Cork snowflakes cancel comedy gig.

I can't believe this man is still alive. I thought he died years ago. He's a scumbag who attracts only scumbags to his shows.

If there are any snowflakes out there offended with me calling them scumbags, you know what you can do.

DickSwiveller wrote: »

The point is he was booked, some snowflake's whinged, and he was cancelled. Can you not see how that is very dangerous? I don't want my comedy tastes dictated by a bunch of overly sensitive blowhards.

You mean you're comedy tastes change depending on who plays the cork opera house? Amazing. I though you are free to like roy chubby brown if you want

Grayson wrote: »

No-ones been banned now. And I'm not sure if monty python were every actually banned. one of their movies were but that's not the same as banning them.

And for a comparison, that movie was banned in every cinema by government order. Roy Chubby Brown has been refused by a single theatre.

Scenario 1. Government bans something and forbids the showing of a movie at every cinema in Ireland.

Scenario 2. Government does absolutely nothing. Nothing is banned. Theatre is free to choose what they show. they chose not to show a particular comedian.

Banning/censoring/prohibiting a show are all the same in my book. It's the end result of preventing something from.being displayed.

Monty python was banned due to the religious outcry at the time. Think of it as a social media outrage from a small minority (I.e. Roman Catholic church....not the church goers mind you)

I don't like the guy, but I am concerned about the minority getting a voice that's too big for their share of society.

When the church carried out censorship they were wrong and today the liberals are the new church, they are all for free speech as long as it agrees with their point of view, I don't find him funny so I would not go, if you do then go. It is called free speech , I DON'T agree with a lot of people but they are entitled to them.

Christ the hyperbole on here is unreal. People did not want him playing a gig. The venue decided it was in their best interests financially to not host the gig. Unless blackmail or threats of violence were involved this is how the entire world works. It is just capitalism. The venue felt it was not in their interest to host him, presumably they feared some customers would not cone back if they hosted him and would lose money/public funding.

People are free to notify a venue they disagree with an act playing and the venue is free to host it regardless of these complaints. There is no censorship. RCB does not have some intrinsic right to play at a venue if the venue decides they don't want him. Not hosting an act is not censorship. Odds are I would not get on stage there either. I am not being censored.

Censorship would be if there was a ban on him playing places as opposed to a venue simply not hosting him.

Those giving out about snowflakes could take a look in the mirror. Outraged at a venue not booking an act ffs (well cancelling based on feedback from customers but similar difference). Next up let's get offended that Cadburys cancelled a bar I liked that no one else did?

mcko wrote: »

When the church carried out censorship they were wrong and today the liberals are the new church, they are all for free speech as long as it agrees with their point of view, I don't find him funny so I would not go, if you do then go. It is called free speech , I DON'T agree with a lot of people but they are entitled to them.

+1

whisky_galore wrote: »

Supposition.
It wasn't stated as the grounds for the cancellation.

TBF I don't think he is the act that would pack the place to the rafters, but IF it was poor sales at least COH should be upfront about all their reasons, not just to use that well-worn phrase 'virtue signalling'.

Of course, like I said earlier, I actually emailed COH to ask them about the ticket sales, still waiting for a response.

Roy Chubby Brown doesn't belong in the same conversation as Bernard Manning.

Bernard Manning was a master gag teller.

He joked about anything and everybody. I remember when he died his Indian neighbour he used to joke about wrote a eulogy to him.

Chubby's "act" is basically swearing and being as vulgar as possible. I'm surprised he can still draw a crowd in Ireland.

mcko wrote: »

When the church carried out censorship they were wrong and today the liberals are the new church, they are all for free speech as long as it agrees with their point of view, I don't find him funny so I would not go, if you do then go. It is called free speech , I DON'T agree with a lot of people but they are entitled to them.

And yet you're against giving a theatre the option to chose who plays there. Strange that.

Remember, no-one has called for him to be banned. He isn't banned. And he can go elsewhere. He can still tell his racist jokes. Just someone people pointed out to the theatre that he's offensive and the theatre changed their mind. Unless you're saying a theatre shouldn't have any right to choose who plays in it. Or that people should be banned from writing to a theatre. Both of which seem to be against your free speech mantra.