It seems to me that if Suarez is found guilty, the FA are going to make an example of the Uruguayan. I don't like the sound of this, and feel that the FA might set a heavy punishment in response to Blatter's poor comments about the issue of racism. Showing themselves as the bigger man.
I don't condone racism at all, and feel that Suarez should get what he deserves. If he did attack Evra, 10 times with racism, then he should receive a very big fine and ban. Yet it seems that this case is very hard to solve, and that Suarez may not be on the end of even a punishment.
I just hope that the FA forget about Blatter, and solve the situation in the rightful fashion. We can all look at FIFA, but the FA have been no better.
Lets not forget that Rooney appeal, but League clubs are told to be quiet about any dubious red cards.
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This is from Tim Vickery's blog on Suarez:
"But how to know when this word ceases to be descriptive and becomes pejorative? And for the FA disciplinary committee, how to avoid kicking the case around like a political football?
Suarez has provided them with a problem - but also with an opportunity.
Context is crucial, not just in what Suarez may have done, but also in how it is judged. When Sepp Blatter apologised for appearing to suggest racist remarks could be overcome with a handshake, it gave English football another chance to indulge in Fifa-bashing."
This is exactly how the case shouldn't be solved. The words 'opportunity' scare me. Any case in the world shouldn't be seen as a 'opportunity'! Someone's reputation is at stake.
Suarez Case
posted on 20/12/11
Hardly, as I didn't shout it in the face of an opponent during a game.........
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How do you know he did that? It's all speculation at the moment, isn't it?
Suarez's defence is that he used a word that is not deemed racist in his native tongue. And then you started banging on about him living in Holland, as if that has any relevance to the meaning of a Spanish word.
posted on 20/12/11
Patrice Evra is black.
Am I racist now?
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Dear oh dear, so the delightful Mr Suarez, was merely stating a 'fact' when he decided to allegedly shout this comment in the face of Evra 10 times during a match?
He was in no way was looking to use the term as an insult, it was merely a factual comment? Is that seriously what you're trying to say?
You'll be saying it's a term of endearment in Uruguay next
I'll leave you to wallow in your delusion & hypocrisy, as if this was a United player accused of the same thing towards Johnson, you'd be petitioning the FA....
Toodle pip
posted on 20/12/11
Ah, so I see you're happy to believe Evra's version of events without any real evidence, yet dismiss Suarez's defence so easily. Nope, you're definitely not bitter
posted on 20/12/11
terentius1 (U1863)
posted 14 seconds ago
Ah, so I see you're happy to believe Evra's version of events without any real evidence, yet dismiss Suarez's defence so easily. Nope, you're definitely not bitter
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posted on 20/12/11
comment by Fred Bassett - My Dad's Not A Phone... DU... (U3979)
posted 33 minutes ago
& when aimed at a black person????
I can't believe that some of you lot are attempting to condone this (IF true)
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Patrice Evra is black.
Am I racist now?
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How dare you Fred!
posted on 20/12/11
I find it amazing how we suddenly deem a word racist abuse, when it never was in the past. We have destroyed the word and the PC brigade have had it banned. Bear in mind it is only racist if a white says it, which in itself is racist.
However forgetting that, why because we have destroyed the word and deemed it racist should we think that we have the right to deem words in other languages racist?
Oh I'm sorry, we're English speakers and English is the bestest language in the whole wide world and those pesky foreigners should abide by our rules, regardless of how innocent the words are deemed in their own language.
posted on 20/12/11
Toor. If you take this current issue out of the equation, it is Britain that usually bows to the rest of the world and their cultures. How often do we read about a council banning something because it may be offensive to a particular culture? I actually think its the same thing with this case - the FA are afraid of using common sense to sort this issue out for fear of offending the French crybaby.
posted on 20/12/11
Oh I'm sorry, we're English speakers and English is the bestest language in the whole wide world and those pesky foreigners should abide by our rules, regardless of how innocent the words are deemed in their own language.
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This does seem to be the opinion of most on this board.
posted on 20/12/11
comment by terentius1 (U1863)
posted 6 minutes ago
Toor. If you take this current issue out of the equation, it is Britain that usually bows to the rest of the world and their cultures. How often do we read about a council banning something because it may be offensive to a particular culture? I actually think its the same thing with this case - the FA are afraid of using common sense to sort this issue out for fear of offending the French crybaby.
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Yes and it's a disgrace, however we seem to be becoming used to it and the PC brigade are destroying the UK. I mean how can somebody tell you not to fly your own country's flag in your own country? Furthermore if it offends somebody then they are offended by the country and should get out of it.
We deem ourselves the most important and our language should be bowed down to. We have destroyed a word in our own language and now want to force it on other languages. I speak a couple of other languages and sometimes a word sounds like something else but has a different meaning, which doesn't even translate into English. However on the basis of what is being judged now, these words should be banned because we high and mighty English speakers destroyed the word we had.
Oh wait, we only destroyed it for white's. A black person can say this word. That is racism. Saying the word is not.
posted on 20/12/11
"I've shown no bias, "
TB - when you call someone a 'horrible, little rat' it's a bit of a giveaway that you're biased against them!
And you do hate Liverpool - nothing to do with your comments on this article, anyone who knows you knows it - and I didn't need to read very many of your comments to get that impression.