What the **** ?

I hope I didn't give the impression in last Wednesday's post that I think swearing at the police is acceptable.  My post was not about swearing per se but about the absurdity (as I see it) of that particular section of the Public Order Act 1986 which on the face of it puts the decision as to whether or not an offence has been committed in the hands of the "victim" rather than, as it should be, in the hands of the judge or jury.  The case in question simply affirmed that it is a matter for the court to decide.