1. I agree which is why I no longer follow athletics

2. Her character speaks for itself after they way she behaved towards the police and complaining about it. Now if she can prove that she was victimised I will withdraw the comment.

3. You should read the Dirtiest Race in History Christie should have been banned at the 1988 games along with Ben Johnson by some fluke the committee decided by 1 vote not to ban him even though the evidence was there.

Then there is his bad sportsmanship. In 1996 he knew he had no chance of retaining his title he was the slowest man in the field. He false started and was disqualified. Christie had never been false started before and he behaved with bad grace leading me to believe he didn't want to come last and accept defeat gracefully.

Then there were his retirements in the 200m at major events. Christie often qualified for both 100 and 200m however as he got older he routinely withdraw from the 200m during the competition complaining he was tired after the 100m. The point being another UK athlete could have taken that chance. Over the years he did this several times in major tournaments I wonder how the athletes left back home felt about him being "too tired".

Not my favourite athlete.

Edited by Badger11 (06 Jul 2020 11.56pm)

Edited by Badger11 (06 Jul 2020 11.57pm)

One more point

If people sound the part and are the part in professional life then I struggle to see how you would use unconscious bias unless there is something wrong with you. This is what I have a difficulty understanding, plus positive discrimination or thinking you can tell private businesses what they should and shouldn’t be doing because you assume they don’t know.

COYP

1) so it’s now racist to have an opinion is it?
2) If you are that offended don’t waste your time on here, the bbs will welcome you with open arms

Shutting someone that doesn't agree with you out is exactly what an echo chamber is. Give him an oportunity to tell people what his point is.

Moving on though, I had a thought about all these's people alegidly being harrassed by Police.

The Police are really lazy & harrassment takes a lot of effort. We several police appear from nowhere to stop someone seemingly not doing much, maybe they are in a foul mood because someone is forcing them to do some work. It there are lots of police, then it's probably down to some intellegence they can't share with the person they are stopping, which could be serious. And the Police know they are just going to get their time wasted by some jumped up little s*** being uncooperative and filming everything for their instagramme.

Think of the Streatham attacks where loads of Police appeared from nowhere based on information. Cases might not always that exterme, but rather than having an argument about what someones name is, just tell them, then they can move on to looking for real criminals.

I have friends and family still serving in the Police and their combined experiences at the moment tell of an organisation in utter crisis from top to bottom. An utter breakdown in any kind of trust between those on the streets and anybody much above the rank of Inspector. Of them being sent into confrontations without being allowed to wear protective equipment lest it 'annoy' the wrong-doers, of having assaults on them being deliberately down-graded by the time they reach court, in short of being left out there to fend for themselves. And cops who are too small. Not physically capable of doing the serious end of policing yet being passed as 'shield trained' when they can barely carry it, let alone have to go toe to toe with mobs.

Now cops always moan. A bit like soldiers really. But even they are now stressing this goes beyond the normal whining. The thin blue line is not so much bending but more being diluted.

Black privilege seems to be the ability to commit crime and yet be considered the victim. With those tasked by society to prevent crime, now considered the perpetrators just by want of actually doing their job.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

It’s you that has missed the point, I’m afraid. Spiderman is no “lefty.”