Chelsea Racist Who Pushed Man Off Paris Metro Train Is An Ex-Copper

[Gromit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31575913

Oh dear. But he is adamant he is not a racist. He used to be a police officer, so it must be true.
Unfortunate that it is the bad apples who get the most publcity. He has let his colleagues down, and every other serving police officer down by his loutish behaviour, do you agree?

[Mamyalynne]

I personally love the badges you link to - however the Editor of a site has to bear in mind that this forum is open to absolutely anyone, therefore some may not be as tolerant.

Perhaps you could show your 'solidarity' some other way?

[andy-hughes]

retrocop - "aog
the question must be "who reported it then"

The Ed trawls the site more than any of us - reports from mods are an addition to his eyes on everything, not a substitute.

Threads and posts get pulled without reports - but as advised, this is not a good topic to continue - it's diverting away from the OP, and that is now threads get pulled.

[FrogNog]

It's got nothing to do with you who reported it retrocop and this sort of petty idiocy is what causes the ruination of forums, when it descends into he said/she said, petty bickering and amateur sleuths getting all fired up over some words with strangers on the internet.
Get a grip retrocop and AOG, and retrocop, if you weren't so deliberately provocative you might not get sanctioned. Just a thought.

[-Talbot-]

Think it rude if you like, retrocop but your plausible explanation was exactly as I described it.

[retrocop]

Talbot
Benefit of the doubt

[Gromit]

// No one seems to have the honesty to admit removing it!!
I did give a plausible reason for adopting it as well and it is not as if the display of these old retro badges are illegal either //

One of the AB Editors removed it. No one else can.
It was clearly changed as a provocation, not your love of jam.

[retrocop]

Gromit
That is rather a presumcious and biased observation and you a moderator too.tut tut

[mikey4444]

This thread has become childish, in the extreme !

[Sipowicz]

Ahhh, the penny has dropped, I was thinking this was about Lou Costello!

[Gromit]

Retrocop,
So why has an ABEd removed your avatar?
The alternative is that the editor is picking on you because he/she does not like you. That is unlikely, the idea that it was deemed provocative is more plausable.

[-Talbot-]

This thread has become childish, in the extreme !

Says the man who puts people on a naughty step and refuses to talk to them.

[B00]

Good God!

You'll all be at the eye poking stage in a minute! What is wrong with you all? Get a grip for heavens sake, you're all embarrassing yourselves.

[mikey4444]

Well said Boo !

[jno]

must be something in the water, B00, there's a lot of it about, isn't there?

[B00]

Think it's the weather, 'orrible out there, making em tetchy in 'ere.

[jno]

true that, an inch of snow and London Underground and AB go into meltdown. Bet they try to blame it on "the wrong kind of modding".

[sp1814]

I've never known this to happen on AB before (the removal of an avatar). In fact, I didn't think it was technically possible, as avatars are registered outside the AnswerBank at gravatar.com.

Odd.

[cesdlv]

Racism is racism is racism, and it totally stinks. Chelsea FC bears heavy responsibility for defending John Terry. End of story.

[-Talbot-]

I remember Tambo having one removed and TTT is always campaigning fot YMB to get his back.

[Tilly2]

I see my 'boys in blue' play on words went down well. 'Twas ever thus!