Has the world gone completely mad?

[OldBlueLady]

I'm not very good at this sort of thing so hope that this link is going to work:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080316-ten-basil-brush-involved-in-racism-row-5o7c575.html


It just completely beggars belief!:headbang:


Ok, sorry guys, doesn't seem to work - perhaps when there's more of you up and about on here, one of you can pick this one up and post the right link - it's on the yahoo news home page anyway.

 

[Jay_Shrimper]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080316/ten-basil-brush-involved-in-racism-row-5a7c575.html

One of the dashes was wrong, you had "20080316-ten" and its meant to be "20080316/ten". :D

There you go, thats the proper link anyway. :)


And that is really, really stupid. What is this world coming to ?

 

[MK Shrimper]

I say, Mr Roy!

 

[steveo]

Racist abuse of black people is quite rightly no longer deemed acceptable, but when a comedian makes a joke on TV about pikeys or gypos, there's no comeback

Point is Black people cant help being black but Pikeys choose to be pikeys same as Southend supporters choose to be Southend suporters so surely its fair to have a pop at them.

 

[Firestorm]

A Romany Gypsy could perceive it as rascist as Romany Gypsy's are a race. An Irish traveller would have to show they were mocking the Irish for it to constitute racism. Otherwise isn't it just parodying a lifestyle ? Which is not racism and were it to be percieved as so, would this lead to Posh people accusing Tim "Nice but Dim" as being "racist"

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

I can think of another equally strange complaint about racism, closer to home........

 

[Slipperduke]

I can think of another equally strange complaint about racism, closer to home........

Yes, funny how the boot was on the other foot when the boot in question was being worn by our top goalscorer.

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Yes, funny how the boot was on the other foot when the boot in question was being worn by our top goalscorer.

Not exactly what I was alluding to, but you're equally correct there!

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

A Romany Gypsy could perceive it as rascist as Romany Gypsy's are a race. An Irish traveller would have to show they were mocking the Irish for it to constitute racism. Otherwise isn't it just parodying a lifestyle ? Which is not racism and were it to be percieved as so, would this lead to Posh people accusing Tim "Nice but Dim" as being "racist"

The Irish are a culture not a race in my eyes, if you stood 10 English and 10 Irish folk together how many of you could distinguish who was who???

The Germans are not a race they are a culture, but Indian, Pakistani, afro Caribbean so on and so on are a race. IMO

This ia all a load of old Boll***

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

I can think of another equally strange complaint about racism, closer to home........

HERE HERE young man........and that was another uneducated mistake

 

[MK Shrimper]

The Irish are a culture not a race in my eyes, if you stood 10 English and 10 Irish folk together how many of you could distinguish who was who???

Yer, you could. The Irish chaps would look like leprechauns shurley?

Happy St. Patricks Day Anthony :D

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

What is it with our club, first chairman Ron Martin being investigated by Gloucestershire police, now its our assistant manager being investigated by Northamptonshire police.

I suppose the one thing we can take out of this, is it is unlikely that Eastwood will be returning on loan now.

 

[davewebbsbrain]

I say, Mr Roy!

Ha ha haa..Boom Boom

 

[Jam_Man]

Yes, funny how the boot was on the other foot when the boot in question was being worn by our top goalscorer.

Exactly !

There was a massive uproar after the Spurs games because they used the term pikey, now its political correctness gone mad now its nothing to do with us.

Brilliant:)

 

[C C Csiders]

Another nail in the coffin for the anti-hunt brigade (not you CS-J). These vile vermin need to be exterminated.

Tally Ho

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

Yes, funny how the boot was on the other foot when the boot in question was being worn by our top goalscorer.

Think you have got the wrong end of the stick mate....it was more a Celtic vibe i think Rich was alluding to!!

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Think you have got the wrong end of the stick mate....it was more a Celtic vibe i think Rich was alluding to!!

You don't mean a special green and white hooped Rampant Rabbit, either by that statement do you? :whistling:

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

You don't mean a special green and white hooped Rampant Rabbit, either by that statement do you? :whistling:

No.....a spawny Blue one.....3-2 0n pens!!! Spawny fuc*ers

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

No.....a spawny Blue one.....3-2 0n pens!!! Spawny fuc*ers

Don't get me started on those vile f*ckers.
They're all giving it large in my office today (despite all admitting they were lucky as they were so awful!)

 

[J]

Go on the rangers.. down the Tims... up the blues... Loyalist United. :D