Bernado Silva misconduct charge: one game ban, £50k fine

GortonBlue62 said:
Douglas Murray, in his book 'The Madness of Crowds', describes St George in Retirement syndrome...

St George slew the dragon and liked the approbation that resulted. So much so that he went around the country slaying more dragons and enjoying the kudos that came his way. As time went by the beasts became fewer in number and smaller in size. At the end of his life St George was swishing his sword at thin air.

... the young people who find offence (and racism and misogyny and homophobia) everywhere, are looking for dragons that don't really exist anymore. Thanks to the civil rights, women's lib and gay rights movements we live in a tolerant society where people are not prejudged on the colour of their skin, or their gender or their sexuality. Instead of recognizing the benign situation we find ourselves in, we are looking for smaller and smaller indiscretions to punish. Even Barack Obama recently made a speech on the subject, in which he urged tolerance and a recognition that people make mistakes but should be allowed to recover.

Young people have an excuse, they are young and they don't yet know their arse from their elbow. It's older people who should know better than allow this madness to continue. Your opinion, as expressed above, is part of the problem. In the specific case of Bernardo Silva, he did fuck all wrong and there should be no action other than an apology from the FA.
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So you're saying that we have eliminated racism and bigotry from this country?
 
GortonBlue62 said:
Douglas Murray, in his book 'The Madness of Crowds', describes St George in Retirement syndrome...

St George slew the dragon and liked the approbation that resulted. So much so that he went around the country slaying more dragons and enjoying the kudos that came his way. As time went by the beasts became fewer in number and smaller in size. At the end of his life St George was swishing his sword at thin air.

... the young people who find offence (and racism and misogyny and homophobia) everywhere, are looking for dragons that don't really exist anymore. Thanks to the civil rights, women's lib and gay rights movements we live in a tolerant society where people are not prejudged on the colour of their skin, or their gender or their sexuality. Instead of recognizing the benign situation we find ourselves in, we are looking for smaller and smaller indiscretions to punish. Even Barack Obama recently made a speech on the subject, in which he urged tolerance and a recognition that people make mistakes but should be allowed to recover.

Young people have an excuse, they are young and they don't yet know their arse from their elbow. It's older people who should know better than allow this madness to continue. Your opinion, as expressed above, is part of the problem. In the specific case of Bernardo Silva, he did fuck all wrong and there should be no action other than an apology from the FA.
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Very well said I listened to a podcast with a “black American pastor” that was saying people can say things without intention or harm & shouldnt be targeted for it, we need to allow slips of the tongue. The intolerance has swung the other way.
 
threadkiller said:
So you're saying that we have eliminated racism and bigotry from this country?
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I'm not saying that at all, but I can see why someone with your mindset would choose to see things in an all or nothing fashion.

We haven't eliminated racism or bigotry, and we shouldn't be complacent, but we've come a long way and that needs to be recognized.

Young people today would love to have been on the march on Washington in 1963 with Martin Luther King, but they weren't and instead of recognizing the progress made and being grateful for the amazing situation they find themselves in, they are looking to be activists in a world without a real enemy.

Where racism exists it should be tackled. Where it doesn't, as in the case of Bernardo Silva, it should be called out for the bollocks that it is.
 
GortonBlue62 said:
I'm not saying that at all, but I can see why someone with your mindset would choose to see things in an all or nothing fashion.

We haven't eliminated racism or bigotry, and we shouldn't be complacent, but we've come a long way and that needs to be recognized.

Young people today would love to have been on the march on Washington in 1963 with Martin Luther King, but they weren't and instead of recognizing the progress made and being grateful for the amazing situation they find themselves in, they are looking to be activists in a world without a real enemy.

Where racism exists it should be tackled. Where it doesn't, as in the case of Bernardo Silva, it should be called out for the bollocks that it is.
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So your saying that even though we've not eliminated racism and bigotry, we've done enough, and should just let it go now?
 
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