Terry not guilty

[element]

Just waiting for my mobile to go off with a JT joke text...

*tapping fingers on desk

 

[Worthingite]

You got it wrong

can you explain it to me then because I'm a bit lost!!! He said those words, so how can he be found not guilty?

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Why would any parent accept any celebrity as a role model for their children ??.

They don't choose the role models.

My parents never provided me with a list of suitable role models...

 

[Rookie]

The reasoning:
http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgments/r-v-john-terry.pdf

(when it comes back on line anyway) All about beyond reasonable doubt, was always going to very very difficult to prove

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

He said those words, so how can he be found not guilty?

By that logic everyone who has repeated those words in the past few days should be guilty?

 

[User removed 4]

So, let me get this right.... it was actually Anton Ferdinand calling John Terry a "B***k c**t" then? And he was "sarcastically" repeating it back......righto..

If thats what you think you havent really looked at what terry's defence was have you ? Much easier to just base your verdict on what you THINK might have happened and your dislike of john terry eh ?

 

[Perfidious Albion]

Yay ! Good news for the battered image of British justice...Never should have gone to Court

 

[Sheebo]

can you explain it to me then because I'm a bit lost!!! He said those words, so how can he be found not guilty?

I'd imagine they looked into it a bit..........

People like you who called him a 'racist' simply cos you've decided you don't like the bloke were out of order and the not guilty verdict shows why. Never pre-judge people. Lesson learnt.

Where's Herr whats his face as well - seem to remember weeks ago him doing something similar...

 

[Brovion]

I hold no brief for Terry but it was the right decision. If he'd just walked up to a black guy in the street and screamed it in his face without any provocation, then yeah, that could be described as racist. But having followed the, rather depressing, case it's patently obvious that BOTH parties are *****. Childish, schoolboy *****. Terry's a white **** and Ferdinand's a black ****, no more, no less.

 

[Steveapps71]

now for the FA "investigation" !! Wonder if he will get banned as he admitted to using those words "sarcastically"

 

[Worthingite]

I'd imagine they looked into it a bit..........

People like you who called him a 'racist' simply cos you've decided you don't like the bloke were out of order and the not guilty verdict shows why. Never pre-judge people. Lesson learnt.

Where's Herr whats his face as well - seem to remember weeks ago him doing something similar...

But he admitted using those words? What part of that do you fail to understand? In my eyes, using those words constitutes racism.

Yeah I think the blokes a complete scrote, but I think it's time to draw a line under things, the courts have. I disagree with the decision but the decision stands.

 

[Albumen]

Just looking at the case and all the quotes it makes you wonder where all the football money goes, definitely not in educating these numbskulls.

 

[catfish]

As a result of this various players have taken sides with Terry or Ferdinand and don't want anything to do with the other lot. The whole thing is a mess.

 

[Gazwag]

Right so can we or can we not sing "you know what you are" to him next month, I guess not.

We will just have to sing "you'll never get a Saturday" instead

 

[JCL666]

Context is a very interesting thing.

 

[JBizzleBeard]

John Terry might not be guilty of a being a racist, but he's certainly guilty of being a prized bellend.

 

[Kumquat]

Has either of them out of interest or is there any intention to get them to apologise publicly for the way they conducted themselves on the pitch in terms of their language? Agree with what has been said on here about role models and whether people like it or not, kids look up to them. I realise that this is clearly the way a large number of footballers on the pitch behave and am not naïve enough to think that is likely to change any time soon. However, given the public nature of this dispute, I think it would be nice if they made a very clear statement that they were ashamed. I'd quite like them to cry as well while they do it.

 

[Zamora For England]

What annoys me most are the blinkered Man Utd-turned Chelsea fan spouting off on Facebook/Twitter... "wot an inspirashunal captin I new you wasn't guilty ONE INGLIND CAPTAIN CFC 4EVER" GO AWAY

 

[Willy Dangle]

I cant believe Chelsea have given him the week off now. Nice one.

 

[Yoda]

I hold no brief for Terry but it was the right decision. If he'd just walked up to a black guy in the street and screamed it in his face without any provocation, then yeah, that could be described as racist. But having followed the, rather depressing, case it's patently obvious that BOTH parties are *****. Childish, schoolboy *****. Terry's a white **** and Ferdinand's a black ****, no more, no less.

Completely spot on. If anything, JT is being politically correct. Now if he had used the n word, or something similar, then yes he's a racist ****.