Deppo

Ok. I accept now that you are right and know more about what offends Jewish people than Jewish people themselves.

What you seem to be struggling with is the idea that a Jewish person has, for many years, written about how they are offended by the use of the word Yid. It is not up to you to decide if he is offended or not. It has nothing to do with you. Baddiel is offended by it and so are others, hence the campaign. This is nothing to do with whether you think it is offensive or if the Tottenham fans themselves think it is offensive. Obviously, Tottenham fans are not exclusively made up of Jewish people so again, they may not understand why some peope (Jewish people) are offended. Your arguement appears to be "we've also used the word Yid and I've never been offended so why should I be now?". That's the arguement of a stupid person. Do you think white people shouting "N*gger" and "P*ki" at people would have offended themselves? Maybe some people don't realise that some Jewish people find the term Yid offensive? Maybe Baddiel and his campaign are trying to highlight that and if some people decide they aren't going to chant Yid anymore, then he's done his job. If people, after hearing about objections wish to carry on, then they will carry on, regardless of any offence being caused.

But you're not a Jewish football fan. Maybe if you were a Jewish football fan, you'd be offended? Someone shouting the word "Yid" may not offend you, but it's not meant to, is it? Whether or not the intention of the chanting is to offend Jewish people is irrelevant - the fact that it does (and it does - here's an article by Baddiel written 9 years ago on the matter http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/david-baddiel-so-you-think-weve-kicked-racism-out-of-english-football-614251.html ) means that maybe something should be done, even if that is raising peoples awareness that some people are offended by the chanting. Just because you believe it is harmless doesn't make it harmless. Here's a rather good example of a group of people who think what they do is harmless, whereas many people agree it is not: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_for_Neighbourly_Love,_Freedom,_and_Diversity

Oh, poor you. I don't know how you put up with all this horrid abuse. Perhaps we could get David Baddiel to make a film to stop people abusing you.

She has a chest infection in her ear?

Most of the test threads are better than the real ones we have.

Baj, your calls for testers seem to be dwindling. Nobody is looking at your dwindling tester calls. Just by making your tester calls sticky doesn't mean that people will instantly pay more attention to your little tester calls. Perhaps if you made your tester calls pop up on people's computer screens when they logged on, you would get more interest in your tester calls?

I'm testing it for you Boj. I hope this means I get something in return.

I've just got back from the game. That diversion from the M6 was a nightmare.

Turkish will decide what is and isn't racist around here, ok?

I think they are wingers.

Haven't managed to get the site up at all yet

I can't get it to load. Have I been banned?

Shall I put my camera away then?

Let's all post pictures of ourselves naked.

This is quite exciting. Only a couple of minutes to go.

"Prey"?

Did you not actually read the article or watch the video in the link you posted?

Implied racist ones

Can you post it in the form of a cryptic crossword clue?

Are we allowed to post sarcastic posts?

It would be damaging to our team to make too many changes. Anyway, Julian H. Cope told me he had a dream that we didn't go up this season and his dreams are always prescient. So there's no point in even discussing this.

BTF can sniff out a puns thread from 100 yards.

Have you thought about becoming a drugs mule?

Is thedelldays dead?