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Glenn Hoddle in 'race row'
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Westdene Wonder
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I am disappointed in Hoddle for apologising, he should have completely ignored these idiots who if taken seriously will eventually result in everything being scripted and passed before broadcasting.
MikeySmall
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Anyone offended by this comment shouldn't listen to the twelfth man series. Ridiculous.
clapham_gull
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- Aug 20, 2003
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oh.. the voice of Britain then.
You see someone could fart 3,000 miles away and someone will be offended. They may even post it on Twitter.
That's what the internet had given us. Some people will be offended, some people won't. But unlike the past we get to hear about or it (or choose to read it).
It's a democracy of pulished opinion that's here to stay. That's what people need to get over....
Sussex Nomad
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Doesn't seem to be much democracy in a tame old football saying that gets built up into a racist slur. Seems one way traffic to me, don't dare be light hearted or the PC brigade will be calling for your honky white arse. I despair.
Despairing slapper from Soho,
Suk Mi Kum
Despairing slapper from Soho,
Suk Mi Kum
Twinkle Toes
Growing old disgracefully
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To be fair, I don't think Glenda's comedy 'skills' have developed to that sort of level.
Anyway, what's my solution to his latest piss-poor televised attempt? Off with his HOD!*
*Sorry
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Martin Samuel spot on again.
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
Good article and very true.
However, wasn't it the Daily Mail that lead the storm over the 'Brand/Ross'gate saga?
Hoddle should not have needed to apologise as he did nothing wrong. I'd be interested to know the numbers of people that believed he should. 16.4% believe an apology was needed, from the Guardian poll.
However, wasn't it the Daily Mail that lead the storm over the 'Brand/Ross'gate saga?
Hoddle should not have needed to apologise as he did nothing wrong. I'd be interested to know the numbers of people that believed he should. 16.4% believe an apology was needed, from the Guardian poll.
severnside gull
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I would have said that I worry for how 16.4% of Gruniad readers manage to keep their sanity intact in this ever-spinning world we live in........................but in truth I worry for ALL Gruniad readers
but nowhere near as much as I worry for Daily Mail readers. They must be frightened to get out of bed in the morning for fear of doing/saying/seeing/hearing something/anything/everything........
Goldstone Rapper
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Now That's What I Call Racism.
Goldstone Rapper
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Surprisingly sane article in the Daily Mail.
Stumpy Tim
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I call my wife a NIP all the time, even though she's clearly a CHINK. She finds it funny fortunately, and she calls me Evil Englishman & complains about our history of rape & torture - I find that quite funny. In Ricky Gervais film Ghost Town he did a whole scene taking this piss out of Chinese names, & no one made a fuss. My wife found it funny. It seems to me that people who moan & whine aren't the people they think should be offended
What's the matter with some people?
alan partridge
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er, yeah, and do it so someone else's wife? You'd probably get slapped.
Stumpy Tim
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Would I though? I don't think I would. Plenty of her friends are exactly the same.
Goldstone Rapper
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When something is intended as a harmless joke, and you know the other person well enough to know it will land with them that way, that is rather different from the context of Vulture's comments.
As for 'It seems to me that people who moan & whine aren't the people they think should be offended', well, I am Chinese. I'm the son of immigrants who moved to this country in the 70s. From my own experience, 'Chink,' when used, is consistently used as a negative, demeaning label against people with a Chinese ethnicity. I was at the receiving end of that where I grew up in Brighton. Imagine facing that taunt as a kid when your emotional resilience is likely to be lower. Yes, it hurt then, and while the effect isn't so strong now, it calls me back to those feelings and sense of being attacked then.
(And, of course, people don't have to be Chinese or Japanese to take issue with Vulture's casual racism).
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Re his 'disabled' quote - It was what he truly believed.
Same as billions of people around the world believe that virgins give birth.
Negative crap is more readable/saleable. We're still talking about it after how many years ?.
If he'd smiled, and wished god's love on the disabled, it wouldn't even get a mention.
I blame the stupid tits who believe what they read/hear........
Same as billions of people around the world believe that virgins give birth.
Negative crap is more readable/saleable. We're still talking about it after how many years ?.
If he'd smiled, and wished god's love on the disabled, it wouldn't even get a mention.
I blame the stupid tits who believe what they read/hear........