Racism...

[DC76]

http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=ap-racism-policeinvestigation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jan/06/oldham-tom-adeyemi-liverpool

What is with football these days? Why do people have to take the piss out of someone because they look a little different?  Either it's becoming more prevalent or it's simply getting more press, but either way, it's pretty flippin' stupid to hear about people being racially abused. It doesn't matter whether it happens in Serbia (where I would expect it to happen because most Serbian football fans are twats anyway) or England. IT'S WRONG.
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Seriously, it shouldn't matter what race someone is. If he helps the team win, he's good by me. Besides, there are more relevant and less idiotic reasons to get on someone's case. Like say Spurs were playing against whatever team Milan Baroš was on. You could hound him for being a diving, whining, motormouthed muppet, or chant "Keep Him Off The Road" or something because he got pulled over doing more than double the speed limit near Lyon.

[Glenn R]

http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=ap-racism-policeinvestigation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jan/06/oldham-tom-adeyemi-liverpool

What is with football these days? Why do people have to take the piss out of someone because they look a little different?  Either it's becoming more prevalent or it's simply getting more press, but either way, it's pretty flippin' stupid to hear about people being racially abused. It doesn't matter whether it happens in Serbia (where I would expect it to happen because most Serbian football fans are twats anyway) or England. IT'S WRONG.
[/rant]

Seriously, it shouldn't matter what race someone is. If he helps the team win, he's good by me. Besides, there are more relevant and less idiotic reasons to get on someone's case. Like say Spurs were playing against whatever team Milan Baroš was on. You could hound him for being a diving, whining, motormouthed muppet, or chant "Keep Him Off The Road" or something because he got pulled over doing more than double the speed limit near Lyon.

Racist abuse is based on ignorance. ~Those that do the monkey chants should look in the mirror and they will  come face to face with a real primitive monkey.

[Metalanimal]

Delivering abuse based on race  is the morons method as they want to get at and insult the player so instead of coming up with something original with a bit of humour they resort to race, this is mainly due to a very low IQ, lower than the average turd and probably drinking to much stella pre match just to help things along and give them courage!

[Glenn R]

Delivering abuse based on race  is the morons method as they want to get at and insult the player so instead of coming up with something original with a bit of humour they resort to race, this is mainly due to a very low IQ, lower than the average turd and probably drinking to much stella pre match just to help things along and give them courage!

Agreed.

[DC76]

Delivering abuse based on race  is the morons method as they want to get at and insult the player so instead of coming up with something original with a bit of humour they resort to race, this is mainly due to a very low IQ, lower than the average turd and probably drinking to much stella pre match just to help things along and give them courage!

Are you Robin Hood? Because you just bullseyed that sucker.