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"United are a bunch of w*nkers" .. "The Skates..." ... (work it out) ... Is it a racist remark? Do you really think so? Re-read my posts. Racism is not something to be taken lightly...Racism is not something for comfortable people to pretend to be vigilant against. Real, nasty, horrid racism of the South African aparteid, pre-civil rights USA, 30's Germany, indeed perhaps even China today (with the western Muslim tribes). To try and find racism from rude reference to head gear worn by some is to be, frankly, up one's own ass. All IMHO of course... (by the way, Monty Panesar - a true Englishman - and I hope a national hero in these Ashes, is none the less a rag head - he wears a turban on his head. I am a rude bugger for saying it, but I bet you an ounce of sugar that if you ask him which part of that sentence he cares about, he would be pleased to be referred to as a 'true Englishman' and no doubt would call me a rude c*nt for marking him out for his turban. But I doubt that he would hound me into court for 'racism')

indeed. And racial stereotype is miles away from being racist. It is the taking of a culture and making flipant of it. A country mile and a yard away from saying that "he be of jewish origin, gas him" or "because he can withold a pen in his curly hair, whilst shaking his head, he is a negro, enslave him."... making fun of someone's culture is not racism. Rude, sure, but not racism.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/derogatory http://www.thefreedictionary.com/derogatory http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/derogatory http://www.yourdictionary.com/derogatory (which of these definitions makes my statement racist?) ==== "solely used to denegrate the Arab race" yawn... really... please read and digest my posts... by the way, there is no such thing as the 'Arab race'. Don't let the facts of serious discusion get in the way though....

actually, worryingly, I am at my most lucid when I am half-cut...

funnily enough, none! I have a brain..

thank you. But why is 'rag head' any more un-pc than referring to a banker as a 'pin-striped, braces-wearing moron' Be careful not to dilute true racism (being the criminal subjugation of one DNA-specified race by another) with the solvent of culture, which is neither inflamatory nor provocative. Indeed much of public debate surrounding immigration has its seed sown from the hopper of culturism rather than true racism, which is abhorent in any sane man's mind. ... a bit like me taking the rib over a chap wearing a skate shirt....

I go to the Chapel Arms of a match day and there are many folks who shopped for their shirts in the same store as me? Do you mean, ever?

Lol! No, 7 pints in pub, 1 pint at home, 0.5 pint still in glass... Potatoe product ce soir est le pomme frite, quand je can be arsed to go and turn le oven on... avec le poisson avec batter. Eh? from whence did this Franglais come?

f\/ck pompey

ssshhhhh! don't be an egiot!

yes. yes I do. I blame it on the pints. all 8.5 of them.

you're right. Being an Islander, having to witness the profligation of blue shirts over the last few years, has made me sick. But we still have a very solid base on the East Wight in Ryde etc. The Red and White is always more durable than the blue.

We're the Northam, The Northam, The Northam over here...

Que? that'll be Northam that you mean....

Why thank you! please do...

yeah! go on... dare you. sing it in the Northam....

I have just returned from my local here in Brighton, where I consumed many a pint (in celebration of Saint Markus) with my Albion friends - who were jealous, extremely jealous, nay even suicidaly jealous - when what should walk in?? A fat lard-ass wearing a Skate shirt. I had to get a hold of my horses, 'cause I was ready to go and ask him how his bunch were doing - you know, what with all the 90 Million of debt, rag-head-buyer getting cold feet, **** urine-soaked stadium, VAT bill unpaid and no chance of staying in the Prem season after next.... ... I was just itching to let him know that we have a stadium worthy of an England international, we had bigger turnstile numbers in the championship than they did in the prem; they couldn’t even fill fratton in the prem! We have a bigger – much bigger – fan base, we have better training facilities and we have a better academy. Oh, and I am sure there is something else too? Mmmm? What can it be now? Gosh, I am going senile…. Ah Ha! Yes! That is it! Our club’s 124 year history is now safe in the hands of a proven business man, a man worth £2.5 billion, and a man who is dedicated to our club.. and, lest I forget, we have not a single solitary penny of debt at all! We – through our Magnificent Saviour – own our own stadium outright – which has physical foundations in place to increase the capacity-, and our own training ground and our own academy!! But, as itching as I was to jump off my barstool and let him know that the Mighty Saints were back I couldn’t. After all, we all know that we are a cut above them don’t we? The last few years were an aberration and there is nothing to be gained in kicking a lowly creature in the guts. So I just sat upon my stool and sipped my beer, with pride in my heart, and looked at his daft blue shirt and gave thanks to the good Lord that I was born a Saint! Up the Saints!

this may be a p!ssed up comment but Boll0x to Keane. I want The Wee Ginger One From Scotland, or, The Fuzzy Haired One.

biww-ee-on-air !!!!!

****ing hell. I would do a better job than Tony Adams. And I don't know the difference between a llama and lalana

if anyone wants a 'non-job' they should take the guardian. Stuffed full of 'smoking cessation assistants' and 'kitten meewing therapists'. All the sort of jobs which are going to have to be cut to ribbons to help bring down the bloated public sector and reduce the eye-watering levels of government debt.

totally agree. PLEASE, for the love of small monkeys DO NOT hire Tony Adams as manager! May be in the coaching staff, but NOT AS THE BOSS!!!!!

great, thanks all

Is it: 'Lee-b-hair' or 'Lie-b-hair anyone speak German? (want to make sure I pronounce it correctly tomorrow when we undoubtedly start singing 'Markus Liebherr's Red 'n' White Army')

Baaa! Baaa! Pass the mint source