On 24/12/11 08:49, Mark Humphries wrote: > Of course it was an insult, but not necessarily a RACIST insult. > > If I called someone, who was black, a 'twat' (or something more colourful - > no pun intended), does that make me racist? > > If I called someone a 'black twat', does that make me racist? > > I do think we need to be a bit more intelligent when accusing people of > being racist based on verbal insults - surely racism is insulting someone > BECAUSE they are black, not simply using their colour/race/creed as a > differentiator. Just like calling someone a fat/ginger/whingeing/crap/bow > legged/goofy/French/lanky/short/smelly/thick - twat.
You're kind of muddying the waters there... one act does not make you an -ist. And as Liverpool noted, Evra and the FA explicitly said Suarez is not a racist. What Suarez has been found guilty of is breaking rule E3(1) "A Participant shall at all times act in the best interests of the game and shall not act in any manner which is improper or brings the game into disrepute or use any one, or a combination of, violent conduct, serious foul play, threatening, abusive, indecent or insulting words or behaviour" and E3(2) "including a reference to any one or more of a person’s ethnic origin, colour, race, nationality, faith, gender, sexual orientation or disability". It's difficult to argue he didn't do that. Though a cynical view might be if E3(1) was followed to the letter, most teams would have difficulty fielding a side. - Si _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
