Stealth Comic wrote:
What particularly pi55ed me right off was that we made a concerted effort to keep the chants going all game. The minute Andy fairly criticised the amount of ball we were losing all game some stupid woman turned around and said "Why don't you pi55 off and support someone else.".
I’m not sure who it was, but one of your “singers” loudly and clearly used the “F” word at which point about 30 people turned round and as one told him to shut up. This response to swearing has happened at Cougars for years. It wasn’t because he expressed his opinion or was chanting but the language he chose to use. We’ve had this debate before, freedom of speech is one thing but abusive language in a family sport is another. There were several kids in that area. I didn’t hear anyone telling him to “Pi55 off”, but if you feel he is justified in swearing at the team how can you complain about others being abusive toward him???
Was the woman only “stupid” because she aimed it at him?
Or would she have been “clever” if she had aimed it at the team like he did??
The fact is at the moment it's less than 5% of the fans at the moment who are making 90% of the noise. Yet we get criticism the moment we turn on the team for not pulling their weight, this is a talented squad that should be performing far better than it is, you can't blame us for criticising.
The moment you criticise others, you are open to criticism in return, it’s what a democratic society is all about. You can examine any incident on a rugby field and find several different interpretations, all of whom will believe they are right.
I, like many others around me, join in with some of the singing during the game. I don’t go to Rugby to sing for 80 minutes but I have no problem with those that do and I enjoy hearing it.
Take a chill pill.
