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PaddyMcPaddy Flag 22 Aug 17 5.16pm Send a Private Message to PaddyMcPaddy Add PaddyMcPaddy as a friend

Originally posted by becky

The question is, might he not have made the same remark to a white player whose emigrant family were coming back to watch her play?

So, was is 'cos she's black or was it 'cos he's s*** scared about being in fairly close contact with someone whose family are coming over from an area where this killer disease is active at the time and he has a concern for his wife and kids and family?

The joke wouldn't quite work if it was a white women whose family were travelling over from Ireland though would it.

It's all about context, if he over stepped the imaginary banter line its a load of old nonsense. It's not a funny joke but if said in jest then that's what it is.

If he said it aggressively as an abusive comment then yeah maybe she has a point.

All the information given if that it's a unfunny ill advised joke.

So her coming out in the press claiming racism is bang out of order and could risk this guys job.
If she was still being picked i'd guess this wouldn't be an issue.

 

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becky Flag over the moon 22 Aug 17 5.26pm Send a Private Message to becky Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add becky as a friend

Originally posted by PaddyMcPaddy

The joke wouldn't quite work if it was a white women whose family were travelling over from Ireland though would it.

It's all about context, if he over stepped the imaginary banter line its a load of old nonsense. It's not a funny joke but if said in jest then that's what it is.

If he said it aggressively as an abusive comment then yeah maybe she has a point.

All the information given if that it's a unfunny ill advised joke.

So her coming out in the press claiming racism is bang out of order and could risk this guys job.
If she was still being picked i'd guess this wouldn't be an issue.

I actually meant white emigrants returning from Nigeria....... they do have white people in Nigeria you know, not many, but some

 


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Ray in Houston Flag Houston 22 Aug 17 5.36pm Send a Private Message to Ray in Houston Add Ray in Houston as a friend

Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger

And those who obsess about such flimsy and self-serving concepts.

Yes, there is fault on many sides...on many sides.

Edited by Ray in Houston (22 Aug 2017 5.37pm)

 


We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

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hedgehog50 Flag Croydon 22 Aug 17 5.56pm

I see Geoffrey Boycott is in trouble for making some silly comment. In his case, I am quite happy to see his career finished on any sort of pretext - trumped up or not.

 


We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell]

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