Precious? Apologies if it came across that way. I was purely commenting on the first poster's OUTRAGE at a copper having the temerity to politely ask people to tone down their language. You paint a different picture of events.
Exactly. If you were swearing excessively, and a copper tells you to pipe down, he's is being perfectly reasonable. In fact he's doing his job.
A 'wanker' could have arrested the offender on the spot, should he really have wanted to.