5 Live: Police investigating racist incident at Etihad

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I think it all has to do with what era you grew up in.

This is 2012, the white v black thing is in the past, calling someone a black twat is nothing at all. You hear black, white and asian kids refer to each other as much worse in schools these days and it's never taken seriously because as I said, it's 2012.

It is heartening to see that our nation has now reached such an elevated point of advancement that the term 'black twat' is now widely accepted in polite society.

 

[cityfansimon]

I think it all has to do with what era you grew up in.

This is 2012, the white v black thing is in the past, calling someone a black twat is nothing at all. You hear black, white and asian kids refer to each other as much worse in schools these days and it's never taken seriously because as I said, it's 2012.

It is heartening to see that our nation has now reached such an elevated point of advancement that the term 'black twat' is now widely accepted in polite society.

It's not widely accepted, but calling someone a "twat" isn't such a bad thing..

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I think it all has to do with what era you grew up in.

This is 2012, the white v black thing is in the past, calling someone a black twat is nothing at all. You hear black, white and asian kids refer to each other as much worse in schools these days and it's never taken seriously because as I said, it's 2012.

It is heartening to see that our nation has now reached such an elevated point of advancement that the term 'black twat' is now widely accepted in polite society.

It's not widely accepted, but calling someone a "twat" isn't such a bad thing..

I think you may have misread the tone of my post.

 

[andrewmswift]

gotta say, your speech laws are strange.

man says racist thing, he's a terrible person, but getting arrested for it is just dumb.

 

[kunaguero10]

question: would he have been treated any differently if he had used 'french twat' rather than 'black twat'?

 

[pedigreeblue]

can someone please group these comments in order of offensiveness and explain why some may cause national outrage, possible prison sentence , and lifetime ban from a football ground, and the reasons why that is.

Long haired tw@t, scouse tw@t, big nosed tw@t, cockney tw@t, red tw@t, black tw@t, ugly tw@t, fat tw@t, red faced tw@t, skinny tw@t, welsh tw@t,

I am certainly not condoning the use of foul and abusive language but I also think the racism card is sometimes over played , and my point is that someone calling someone a big nosed twat doesn't actually mean they have a hatred or prejudice to anyone with a big nose !

Someone please educate me.

 

[johnmc]

question: would he have been treated any differently if he had used 'french twat' rather than 'black twat'?

I doubt there would have been anything done. But one term is racist the other isn't.

 

[Marvin]

can someone please group these comments in order of offensiveness and explain why some may cause national outrage, possible prison sentence , and lifetime ban from a football ground, and the reasons why that is.

Long haired tw@t, scouse tw@t, big nosed tw@t, cockney tw@t, red tw@t, black tw@t, ugly tw@t, fat tw@t, red faced tw@t, skinny tw@t, welsh tw@t,

I am certainly not condoning the use of foul and abusive language but I also think the racism card is sometimes over played , and my point is that someone calling someone a big nosed twat doesn't actually mean they have a hatred or prejudice to anyone with a big nose !

Someone please educate me.

You don't get beaten up, deported, sacked, discriminated against etc etc for having a big nose

If you were an immigrant you'd get it

But at the same time the big brother, gesture politics is as bad as the racism.

 

[MCFC BOB]

It was.

Broke up with a girlfriend, got over her, met knew people, changed my tastes, learnt new things, did A-Levels, went to uni, moved house, realised how awful things were, discovered impartiality and the negatives it brings.

Been a stressful year - and all tax free!

I preferred blissfully ignorant Bob.

I'll offer you another Malia thread before you stick to that.

 

[johnmc]

can someone please group these comments in order of offensiveness and explain why some may cause national outrage, possible prison sentence , and lifetime ban from a football ground, and the reasons why that is.

Long haired tw@t, scouse tw@t, big nosed tw@t, cockney tw@t, red tw@t, black tw@t, ugly tw@t, fat tw@t, red faced tw@t, skinny tw@t, welsh tw@t,

I am certainly not condoning the use of foul and abusive language but I also think the racism card is sometimes over played , and my point is that someone calling someone a big nosed twat doesn't actually mean they have a hatred or prejudice to anyone with a big nose !

Someone please educate me.

Do you understand what racism is?