Like **** Rio deserves anything other than a telling off. Terry of course deserves at least as bad as Suarez got but Rio, nah.
Its racists because people have suddenly decided. I bought a box in asda the other day, 15 armed police swooped in and I have now been sentenced to death I fail to see the offence in saying a black man is acting white, people say white kids act black all the time but apparently it is an offensive term..............like any ****ing word that someone chooses to be offended by in all fairness. For the record, Ashley Cole WAS NOT offended
I have a far better understanding than some of the liberal bullshit spouted in here. The modern attitude of if one person is offended by a word its offensive to all is laughable. Dont know about anyone else but being called milky bar or white chocolate wouldnt be offensive to me at all because I am not pathetic. These days things like Hot Chocolate the band wouldnt be allowed to release songs under that name because some one would find it offensive and cry. As I said, the poster Wigger on here, if some of you had your way he would be banned for being a racist because if choc ice is offensive then you can be damn sure that wigger is as offensive. I also guarantee that prior to Rio and the choc ice incident, not one of you had even considered the term choc ice to be racist. Even if you say you did I call bullshit. So instead of trying to make something out of nothing why not just ****ing drop it because everytime a Liverpool fan, player or representative brings it up its never going to go well. The differences in all the cases is that the victims, Evra, Anton and Cole didnt all react the same. Evra and Anton were offended and Cole wasnt. Rio will be told to be careful what he writes in a public domain in the future as some people may take offence. Nothing more will come of it.
Fined a days wage: http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11667/7998579/Rio-fined-for-Twitter-comment
You guys are forgetting something very important. Supposing JT is found guilty, will his entire reputation be ruined in the same way Luis Suarez' is? Will John Terry have to run the same torrent of hate that Luis Suarez has had to endure? Its just my opinion, that the answer is no to both questions.
you try talk people to death with ranting sh!t UIR, you talk already obvious kowledge and utter sheite thrown in. Rio wether racist or not broke the FA's rules and they are doing their best to let him off. **** off
In my opinion, it was the correct punishment. You can't really throw the book at someone for making stupid comments on a social media network. Ryan Babel only recieved a fine for making his. As like Rio, it was provocative and nothing else.
"Rio isn't racist" Really? Is this from the school of thought that a black man, by definition, cannot be racist, so there? Again, UIR, I give you the scenario that what if Anton had been accused of racially abusing Terry, Shaun Derry had appeared for the defence and Anton was cleared, than Frank Lampard had endorsed a tweet that called Derry a race traitor, specifically referencing the fact that Derry took the side of a black man over a fellow white man. Even had Derry laughed it off, do you for one second not think Ousley, Taylor, Carlisle, Blissett, Powar would have been screaming for Lampard to banned for time immemorial? If you use a public forum (or a public place) to have a conversation with your mates and someone is offended (and in this case that could be both black AND white people) by the law of this country (let alone regulations within the workplace) you have committed an indictable offence. If you don't believe that, try walking up to, say, one of your female colleagues in the canteen or by the workplace water fountain, and then say, in your loudest voice, "Hi there slutface, you look like you're gagging for some again tonight, you horny bitch". SHE, may be your bessy mate who's not offended - try explaining that to the HR firing-squad you'll inevitably face.
Look there is a difference between that and using a social media site. All Rio did was agree. Okay he shouldn't have on a social media site, but just got caught up in the moment. As for your example thats ''face to face confrontation'' and is far worse. Its downright sexual harrassment, its like going up to a female colleague and giving them a condom. It is a sackable offence, and cannot be comparable to what Rio did.
"you try talk people to death with ranting sh!t UIR, you talk already obvious kowledge and utter sheite thrown in.2 Typical of United and their fans to defend racism. A full and thorough FA investigation has taken place (which I'm too pissed to read) and, in the words of James Lawton, there is 'irrefutable' evidence that Rio is a racist. I expect Fatty Samuel and the Sunday Supplement crew will be saying the same thing, and Tayor, carlisle and Powar will call for him to be sacked. In fact Slurguson will shake his head and say Busby would never have allowed Rio at a great club like United in the old days. Not.
"Its downright sexual harrassment, its like going up to a female colleague and giving them a condom. It is a sackable offence, and cannot be comparable to what Rio did." My point is that even if that colleague doesn't complain herself, any other witnesses who may be offended means it is still an offence. UIR is trying to worm out of this by saying Cole wasn't offended - tough, it took place on a public forum.
For the love of god. Rio was foolish and a bit dim. Racist? not a chance. He made a poor decision in the same way Ryan Babel did. Was it intentional? No. Was it provocative yes. Thats why I feel a fine is the correct punishment.
"For the love of god. Rio was foolish and a bit dim. Racist? not a chance. He made a poor decision in the same way Ryan Babel did. Was it intentional? No. Was it provocative yes. Thats why I feel a fine is the correct punishment. " As I do. But I don't think he's done anything less than Suarez, but the reaction of the pious media and the single-issue race-relations crowd will be utterly different, which is a form of racism in itself.
Also different under the FA regulations. Suarez breached rule E3, which covers actions that occur on the football pitch. Rio's actions didn't occur on the pitch, hence it's a different offence. Same reason Rooney was banned for swearing into a camera on the pitch, but Bosingwa wasn't for swearing into a camera during a post match interview. Interesting that Rio actually got a higher fine that Suarez as well.
Mate dont even bother, he has no clue what hes talking about. Hes simply trying to make it a far bigger issue than it is. Its part of the reason we consider words like 'choc ice' offensive. I cant ever recall any mention of the word being offensive nor have I ever seen it used in that context. Not saying it isnt but its something I have never heard of before. If anything remotely black, brown or white was considered potentially racist we might as well all be dead, what point would they be? Also if the Suarez thing had not happened then this wouldnt even be worth the time it took for each person to type. Utter rubbish trying to make out Rio is a racist.
