One thing you CAN say in favour of those "Land That Time Forgot" Bulgarian Nazis was

[Viva Prat Vegas]

the unobtrusive, orderly manner in which they filed up the steps to leave the stadium

[Monty92]

the unobtrusive, orderly manner in which they filed up the steps to leave the stadium

It is a bit weird how it's entirely socially acceptable (or at least tolerated) to hurl all kind of abuse at footballers, but we're not allowed to be racist to them.

I don't really have a problem with racism inside football stadiums. It's just part of the pantomime

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

It is a bit weird how it's entirely socially acceptable (or at least tolerated) to hurl all kind of abuse at footballers, but we're not allowed to be racist to them.

I don't really have a problem with racism inside football stadiums. It's just part of the pantomime

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[Sir C]

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Erm, if he's particularly offended by anti-semitic chanting at football, do you think he might have chosen a different club to support? I mean, he must have grown up in a permanent state of outrage.

[Monty92]

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Of course. it's all just sh*thousery and banter.

As a society we all acknowledge that football fans operate under entirely different social rules once they step inside a stadium. I don't see why we should tolerate tens of thousands of fans calling a footballer a **** for having dared to move club or acquire a reputation for cheating, but then clutch our pearls if we call them a black ****

[Ash]

Of course. it's all just sh*thousery and banter.

As a society we all acknowledge that football fans operate under entirely different social rules once they step inside a stadium. I don't see why we should tolerate tens of thousands of fans calling a footballer a **** for having dared to move club or acquire a reputation for cheating, but then clutch our pearls if we call them a black ****

I was in a pub quiz the other day where we got extra points for our offensive team name: Madeleine McCan't.

There are boundaries of what is acceptable and what isn't. Laughing at the rape and murder of a small girl is apparently ok. Racism not so.

[Monty92]

I was in a pub quiz the other day where we got extra points for our offensive team name: Madeleine McCan't.

There are boundaries of what is acceptable and what isn't. Laughing at the rape and murder of a small girl is apparently ok. Racism not so.

Yes, although whether or not we find humour in that kind of stuff is is heavily nuanced and context-dependent, even within the narrow genre of kiddie rape and murder.

I think the reason Maddie is such a comedy goldmine is because of the whole circus surrounding the case, and the fact that her white middle class parents blatantly killed her, which *is* inherently funny.

There are other cases where small children were brutally murdered that you'd struggle to find any humour in.

You don't hear any jokes about Jamie Bulger, for example.

[Pokster]

I was in a pub quiz the other day where we got extra points for our offensive team name: Madeleine McCan't.

There are boundaries of what is acceptable and what isn't. Laughing at the rape and murder of a small girl is apparently ok. Racism not so.

Well racism affects everyone of that race , laughing about an individual doesn't...that would be my penguin book of racism level

[7sisters]

Indeed. How does a multi cultural society move on to the next level when it’s only ok to abuse gingers

[Arsenal Alcoholic Review]

It is a bit weird how it's entirely socially acceptable (or at least tolerated) to hurl all kind of abuse at footballers, but we're not allowed to be racist to them.

I don't really have a problem with racism inside football stadiums. It's just part of the pantomime

I remember a chap you used to sit by me and when we played Chelsea he just kept shouting at Ashley Cole "who's your Father, who's your Father!" everytime he was taking a throw. You could see that it was effecting the ******* which was good for the Arsenal.