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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby Mike J » Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:53 pm

see he has deleted what he wrote. some pathetic people about.
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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby DoomMerchant » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:00 pm

Mike J wrote:see he has deleted what he wrote. some pathetic people about.


totally pathetic...why would you delete an awesome tweet like that one? boggling.

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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby Slim » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:02 pm

Mike J wrote:see he has deleted what he wrote. some pathetic people about.


The problem with racism is it's not treated with the utter disdain it needs to be.

Like Americans.
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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby DoomMerchant » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:07 pm

Slim wrote:
Mike J wrote:see he has deleted what he wrote. some pathetic people about.


The problem with racism is it's not treated with the utter disdain it needs to be.

Like Americans.


that was borderline funny.

Related, there are way bigger racial issues in Europe and the UK than there are in the US. If someone tweeted something like that about Michael Vick for example i would suggest that there would be criminal charges filed as hate speech. Which basically proves your point i believe.

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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby bigblue » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:12 pm

DoomMerchant wrote:
Slim wrote:
Mike J wrote:see he has deleted what he wrote. some pathetic people about.


The problem with racism is it's not treated with the utter disdain it needs to be.

Like Americans.


that was borderline funny.

Related, there are way bigger racial issues in Europe and the UK than there are in the US. If someone tweeted something like that about Michael Vick for example i would suggest that there would be criminal charges filed as hate speech. Which basically proves your point i believe.

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Would never happen over here. People would just ignore it as another idiot. Or if you were in the south people would give a slight nod and carry on. But charging someone for hate speech for a random comment over the internet is more British than American.
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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby Slim » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:14 pm

I wonder if that does more harm than good actually.

Obviously with racism still an issue, the methods we as a society have used to combat it have not worked, I think we need to admit that and come at it in such a way that deprives it of all power, and criminal charges I believe give the actions credibility in some warped sense of accomplishment.

Not sure of the solution, but I know we need a new playbook.
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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby HeyMark » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:21 pm

From Rob Dawson of the MEN - Lincolnshire Police say they are dealing with abusive tweet sent to Micah Richards #MCFC
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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby Beeks » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:31 pm

Slim wrote:I wonder if that does more harm than good actually.

Obviously with racism still an issue, the methods we as a society have used to combat it have not worked, I think we need to admit that and come at it in such a way that deprives it of all power, and criminal charges I believe give the actions credibility in some warped sense of accomplishment.

Not sure of the solution, but I know we need a new playbook.


Positive Eugenics and the neutering of the underclasses would be a good start
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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby Slim » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:38 pm

Beeks wrote:
Slim wrote:I wonder if that does more harm than good actually.

Obviously with racism still an issue, the methods we as a society have used to combat it have not worked, I think we need to admit that and come at it in such a way that deprives it of all power, and criminal charges I believe give the actions credibility in some warped sense of accomplishment.

Not sure of the solution, but I know we need a new playbook.


Positive Eugenics and the neutering of the underclasses would be a good start


Can we start with Carl?
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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby simon12 » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:39 pm

HeyMark wrote:From Rob Dawson of the MEN - Lincolnshire Police say they are dealing with abusive tweet sent to Micah Richards #MCFC



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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby Alex Sapphire » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:51 pm

carries up to a 6 months sentence
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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby DoomMerchant » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:53 pm

bigblue wrote:
DoomMerchant wrote:
Slim wrote:
Mike J wrote:see he has deleted what he wrote. some pathetic people about.


The problem with racism is it's not treated with the utter disdain it needs to be.

Like Americans.


that was borderline funny.

Related, there are way bigger racial issues in Europe and the UK than there are in the US. If someone tweeted something like that about Michael Vick for example i would suggest that there would be criminal charges filed as hate speech. Which basically proves your point i believe.

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Would never happen over here. People would just ignore it as another idiot. Or if you were in the south people would give a slight nod and carry on. But charging someone for hate speech for a random comment over the internet is more British than American.


i live in Florida, doucher. and they certainly would do something about it since it involves a popular figure in the sporting world...the fucktard in question might not literally get charged, but his face would be plastered all over CNN and TMZ and local authorities would absolutely consider legal options if for no other reason that to deal with the public outcry. Especially in the South. Where the fuck do you live?

Also, British would imply Scots, Welsh and Irish as well as the English. I don't think you can lump them all together when it comes to racist tendencies...clearly, none of them are as bad as the French or Spanish, but there is variance in my experiences.

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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby Alex Sapphire » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:57 pm

DoomMerchant wrote:
Also, British would imply Scots, Welsh and Irish as well as the English. I don't think you can lump them all together when it comes to racist tendencies...


you're right, of course Doomy, but the laws we'd use to prosecute are applicable across England Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby bigblue » Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:03 pm

DoomMerchant wrote:i live in Florida, doucher. and they certainly would do something about it since it involves a popular figure in the sporting world...the fucktard in question might not literally get charged, but his face would be plastered all over CNN and TMZ and local authorities would absolutely consider legal options if for no other reason that to deal with the public outcry. Especially in the South. Where the fuck do you live?

Also, British would imply Scots, Welsh and Irish as well as the English. I don't think you can lump them all together when it comes to racist tendencies...clearly, none of them are as bad as the French or Spanish, but there is variance in my experiences.

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Just moved from Columbia, SC (where they still fly the confederate flag in front of the state house; interracial dating became legal in 2000) last month where I lived for 5 years. Now in the DC area.

But the reason they'd never charge anyone over here is that 1,000s of people say idiotic things on twitter, facebook, blogs, forums... every hour. It's not worth their time to create a whole legal case over one bonehead comment on the internet. If the comment was said face to face, sure. But usually it requires an active complaint from the person being offended to be taken to court. The police/NSA are monitoring the internet for bigger objectives than cutting down on racism. Hell, most people would say since we elected a black president the whole racism thing is done and dusted. Obviously wrong, but shows people's attitudes and motivation for prosecuting something like this.

And I was talking from a legal side, not "limping groups of people together". British libel/slander laws make it much more likely that someone would be taken to court for doing something like this.
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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby shawzy » Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:04 pm

If she didnt have her poor kid sat on her lap i doubt she would of got off that tram alive.

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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby Dronny » Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:20 pm

What chance has the kid got, she should be sterilised before she brings anymore future right wing poisonous fuctards in to the world
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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby Wonderwall » Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:23 pm

shawzy wrote:If she didnt have her poor kid sat on her lap i doubt she would of got off that tram alive.

[youtube]i47HoiM0Au8[/youtube]


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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby DoomMerchant » Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:37 pm

Wonderwall wrote:
shawzy wrote:If she didnt have her poor kid sat on her lap i doubt she would of got off that tram alive.

[youtube]i47HoiM0Au8[/youtube]


WOW, speechless



to be fair she does have a point about having a baby on her lap tho. You can't dispute that point of her argument.

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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby DoomMerchant » Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:39 pm

bigblue wrote:
DoomMerchant wrote:i live in Florida, doucher. and they certainly would do something about it since it involves a popular figure in the sporting world...the fucktard in question might not literally get charged, but his face would be plastered all over CNN and TMZ and local authorities would absolutely consider legal options if for no other reason that to deal with the public outcry. Especially in the South. Where the fuck do you live?

Also, British would imply Scots, Welsh and Irish as well as the English. I don't think you can lump them all together when it comes to racist tendencies...clearly, none of them are as bad as the French or Spanish, but there is variance in my experiences.

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Just moved from Columbia, SC (where they still fly the confederate flag in front of the state house; interracial dating became legal in 2000) last month where I lived for 5 years. Now in the DC area.

But the reason they'd never charge anyone over here is that 1,000s of people say idiotic things on twitter, facebook, blogs, forums... every hour. It's not worth their time to create a whole legal case over one bonehead comment on the internet. If the comment was said face to face, sure. But usually it requires an active complaint from the person being offended to be taken to court. The police/NSA are monitoring the internet for bigger objectives than cutting down on racism. Hell, most people would say since we elected a black president the whole racism thing is done and dusted. Obviously wrong, but shows people's attitudes and motivation for prosecuting something like this.

And I was talking from a legal side, not "limping groups of people together". British libel/slander laws make it much more likely that someone would be taken to court for doing something like this.


you are missing the basic premise of my point -- if someone tweeted some racist vitriol about a black athlete in America, they would be vilified publicly, and electronically tarred and feathered and perhaps had charges brought against them. We aren't talking about any average spastic posting something racist on the internets. I would have thought that distinction was pretty clear, but i think you needed to hear it again.

Charleston is a beautiful city, but i've never been to Columbia. Hope you like DC...i love it.

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Re: Micah Receiving Racial Abuse

Postby King Kev » Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:06 pm

Greater Manchester Police are also looking into it, reported to them by a Newcastle fan.

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