Oct 7

Australian Dude Faces Jail Over Cradle Of Filth Shirt

Posted by Chris Harris on October 7, 2010 in Huh?, News, This Blows

The offending shirt

That’s why I live in America. Where I can wear a shirt with the “C” word on it and a picture of a nun masturbating with a crucifix. Apparently, down undah, that shit don’t float. A Cradle of Filth fan faces six months in jail, because he’s a Cradle of Filth fan, ultimately.

Alexsei Vladmir Nikola, 34, wore the shirt pictured to the right and was charged with wearing an offensive shirt. Offensive is a subjective matter, dudes. Nikola was set to appear in court this morning on public nuisance charges after Brisbane police officers caught him donning the shirt on May 6. Nikola didn’t show for court, so his case was adjourned.

Back in 2008, another Aussie was busted for wearing the same shirt. He was charged with offensive behavior and deemed a public nuisance — or someone who behaves in a way that interferes, or is likely to interfere with the peaceful passage through, or enjoyment of, a public place by a member of the public. Oh fuck that shit.

People are so fucking sensitive, man. Not everyone shares the same religious beliefs or abides by the same moral code. You don’t like my shirt? Don’t fucking look at it, fucker. Look away. Like you do every time you see a homeless guy begging for change, or a mother abusing her child in the supermarket. You know how, I know you do!

This is absurd. Should Cradle of Filth be brought up on smut peddling charges in Australia then? Why not strike at the root of the problem, Australia? Funny that a continent swarming with people who’s family tree includes felonious punks would take offense to cunt. It’s a fucking word, you idiots.

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Chris Harris is an internationally-published music journalist and writer whose work has appeared on the pages of Rolling Stone, IFC.com, Revolver, Alternative Press, and Radar. The former news editor for Noisecreep.com, AOL’s heavy metal blog, Harris also served as co-host for the site’s weekly podcast, “Creep Show." Harris spent four years as a reporter and on-air talent for MTV News.

  • http://thedevilwears.com Mary Panjari

    Let me assure you that Brisbane, Queensland is not like the rest of Australia. Queensland is a police state and has a large, conservative element. It is hicksville so to speak. And FYI, not all Australians are descended from ‘felonious punks’, some of us are of Southern European heritage! LOL! I love that shirt.

  • karmick

    hey we cant help were apart of the british monarchy like you american cunts (actually you still are a english colony and have never split from england). And for the aussies that live here “cunt” is very much a part of the language i doubt if many people actually found that shirt offensive here in fact that phrase on a shirt isnt even new.  That phrase has been on shirts since the early 90′s. Fact is, that the cops here are fucked probably not as fucked as american cops but they are nontheless fucked!!
       As like all british colonies they are in debt to the fed reserve and rely on bogus fines to pay their debt, so cops look for reasons to farm the population, and fleece their money.

  • Sandra D’ark

    I thought in Australia more freedom then i America!IF I wanna wear t-shirt where saying p…sy or cradle of filth it what I wanna do…nobody should be in the busyness no where in the world.