I don't care if people are skipping through a meadow together or reeling off slurs, if you want to be part of an international competition, you adhere to basic conventions, understandings and decency.

You may as well be arguing that if fans run onto the pitch and lamp someone it's more acceptable in countries with a higher crime rate because that behaviour is part of the culture. No, you adhere to the rules like the vast majority of other countries somehow manage to do.

We get it. But an entire national culture of racial prejudice won't just disappear because you ban the football team.

These kinds of platitudes are meaningless.

When you look at how immigration has affected other countries, they are hardly likely to aspire to multi racial enlightenment any time soon.

People are always taught to respectful to each other from preschool. Despite that, certain types will always indulge in bullying and abuse of others. The nature of that abuse is secondary in the grand scheme.

The media has a bug up its arse about race now because it fits a political agenda but when it comes to expecting foolish, immature and ignorant people to stop existing in our societies, such as they are, it is like commanding the sea to turn back.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (28 Mar 2019 3.56pm)

I don't know why you keep saying all this stuff (I do really)

Show me something that will stop what happened last week in Montenegro and I will support it.

Good luck.

Meanwhile, I have a long list of more important stuff to concern myself with.

It's becoming less and less of a problem over time which is why we already know how to solve these problems. In this particular case, sanctions will result in them clamping down on the minority of fans that can't help but make monkey chants. If it's literally hundreds of people and it won't stop, then there is the option to stop taking part until a minimal level of self control is shown.

We don't let people run onto the pitch and lamp people if they're from a more violent culture, so people are more than able to adhere to basic rules of competitions they wish to take part in, and excusing this behaviour encourages it.

Edited by dollardays (28 Mar 2019 6.55pm)

Pulling the 'i have more important things to think about' card might hold more water if you weren't on here every day either colour counting or timing every black face on the TV.

No, it's not a big deal for me. It's straightforward, apply sanctions then move forward. Done. I don't expect you to be offended by how black players are treated. I'm talking about the wider game, not planet hrolf. You said you have other things to do, I'm not stopping you from getting on with them. Or are you planning the usual all day stint on race today too?

Edited by dollardays (28 Mar 2019 7.02pm)