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ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"

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Rawk is pure gold atm

I couldn't give a **** about the ban or the fine. This is the entire career of a player who will be labelled a racist for the rest of his life for making a non-racist statement. His own grandfather is black.

The whole thing is utter ****e.


say I was arguing with Evra and called him a bloody fool. Afterwards, someone pulls out a dictionary and proves that "fool" is actually an old word for French.

Have I now racially abused Evra? I say no (assuming I meant "fool" as in "idiot" and not "fool" as in "French). And it makes no difference if Evra knew that "fool" could also mean "French" or not.

Whereas if I did use the word "fool" as a reference to nationality, then I am guilty of racial abuse, even though Evra might not have realised it at the time (either because he didnt hear me, or he didnt know that I was using a reference to his nationality)


The only context in which a person would use the word negrito is if they are speaking spanish. If anyone was to be offended, then it would be a question of educating that person about the customs and culture of the spanish/south american spanish language so that they understand that it's not racist.
 


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