The Beautiful Game....not!

[ToraToraTora]

Anyone see dispatches this evening? Quite shocking, How can we get the bigotry out of soccer? Why won't the FA/Clubs/Law enforcement deal with this? Any suggestions for how this can be cleaned up?

[sp1814]

youngmafbog

Did you not watch the show?

Would you not say that 'knuckle-draggers' is a perfectly good description for people who shout out racist and homophobic chants?

Should we call them, 'lads having a laugh'?

If they started shouting abuse at your wife or girlfriend as you walked past a pub near the grounds would you laugh and roll your eyes, because it's just funny banter?

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// It sounds as if you think this is the case. ///

/// And it isn't. ///

Well can you produce evidence where someone has been arrested for calling someone "a ginger nut" or an "old fogy" etc, etc?

[sp1814]

AOG

You wrote:

"I wasn't referring to those, I was merely pointing out that racial groups and gays etc should not have the sole right of being protected from taunts and insults."

Once again - this is not true.

I don't understand why you think it is.

These are the protected groups under the Equalities Act 2010:

- Age
- Disability
- Gender reassignment
- Marriage and civil partnership
- Race
- Religion or belief
- Sex
- Sexual orientation

So...I'm not sure what you're getting act.

Can you enlighten me?