FA warns Spurs of Yid Chant

[The Merry Prankster]

Well I'm glad we've cleared that up then!

Are the 10% offended by the 90%? I honestly don't know, my guess is probably not else they would have piped up yonks ago.

The only person I've ever known of to be offended by it is Baddiel and he is a "Chelsea" fan.

Shouldn't that be ........and he is a Chelsea "fan"?

 

[severnside gull]

Is this the death knell for our "1-0 to the batty boys!" chant?

I have always believed that the best black humour is that of black comedians or satirists and the best jewish humour emanates from jews. It is invariably imbued with a combination of self deprecation and the added bite that comes from cultural perspective and it has genuine potential ro break down barriers. Similarly Irish, feminist, LGBetc..........

Not directly applicable to football songs maybe but there is an element of babies and bathwater that comes from broad brushstroke rulings.

 

[ozseagull]

I'm assuming you agree that we should not be allowed to call Palace fans pikeys or similar ever again?

That's a fair point but the word Pikey doesn't represent hundreds of thousands of people being led to gas chambers. I again refer to the away fans in the video. A clear example of racism that would definitely offend a cross section of society.

 

[Husty]

Why is it in these discussions people don't ever use the words they mean. Why not just say '******' or 'Yid' why do we have to dance around the subject so much?

 

[Husty]

That's a fair point but the word Pikey doesn't represent hundreds of thousands of people being led to gas chambers.

Well there goes your credibility.

 

[Arthur]

Shouldn't that be ........and he is a Chelsea "fan"?

You're quite right.

If Yid is the most offensive thing he hears at a football match then he doesn't go very often!

 

[ozseagull]

Well there goes your credibility.

Why?

 

[Buzzer]

That's a fair point but the word Pikey doesn't represent hundreds of thousands of people being led to gas chambers

Yes it does. Estimates of anywhere between 250,000 - 500,000 of them.

 

[Husty]

Why?

Yes it does. Estimates of anywhere between 250,000 - 500,000 of them.

What he said.

 

[Birdie Boy]

Too much PC thinking? really? Having a dog called N***** and not knowing whether to type black or coloured. It is exactly for these reasons that this PC thinking has come about. I'm really not sure there has ever been a time when its was truly acceptable to call a black dog n*****!!!

How about Winston?

 

[The Buttery Biscuit Base]

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[The Buttery Biscuit Base]

Yes it does. Estimates of anywhere between 250,000 - 500,000 of them.

Irish Travallers aren't the same as Romani Gypsies.

 

[ozseagull]

What he said.

Really? Post me a link with some info then

 

[hans kraay fan club]

That's a fair point but the word Pikey doesn't represent hundreds of thousands of people being led to gas chambers.

Oh dear.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Tottenham fans aren't predominantly Jewish any more, so the fans have no real right to use it positivity or negatively.

How many Albion fans can honestly say ...

"For we're the men from Sussex, Sussex by the Sea.
We plough and sow and reap and mow,
And useful men are we"?

 

[pastafarian]

Why is it in these discussions people don't ever use the words they mean. Why not just say '******' or 'Yid' why do we have to dance around the subject so much?

Fear!

And forgetting context is important in these issues.

 

[Buzzer]

Are we now at the point about splitting hairs about which specific type of gypsy 'pikey' refers to?

If that's the case then I'm out of here.

 

[ozseagull]

Oh dear.

Oh dear. There are a few people making a bit of a fool of themselves. Romany Gypsies are a completely separate group recognised as an actual ethnic group.

The word Pikey has been used for centuries and only recently changed to be derogatory against Irish travellers etc. Therefore the original word Pikey has nothing to do with it. I suggest you research slightly better.

 

[Commander]

That's a fair point but the word Pikey doesn't represent hundreds of thousands of people being led to gas chambers.

Yes it does.

And that's beside the point, anyway. You can't say we can't be nasty about one group because they've had a hard time, but we can about another because they haven't. Hypocrisy, as usual with anything like this.

 

[ozseagull]

Yes it does.

And that's beside the point, anyway. You can't say we can't be nasty about one group because they've had a hard time, but we can about another because they haven't. Hypocrisy, as usual with anything like this.

No it doesn't!