Racist slurs

I see that Harbhajan Singh has been banned for three matches after he called the Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds a "monkey" - deemed as a racist slur.

So if anyone calls me a Northern Monkey ever again, they are in trouble...particularly if they are shandy-swilling Southern puffs. Or Australians. Who are similar.

I'm not a racist, the ACU won't give me a licence.

[timwilky]

But Paul. You are a southern shandy swiller. As for being a puff, that is your choice mate. Why would anyone ever confuse you with being a well ard northern type

Wasn't there someone (Scottish?) complaining the other day that making fun of red hair was racist?

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by Ol Boc

I see that Harbhajan Singh has been banned for three matches after he called the Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds a "monkey" - deemed as a racist slur

So if anyone calls me a Northern Monkey ever again, they are in trouble...particularly if they are shandy-swilling Southern puffs. Or Australians. Who are similar.

But are you black?

I think any black person would be right to feel offended if called a Monkey and i think this thread is in very poor taste if your are supporting calling balck people monkeys, or maoning about the fact that they get offended by such a remark.

i hope i have misunderstood your point here, so please clarify before i ask for this thread to be deleted.

Originally Posted by Spiderman

But are you black?

I think any black person would be right to feel offended if called a Monkey and i think this thread is in very poor taste if your are supporting calling balck people monkeys, or maoning about the fact that they get offended by such a remark.

i hope i have misunderstood your point here, so please clarify before i ask for this thread to be deleted.

+1

but i dont really see the relevance of him being black or not.

I called my best mate's grandson a little monkey cuz of his antics and got into a stupid argument because the little lad's dad was black.

[Biker Biggles]

Chill pill old chap.
Ol Boc is making a joke about the old north south divide.A cultural thing and nothing racist unless you really really want it to be.

BTW.I object to the Scots jumping on the red hair bandwagon.They are always sticking their noses into Irish issues.

Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

Chill pill old chap.
Ol Boc is making a joke about the old north south divide.A cultural thing and nothing racist unless you really really want it to be.

BTW.I object to the Scots jumping on the red hair bandwagon.They are always sticking their noses into Irish issues.

thats fair enough, but where the relevance in someone being called a northen monkey, or a black person being called a money in a rasist way. they arent really the same.

This was discussed on "the Wright Stuff".
Denise Williams was asked if she would be offended if she was (innocently) called a "cheeky monkey".
Her response was that she would be looking into the eyes of who said it to see if there was any malice involved.
This, unfortunately, supported my suspicions that an innocent comment can be made but, due to the behaviour of the recipient, it could be classed as racist.
Surely, a comment should be taken in the context of the originator and not the recipient.
I feel very strongly about the whole racism legislation and feel that the law is in support of how somebody percieves the comment and not, as it should be, how the comment was intended.
Political correctness is a FARCE..........................