ridiculous

Johnny Girth · 6 Apr 2006 at 18:13

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4883398.stm

Totally agree with the judge (although perhaps it is bending the rule of law slightly, it's better than prosecuting a 10 year old for racism).

If the kid had gone armed to school in order to kill as many black kids as he could then perhaps something should be done but this is lunacy.

If anyone should be prosecuted it's the kid's parents.

Bri · 6 Apr 2006 at 18:18

Yes, it is ridiculous [sic].

fatiain · 6 Apr 2006 at 18:19

Bri said:
Yes, it is ridiculous [sic].

RandomTom · 6 Apr 2006 at 18:19

Good result from the judge, at least he knows the truth. Racism is the easiest card to pull at the moment. tut tut.

Sirrel Squirrel · 6 Apr 2006 at 18:19

Thread on it in SC http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17559449

btw what does [sic] mean, I've seen it in loads of places now

malfunkshun · 6 Apr 2006 at 18:19

why should he parents be prosecuted for their son repeating a word, that he may well have no unerstanding of, and possibly didnt hear from them?

Depends on what the actual words were as to whether the kid even understood what he was saying. Monkey see, monkey do is not racism.

And GMP "we take all crimes seriously....." uh huh, but muggers, rapists, burglars et aleither dont get caught or wriggle on techs :mad:

Tru · 6 Apr 2006 at 18:21

Sirrel Squirrel said:
Thread on it in SC http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17559449

btw what does [sic] mean, I've seen it in loads of places now

It's Latin for something, used when the author purposely retains an error.

seaviewuk · 6 Apr 2006 at 18:22

Sirrel Squirrel said:
Thread on it in SC http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17559449

btw what does [sic] mean, I've seen it in loads of places now

The word sic literally translates as "so" or "thus". It is used to indicate an error or a misspelling in a quotation, so as to show that the error is not that of the writer.

It is normally written within square brackets like this: [sic].

fatiain · 6 Apr 2006 at 18:22

Tru said:
It's Latin for something, used when the author purposely retains an error.

No, he's the forums resident Huck-a-like.

Bri · 6 Apr 2006 at 18:23

Sirrel Squirrel said:
btw what does [sic] mean, I've seen it in loads of places now

http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/usage/sic said:
sic Sic (=thus, so), invariably bracketed and usually set in italics, is used to indicate that a preceding word or phrase in a quoted passage is reproduced as it appeared in the original passage. Sic at its best is intended to aid readers who might be confused about whether the quoter or the quoted writer is responsible for the spelling or grammatical anomaly.

Basically, it's used by pretentious grammar Nazis to belittle those with spelling difficulties

Tru · 6 Apr 2006 at 18:23

fatiain said:
No, he's the forums resident Huck-a-like.

Ah yes, sic is actually Latin for 'Dangerously ginger'.

malfunkshun · 6 Apr 2006 at 18:24

Tru said:
Ah yes, sic is actually Latin for 'Dangerously ginger'.

He is?

Tru · 6 Apr 2006 at 18:26

malfunkshun said:
He is?

He is!

Kreeeee · 6 Apr 2006 at 18:28

Google is an easy and joyous invention, use it!

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=define:+sic

Bri · 6 Apr 2006 at 18:32

Sirrel Squirrel · 6 Apr 2006 at 18:33

Well I wasn't that desperate to know so it was much easier to just ask in a thread where someone had used it rather than go to google. Thanks for the replies though people, I can now sleep soundly at night