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Should these two face prosecution and even banned from the BBC?
If these calls had been to an ethnic it would have been classed racist, and their feet would have not touched the floor.
I know before any wit makes the remark that Manuel is an ethnic (Spanish), it was only the part he played.
Should these two face prosecution and even banned from the BBC?
If these calls had been to an ethnic it would have been classed racist, and their feet would have not touched the floor.
I know before any wit makes the remark that Manuel is an ethnic (Spanish), it was only the part he played.
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well said Quinlad - it's a comedian who relies on shock tactics, and an aging presenter trying to appear young and trendy, getting carried away like a couple of teenagers. It should not have been broadcast, but it was and so both they and the producer need to make public and personal apologies, be docked a few weeks wages and that should be the end of it. It's hardly worthy of the public outrage, especially from all those people who are listening to it on Youtube specifically to be get outraged.
sp1814
Doc.Spock made a perfectly reasonable comparison, regarding the ********. He was trying to get over to some of the "not so quick on the uptake" individuals on this site, what a different approach would have been taken if the slightest hint of racial inference had been suggested.
If Ross or Brand had telephoned a Black person and said he had won a bunch of bananas, so could he swing down to the studio and pick them up, would those on here who think it is all right to phone an old man and tell him one had had sex with his granddaughter, also think the connection between bananas and blacks funny?
You say leave the race thing alone for ten minutes,
That is all right as long as the so called "Minority groups" are prepared to do the same.
But I along with many more are getting increasingly annoyed with these groups constantly voicing their anger over the least thing, and calling for people to be sacked and with some groups putting a death sentence on anyone who offends them.
Oh by the way sp in your examples you forgot to mention, Gays or Blacks, i wonder why?
Doc.Spock made a perfectly reasonable comparison, regarding the ********. He was trying to get over to some of the "not so quick on the uptake" individuals on this site, what a different approach would have been taken if the slightest hint of racial inference had been suggested.
If Ross or Brand had telephoned a Black person and said he had won a bunch of bananas, so could he swing down to the studio and pick them up, would those on here who think it is all right to phone an old man and tell him one had had sex with his granddaughter, also think the connection between bananas and blacks funny?
You say leave the race thing alone for ten minutes,
That is all right as long as the so called "Minority groups" are prepared to do the same.
But I along with many more are getting increasingly annoyed with these groups constantly voicing their anger over the least thing, and calling for people to be sacked and with some groups putting a death sentence on anyone who offends them.
Oh by the way sp in your examples you forgot to mention, Gays or Blacks, i wonder why?
Alas AOG, I'm afraid it is you and Doc who are "not so quick on the uptake".
You are trying to compare apples with oranges - it simply doesn't work, and no amount of your blustering or righteous indignation can change that.
I refer you to Quinlad's post of 28th October timed at 17.16 which pretty much sums up what you are trying to do quite neatly.
Give it a rest mate - you've lost this one.
You are trying to compare apples with oranges - it simply doesn't work, and no amount of your blustering or righteous indignation can change that.
I refer you to Quinlad's post of 28th October timed at 17.16 which pretty much sums up what you are trying to do quite neatly.
Give it a rest mate - you've lost this one.
AOG
That is all right as long as the so called "Minority groups" are prepared to do the same.
But I along with many more are getting increasingly annoyed with these groups constantly voicing their anger over the least thing
Still doesn't make a lick of sense when you're talking about this story.
You want more weird comparisons?
Here goes:
"I bet if that Icelandic bank that went under was from Jamaica, no one would be able to say anything about it, otherwise they'd be called racist".
"I bet if John Leslie were gay, he wouldn't be prosecuted"
I bet if Barry George were a black teenager, he would've got off scott free".
You see where we're coming from?
It simply doesn't make sense to shoehorn a racial alant into stories which are strong enough to stand on their own merits.
It's weird.
You and Doc.Spock (a man, need I remind you who called for the death of Brand and Ross on another thread) are on your own on this.
However, I must congratulate you on sparking off a thread with 130 responses.
A new record?
I think so.
That is all right as long as the so called "Minority groups" are prepared to do the same.
But I along with many more are getting increasingly annoyed with these groups constantly voicing their anger over the least thing
Still doesn't make a lick of sense when you're talking about this story.
You want more weird comparisons?
Here goes:
"I bet if that Icelandic bank that went under was from Jamaica, no one would be able to say anything about it, otherwise they'd be called racist".
"I bet if John Leslie were gay, he wouldn't be prosecuted"
I bet if Barry George were a black teenager, he would've got off scott free".
You see where we're coming from?
It simply doesn't make sense to shoehorn a racial alant into stories which are strong enough to stand on their own merits.
It's weird.
You and Doc.Spock (a man, need I remind you who called for the death of Brand and Ross on another thread) are on your own on this.
However, I must congratulate you on sparking off a thread with 130 responses.
A new record?
I think so.
ah that old chestnut, the "so you're right and everyone else is wrong nar nar na na nar" argument so often employed by the weak of mind.
Mate, clearly I am in the minority about finding the phone call funny: I can accept that - I still find it funny, but I can accept I am in the minority.
Equally, you must accept that the race argument is a spectacular piece of nonsense - it is a brilliant example of a non sequitur.
You and AOG have lost the race argument - move on or p1ss off.
Pillock.
Mate, clearly I am in the minority about finding the phone call funny: I can accept that - I still find it funny, but I can accept I am in the minority.
Equally, you must accept that the race argument is a spectacular piece of nonsense - it is a brilliant example of a non sequitur.
You and AOG have lost the race argument - move on or p1ss off.
Pillock.
