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Australian court rules it is acceptable to call a police officer a prick
Waverley Local Court magistrate Robbie Williams made his comments during a hearing for science student Henry Grech, 22, who was charged following a heated argument with Senior Constable Adam Royds at Bondi Junction train station last year.
Mr Williams said he wasn't satisfied that a "reasonable person" would be offended by the word prick in general conversation.
"I consider the word prick is of a less derogatory nature than other words and it is in common usage in this country," he said. "A police officer on a number of occurrences would hear words like this used on a much worse scale. Police officers would be used to this type of language."
Mr Williams said the spectrum of acceptable offensive vocabulary in society was a "moving feast".
"The words also take on different meaning. It is clear that there are some words which could be considered to be on the offensive list," he said. "As to whether the word prick falls into that category must be taken in the context of which it was used."
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