No Spurs involvement either which renders their talking shop utterly irrelevantIt appears there has been a debate on use of the y word hosted by kick it out this evening.
no baddiel involvement.
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No Spurs involvement either which renders their talking shop utterly irrelevantIt appears there has been a debate on use of the y word hosted by kick it out this evening.
no baddiel involvement.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/djpeisner/the-yid-army-goes-to-war-when-does-chanting-a-soccer-teams-n
Interesting article on the Y-Word. Thought it was fair
Was just gonna post this. Reading it right now, seems to be written with an American audience in mind, so I'm very interested to read the comments. I can imagine Americans will be vehemently against it's use without really understanding the history behind it.
I'm an American myself and I can guarantee you every "politically correct" over asshole is completely shocked when reading this. People won't understand the history at all and will just instantly condemn it. I'm still shocked you can get arrested for chanting this. You can drop any racial slur over here you want as long as you aren't inciting a fight or riot. But then again American history is bathed in racism.
"What Dani Alves did was so amazing," he told BBC Trending. "He didn't stoop to that racist idiot's level and instead he made a joke out of the situation . The racist plan backfired in a major way and now the idiot created a worldwide movement against racism."
Monkey noises and throwing bananas are used the world over as a racist gesture at football matches, with mixed race Dani Alves himself previously victimised.
By turning the banana from a symbol of racism to a symbol of defiance, will the current trend make a difference? Tom Conn, a Spanish football fan, echoed many others on social media when he tweeted that "in one single action, Dani Alves did more to fight racism than any UEFA/FIFA 'Say No to Racism' has ever done".
The hashtag #weareallmonkeys ... how is that different to yids? This can only strengthen our case...
It is if you know the Public Order Act. The whole concept of it is that the offence arises when the chant is used within the proximity of someone who may be offended.BUT
Constable Steve Payne, Football Intelligence Officer for the Met, said fans would still be arrested for using the Y-word if a complaint was made against them.
The FA issued guidelines for supporters’ behaviour and said the use of the word was “derogatory and offensive” and could amount to a criminal offence, even if it was being sung by supporters of Tottenham, who traditionally drew a large following from the Jewish community.
Clear as mud then.............
No, that law has not changed. What are they being compensated for? It never went to court. They never suffered from a conviction.I wonder if the few that were arrested could file for compensation as this should not have been an offence.
Worth giving it a try......What happens if I make a complaint about Woolwich fans in the away end singing 'Ars-enal' on the grounds I find it highly offensive? Do they get arrested?
I suppose they'd have to be making noise in the first place. Never mind.Worth giving it a try......
No, that law has not changed. What are they being compensated for? It never went to court. They never suffered from a conviction.
Save that, as I said in my post, it quite possibly is.Having their name splashed all over the media.. The ones who were arrested were named and shamed. Not nice for them, especially as it is now not an offence.