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Rasta Monsta
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| michi924 wrote: | No racism problems here in Spain.  |
Not according to the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance. Download their decade long assessment HERE.
Not to pick on you, but lack of awareness is cited by the report as a major concern.
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Peter_in_AU
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| Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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As long as you have races you'll have racism. Just ask the Indian and Australian cricket teams.
It's sad that the press can make the actions of a couple of sub-humans reflect on a whole country. Still, if the press can make people give a shit about Britney's latest trip to see her shrink they can do anything.
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michi924
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| Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:23 am Post subject: |
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| moone924 wrote: | | Let retards be retards just ignore them and don't give them the time of day. The media should have ignored them. |
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Buwani 931
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| Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:42 am Post subject: |
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| michi924 wrote: | | moone924 wrote: | | Let retards be retards just ignore them and don't give them the time of day. The media should have ignored them. |
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Looks like the tards are getting some attention.
MADRID, Spain (AP) - Spain could lose both its Formula One races following the racist taunting of driver Lewis Hamilton by spectators.
The sport's ruling body said Monday the abuse aimed at F1's first black driver during weekend testing at the Barcelona circuit might result in sanctions. Punishment could lead to the removal of two races from the Grand Prix calendar — the Spanish Grand Prix on April 27 in Barcelona and the European GP on Aug. 24 at Valencia.
I cant see it going this far but that sure blows for the real fans.
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tuurbo
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| Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:46 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Punishment could lead to the removal of two races from the Grand Prix calendar — the Spanish Grand Prix on April 27 in Barcelona and the European GP on Aug. 24 at Valencia. |
An empty threat. If the F1 group punishes the host country like this, I'll eat cake - I'll stop being cynical for a week.
Good PR though! |
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moone924
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| Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:14 am Post subject: |
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| Buwani 931 wrote: | | michi924 wrote: | | moone924 wrote: | | Let retards be retards just ignore them and don't give them the time of day. The media should have ignored them. |
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Looks like the tards are getting some attention.
MADRID, Spain (AP) - Spain could lose both its Formula One races following the racist taunting of driver Lewis Hamilton by spectators.
The sport's ruling body said Monday the abuse aimed at F1's first black driver during weekend testing at the Barcelona circuit might result in sanctions. Punishment could lead to the removal of two races from the Grand Prix calendar — the Spanish Grand Prix on April 27 in Barcelona and the European GP on Aug. 24 at Valencia.
I cant see it going this far but that sure blows for the real fans.
Shawn |
I'm all for free expression even if it doesn't make me happy or I don't agree with it. If anything it was just a slow media day and they had to make a mountain out of a mole hill. Why should the driver even care when he can show them all up on the track.
This wouldn't even be a problem if it was a white driver in some non-white country receiving hell for his 'color.'
It would never be reported and things would just go on like usual.
This is the media putting us all in groups as usual
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juno
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:03 am Post subject: |
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I read something in one of the UK papers, can't remember which, that said the FIA were trying to find out their identities to take legal action against those individuals.
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Rich H
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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Imagine opening that letter with your cornflakes!
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Dear Sir,
After appearing on telly with your face blacked up the entireity of my personal law firm are now seeking to make an example of you as I will get more publicity and make even more money out of it.
Regards
Bernie. |
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924guy
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:38 am Post subject: |
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as above:
| Quote: | | he sport's ruling body said Monday the abuse aimed at F1's first black driver during weekend testing at the Barcelona circuit might result in sanctions. Punishment could lead to the removal of two races from the Grand Prix calendar -- the Spanish Grand Prix on April 27 in Barcelona and the European GP on Aug. 24 at Valencia. |
also found at:
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?seriesId=6&id=3229679
my thoughts?
personally, the whole concept of having to even think about something like this in our "modern" world disgusts me. there are tons of reasons to dislike someone, race should never, ever be one of them.... i say put em probation, publish all the pictures of the instigators, and let the fans sort it out....
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juno
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:02 am Post subject: |
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| Rich H wrote: | Imagine opening that letter with your cornflakes!
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Dear Sir,
After appearing on telly with your face blacked up the entireity of my personal law firm are now seeking to make an example of you as I will get more publicity and make even more money out of it.
Regards
Bernie. |
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Do you really see Bernie losing all that revenue though?
EDIT: sorry I meant if they withdrew the events. He' likes his money
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juno
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:39 am Post subject: |
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| Peter_in_AU wrote: | | As long as you have races you'll have racism. . |
We are all the same race anyway. Culture is all that separates. Free speech and tolerance go hand in hand.
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tuurbo
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah Juno there's really only a few markers for what people call 'race' anyway and these markers aren't significant enough to merit the term 'race'. Sickle cell anemia, hair and skin color, kinky hair and maybe some facial features. That's it. Hardly the stuff worthy of poor treatment.
Eugenics tries to make more of these features than is biologically real.
Besides, a lot of North Africans settled in Israel before the time of Christ. For all we know, Jesus was a brother. We just paint pictures of him as white because we like to make God in our own image. Darker skinned peoples depicted him as having darker skin. Duh.
Most likely he was very olive skinned, or darker. I fancy a perfect kind of olive, brown hue with a hint of caramel. If you talk like this with real bigots they go bananas.
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Paul
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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Poor baby, several million a year should more than cover it....wait, he makes that already!
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