Was Kate McCanns "f.....g tosser" comment directed at Ricardo Paiva offensive?

[Carana]

I don't see the point of forum polls. What would it indicate?

All of a sudden, dozens of people who rarely post here would express their "disgust" or "approval" or "don't care" over two words expressed in a moment of despair?

Yeah...

It doesn't change the facts, does it?

[Mr Gray]

That possibly wouldn't answer the question. Which is, was the comment etc offensive. NOT do individual posters find it offensive. In the UK the comment would likely be an offence under Section 5 of The Public Order Act. Quite what it is Portugal I do not know.

It was said under her breath

[Alice Purjorick]

It was said under her breath

So in other words there is no independent corroboration it was ever said at all, it possibly being merely just poetic licence for effect in the book.

[stephen25000]

So in other words there is no independent corroboration it was ever said at all, it possibly being merely just poetic licence for effect in the book.

Yup.

You've got it Alice.

Done for effect.

[Alfred R Jones]

I wonder if there is a 30+ page thread on this subject on any other forum on the world wide web?   

I guess not, and I guess it's probably what makes this forum so uniquely....unique. &%+((£

So the conclusion now seems to be Kate never actually said "f..king tosser" under her breath, but decided to add this "highly offensive and unacceptable" term  to her (no doubt) ghost-written memoirs in order to a) elicit sympathy (not really sure it worked!) and b) send a message to Paiva. 

Glad we've got that all sorted.

[Alice Purjorick]

I wonder if there is a 30+ page thread on this subject on any other forum on the world wide web?   

I guess not, and I guess it's probably what makes this forum so uniquely....unique. &%+((£

So the conclusion now seems to be Kate never actually said "f.....g tosser" under her breath, but decided to add this "highly offensive and unacceptable" term  to her (no doubt) ghost-written memoirs in order to a) elicit sympathy (not really sure it worked!) and b) send a message to Paiva. 

Glad we've got that all sorted.

Well davel said she[Kate] only said "f*****g t****r" under her breath so on that basis no one really knows.
Good innit

[Mr Gray]

Well davel said she[Kate] only said "f*****g t****r" under her breath so on that basis no one really knows.
Good innit

The point is she was hardly inciting civil disorder with an inaudible whisper

[Alice Purjorick]

The point is she was hardly inciting civil disorder with an inaudible whisper

There is also the possibility that the inaudible whisper was a non existent whisper.

[Mr Gray]

There is also the possibility that the inaudible whisper was a non existent whisper.

I couldn't give a tos*....I hope I haven't offended anyone...it is just sooooo unimportant....but as there is b....r(sorry) all real facts to criticise the McCanns for ...this one will have to do

[Alice Purjorick]

I couldn't give a tos*....I hope I haven't offended anyone...it is just sooooo unimportant....but as there is b....r(sorry) all real facts to criticise the McCanns for ...this one will have to do

Point out to me where I have been critical of the McCanns?

[Mr Gray]

Point out to me where I have been critical of the McCanns?

I'm speaking of the board in general but if I looked I reckon I could find an example for you

[Alfred R Jones]

Excellent article here about the F word.  Seems the higher you are up the class system the less likely you are to be offended by the word, which in itself is not deemed that offensive any more anyway (nor is tosser).

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/nov/21/britishidentity.features11

[Alice Purjorick]

It was two to three years after the event she wrote the book so paraphrasing the faithful in other circumstances "you can't expect them to have perfect recall of events".

[Alfred R Jones]

If you don't believe me just google the f.....g Fulfords.  Top toff televisual entertainment.

[Anna]

Please try to stay with the topic of the thread, Thank you