I recall having an argument about irony in comedy with Maggie Barber in a pub in Southampton (after a game at St Mary's) when a chant of "I'd rather be a Paki than a Turk" broke out. Given that racism is no longer a problem, they must have been trying to join in the discussion...
Ed. On 2 Nov 2012, at 16:17, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well Ian, it would be the the last time that Leeds played against a team that > included someone who had a black/arabic player with a foreign sounding > name...because there is a wanker who has stood behind us (a couple of rows > back) > for about 6 or 7 seasons who yells at anyone who falls into this category - > "fuck off back where you come from you fucking asylum seeker...you fake > refugee > bastard"...sometimes throwing other things into the mix... > > he also likes the Welsh "fucking sheep shagging bastards"; > > on the subject of Brighton he can be quite varied, "fucking > gay/shirt-lifting/homo bastards" > > and funny enough he hated Jermaine Beckford...can't think why, but he came > very > close to outing himself on that score a few times, cos he was obliviously "a > fucking lazy....bastard" > > (all of this is said with real eye-popping vitriol - this twat is not joking) > > Now you may ask what have we done about it - well me and the mate I go to > games > with are not shy at coming forward - and we've both at face-offs with this > dickwad and that usually shuts him up for a game and a half...but what really > pisses me off is he stands less than 10 yards from where the stewards + > security > regularly gather - and no-one has ever spoken to him that I know of, and yet > they have to have heard him. > > So, yeah, some of it gets over played these days - and things like "we can see > you holding hands" is funny - but like anything else it depends on how your > doing it and in what context - that is not the kind of thing that some > homophobic twat is likely to say just as they start stomping on someone they > believe to be gay...now is it. > > So let's not all run around pretending it doesn't happen, and let's not all > run > around pretending it is as bad as the 80s (fucking Thatcher, that was probably > her fault as well...in fact it was, but I digress)...neither of those > scenarios > is correct. It is some where in between, because society is somewhere in > between. > > Ask any of your BME friends, your gay friends or even the women in your lives > "isn't it great now that we've got rid of discrimination, eh?" - go on, they > could do with a laugh, it is a Friday evening after all... > > > > > > > On 02 November 2012 at 11:19 Ian Murray <[email protected]> wrote: >> All this hysteria over racism in the game lately is doing my head in. >> Honestly, when was the last time you heard any racist chanting at a game? >> >> I remember the 'spurs are on their way to Belsen' chant about 10 years ago >> but >> that got shouted down. >> >> The gay chants at Brighton are tongue in cheek and funny. >> >> I wish they would stop ruining football!! >> > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
