: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:53 am  

Charmless Nerk wrote:

Got any banter for Leon Pryce?

Has he resurfaced yet?

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:56 am  

SDB wrote:

A reason for Leeds' failure to pursue the comments may have been however that it was not meant in a racist way it was literally just a case of language barriers. Just a thought???

I thought ignorance is no defence in law?

It should have gone in Robinson's match report for the authorities to deal with not left to individual players to pursue.

I remember Leeds falling foul of not having procedures in place to deal with this kind of thing.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:59 am  

SDB wrote:

literally just a case of language barriers. Just a thought???

Please don’t give us your life story

Its probably was more a less nothing however I’m sure that Australians are bough up in schools and taught all about racism like we are. Racism against immigrant islanders in Australia is probably deemed more offensive than racism against a British bloke.

It would be best to just leave it now IMO unless it did cause distress to the player(s) who where offended.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:12 pm  

Damo-Leeds wrote:

Please don’t give us your life story

Its probably was more a less nothing however I’m sure that Australians are bough up in schools and taught all about racism like we are. Racism against immigrant islanders in Australia is probably deemed more offensive than racism against a British bloke.

It would be best to just leave it now IMO unless it did cause distress to the player(s) who where offended.

After hearing first hand some of the words Aussies routinely use to describe people from other parts of the world, I'd suggest it's something that they're not even aware of. One example would be what they still call a person from Pakistan.

Do they mean offence? I don't think so, but that's not the same as it being OK to use the words.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:26 pm  

there is a regular aussie poster on totalrl condoning it because he said leeds players were grabbing manly players privates in the tackle.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:29 pm  

lionarmour87 wrote:

there is a regular aussie poster on totalrl condoning it because he said leeds players were grabbing manly players privates in the tackle.

Oh well....If they we're doing that it makes it alright then?

Or Not....Noone should condone it......

Ref should have included it in his report.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:30 pm  

Damo-Leeds wrote:

Please don’t give us your life story

Its probably was more a less nothing however I’m sure that Australians are bough up in schools and taught all about racism like we are. Racism against immigrant islanders in Australia is probably deemed more offensive than racism against a British bloke.

It would be best to just leave it now IMO unless it did cause distress to the player(s) who where offended.

Go and read some Australian web forums.

Just as an example, go find out what the Aussie slang is for a person of Greek or Lebonese ancestory, try a Sydney based club for starters, a place where they have quite large communities of those people.

Just don't come back here and repeat it though.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:52 pm  

McLaren_Field wrote:

Go and read some Australian web forums.

Just as an example, go find out what the Aussie slang is for a person of Greek or Lebonese ancestory, try a Sydney based club for starters, a place where they have quite large communities of those people.

Just don't come back here and repeat it though.

Robinsons?

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:20 pm  

tvoc wrote:

I thought ignorance is no defence in law?

It should have gone in Robinson's match report for the authorities to deal with not left to individual players to pursue.

I remember Leeds falling foul of not having procedures in place to deal with this kind of thing.

Typical of his "style" of refing which I expressed concern about before the game.....oh and after as well

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:35 pm  

Lord_Percy wrote:

Robinsons?

We'll go a dangerous step further and say "Robinsons logo"...