The high court ruled that the Communications Act would not prevent satirical, iconoclastic, or rude comment, expression of the unpopular, unfashionable opinion about serious or trivial matters, humour, comments that are distasteful or even painful to those subjected to them, silly jokes or jokes in bad taste that a person would be likely to brush aside or empty bombastic or ridiculous banter.
How could a young actress who looks the way I look create such sharp, dark, rude fits of expression?
As Lord Judge said last Friday of the 2003 act: "satirical, or iconoclastic, or rude comment, the expression of unpopular or unfashionable opinion about serious or trivial matters, banter or humour, even if distasteful to some or painful to those subjected to it should and no doubt will continue at their customary level, quite undiminished by this legislation".
Messages that are merely satirical, iconoclastic, rude or involve expressions of unpopular or unfashionable opinion will not constitute a criminal offence.
The Russian conversation continued again until it was punctuated by an equally rude and explicitly insulting English expression and even more uproarious laughter.
A sneer isn't just a scornful facial expression, it's also a rude tone of voice.
We hope to reach a truly global expression of life on earth - nuanced, diverse, beautiful and ugly, thrilling and terrifying, touching and rude, serious and absurd, frank, honest, human".
