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  • Thread starter Nick
  • Start date Aug 21, 2016
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Nick

Administrator
  • Aug 21, 2016
  • #1
These look quite bad, although they were 4 years ago!

 

Liquid Gold

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 21, 2016
  • #2
Is he going to get a ban for them like stokes did for faggotgate?
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Aug 21, 2016
  • #3
Not sure as they were a while ago
 
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Hadji10

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 21, 2016
  • #4
4 years ago when he was about 17,18. Non story.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Aug 21, 2016
  • #5
He will probably come out in a few years.
 
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Gaz71

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 21, 2016
  • #6
Hadji10 said:
4 years ago when he was about 17,18. Non story.
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It's very much a story and he has had to make an apology for the tweets he made 4 years ago, not that age has anything to do with it, but he was 21 at the time.
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Aug 21, 2016
  • #7
Gaz71 said:
It's very much a story and he has had to make an apology for the tweets he made 4 years ago, not that age has anything to do with it, but he was 21 at the time.
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I think he has apologised
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 21, 2016
  • #8
Gaz71 said:
It's very much a story and he has had to make an apology for the tweets he made 4 years ago, not that age has anything to do with it, but he was 21 at the time.
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I hear he says he has grown up since then. Would much prefer he said he has become better educated.
 
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fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 22, 2016
  • #9
He shouldn't be banned or punished in the same way that Stokes shouldn't have been. They are just words.
 
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Deleted member 5849

Guest
  • Aug 22, 2016
  • #10
fernandopartridge said:
They are just words.
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Hmm, not convinced by that.

That being said, his apology was swift, without exception and in that case, it seems a bit daft to go after him again. Surely more good comes from him publicly accepting he was out of order, then any ban years after the event.
 
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Covstu

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 22, 2016
  • #11
What daft comments, no excuse regardless of age.
 

Liquid Gold

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 22, 2016
  • #12
fernandopartridge said:
He shouldn't be banned or punished in the same way that Stokes shouldn't have been. They are just words.
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Just words is a bit of an odd comment, do you think Abu Hamza should be able to say what he likes too, only words after all.
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 22, 2016
  • #13
Liquid Gold said:
Just words is a bit of an odd comment, do you think Abu Hamza should be able to say what he likes too, only words after all.
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I can't believe Abu Hamza said anything against gay people though, he just doesn't seem the type.
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Aug 22, 2016
  • #14
Otis said:
I can't believe Abu Hamza said anything against gay people though, he just doesn't seem the type.
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Too busy chasing Peter Pan
 
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Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 22, 2016
  • #15
Liquid Gold said:
Too busy chasing Peter Pan
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Yeah, he does seem the type to chase pirates when he's not watching the Great British Bake Off.
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 23, 2016
  • #16
Liquid Gold said:
Just words is a bit of an odd comment, do you think Abu Hamza should be able to say what he likes too, only words after all.
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Edit - had a think about this one.....

What Hamza says are just words, inciting terrorism mind you not just opinions on homosexuality
 
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oscillatewildly

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 23, 2016
  • #17
The FA have thrown a misconduct charge at him.
I think he's a tad unlucky to be honest - Clearly, the administrators of this beautiful game have forgotten about the rampant legacy of double standards and inconsistency that has been their hallmark.
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 23, 2016
  • #18
Thing I don't get with all these apologies from people, is it doesn't necessarily mean they have changed their thinking on the matter in hand, only that they have apologised about it and the offence caused.

Unless this guy has suddenly met a load of gay people and changed the way he thinks, you could easily come to the conclusion that he still believes what he believes and hat he said, but has just felt forced to apologise over it.
 
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Deleted member 5849

Guest
  • Aug 23, 2016
  • #19
Otis said:
Thing I don't get with all these apologies from people, is it doesn't necessarily mean they have changed their thinking on the matter in hand, only that they have apologised about it and the offence caused.

Unless this guy has suddenly met a load of gay people and changed the way he thinks, you could easily come to the conclusion that he still believes what he believes and hat he said, but has just felt forced to apologise over it.
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In this instance, his apology seems pretty sincere however.

It may not be, of course but... he's showcasing how homophobia is bad far more with his apology, than any belated charge that's a little too late really, isn't it.
 
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oscillatewildly

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 23, 2016
  • #20
Agreed - with all the comments of my two esteemed fellow posters above. I just couldn't help feeling that the powers that be would have viewed this incident differently from that of our own chap.
Well they haven't. So they've clearly got it right or er, wrong on both occasions
 

Covstu

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 24, 2016
  • #21
Just don't understand why it has reared its head now? Surely they have missed the boat to put in action, seems harsh to me. Daft thing is that things like this could cost Burnley key points and ultimately premier league status!
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Aug 24, 2016
  • #22


 
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fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 24, 2016
  • #23
Having a character reference from Joey Barton is like having a personality reference from Peter Sutcliffe
 
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