ignore them (aka "don't feed the troll") and hit report to let the mods know so they can take appropriate action
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Thank you for the explanation, it is appreciated.

Will have to watch my Ps & Qs as well as my own opinions:)

Col
 
Ricardodaforce said:
Another fancy dress tail.......Only the other day a woman suffered the consequences of dressing up as a Boston bomb victim.
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another serious amount of overreaction on that link - yes it wasn't very bright or very sensitive to dress up as a bomb victim, but seriously how is " we're going to blow up your parents house and slit the throat of your child" ever an acceptable reaction - isn't that what terrorists do ? Irony much ?
 
Complete over reaction IMO.
Two young girls make bad decision, makes national news. Boo hoo.
 
I entered a competition once, you had to come up with a name of a drink which was made from Tia Maria. I sent in my suggestion of Tiatanic "It goes down well" needless to say I won sod all :(
 
pooley said:
Go on, I'll humour you. Where have I trolled? All I have done is point out a clear misleading statement in the OP, Rob has been unable to admit it to me, despite it being the whole reason for the thread. You know very well that is not trolling, I am not trying to be argumentative, but neither am I going to agree with an incorrect statement
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I'm honoured. Truly ;)

You're getting very hung up (and slightly personal) about how the op read the article. And for the record it's poorly worded and could be taken either way. Let it go, you're heading for BSM's definition ;)

Now can we get back to the discussion rather than arguing about whether the op passed gcse English... :D
 
neil_g said:
I'm honoured. Truly ;)

You're getting very hung up (and slightly personal) about how the op read the article. And for the record it's poorly worded and could be taken either way. Let it go, you're heading for BSM's definition ;)

Now can we get back to the discussion rather than arguing about whether the op passed gcse English... :D
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The irony meter has just hit 10 on your latest post there Neil.

Robs main point (My main point is the people who think some action should be taken against the photographer.) is clearly wrong, and is the reason the thread was started (hence the photog related title). If you think that correcting it is wrong, then please feel free to RTM this and we can all carry on posting ridiculous comments safe in the knowledge no-one will challenge them.

Still, thanks for making things personal (BSM comment).

Now, back to discussing how daft the 2 girls were
 
big soft moose said:
another serious amount of overreaction on that link - yes it wasn't very bright or very sensitive to dress up as a bomb victim, but seriously how is " we're going to blow up your parents house and slit the throat of your child" ever an acceptable reaction - isn't that what terrorists do ? Irony much ?
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It's a great demonstration of how social internet has turned people into keyboard warriors. Always interesting to see that if these types are outed by the media their bravado rapidly disappears.
 
u8myufo said:
I entered a competition once, you had to come up with a name of a drink which was made from Tia Maria. I sent in my suggestion of Tiatanic "It goes down well" needless to say I won sod all :(
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Not surprised - Tia Maria shouldn't be poured over ice...
 
pooley said:
Still, thanks for making things personal (BSM comment).
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just to be clear I didn't intend anything in my post above to be a comment on your - or any specific members - conduct, that kind of thing is best left to the mods

I was merely answering maties question about what trolling involves
 
big soft moose said:
just to be clear I didn't intend anything in my post above to be a comment on your - or any specific members - conduct, that kind of thing is best left to the mods

I was merely answering maties question about what trolling involves
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and i never inferred that BSM was suggesting anyone on this site matched the description. i merely used it for reference :D
 
You see, the ridiculous thing is, if someone had dressed up as Osama they wouldn't have received quite the same negative publicity. Sure it would have been in bad taste, but what makes this worse? Society, eh?✈
 
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