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JakartaToon said:
Coming from Liverpool (possibly) I would have thought you would be a bit more supportive:

During the 18th century Liverpool was Britain’s main slaving port. Between 1700 and 1807, ships from Liverpool carried about 1.5 million Africans across the Atlantic in conditions of great cruelty. Most Liverpool ships went to the islands of the Caribbean where captains sold the Africans to plantation owners.

Much of Liverpool’s wealth came from slavery. From about 1750 until 1807, between a third and a half of Liverpool’s trade was with Africa and the Caribbean. Virtually all the leading inhabitants of the town, including the Mayors, Town Councillors and MPs, invested in the slave trade and profited from it. The prosperity and growth of the town was closely connected with its involvement with slavery. When the campaign to abolish the trade began in the 1780s, opposition in the town was strong. Several Liverpudlians spoke in favour of the trade at the parliamentary inquiries and the most prominent were given valuable gifts from the Town Council and several were given the freedom of the borough.
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Interesting that mate.
 
Mick O'Toon said:
Premier league meeting as we speak to decide what to do,Govt saying it's not mandatory to postpone games,so who knows<confused>
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Id imagine all games on the funeral day will be off if any, then back to normal
 
aberdude said:
And so what really dude.....is it really that big a problem.....surely it makes no odds whatsoever
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I believe in free speech and imo the opposing sides shooting each other down all the time is a huge part of the problem today. We have to discuss and debate points of view even if we disagree with each other. What TS did though was not an opinion it was inciting racism and that can't be allowed.
 
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Treble said:
Who said anything about forgetting or not having an opinion?

I'm no royalist, far from it, but I can distinguish the difference between holding a political view and showing a moment of humanity on the day a 96 yr old passes away.

Too much fcking hate in the world, the irony is racism springs from it. If you're going to spout hate hours after an old dear passes away then you're no different from the racists imo - as is the case with Sinclair.
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Lol......tbh im just enjoying watching the reaction from the asylum at present.
 
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luvgonzo said:
I believe in free speech and imo the opposing sides shooting each other down all the time is a huge part of the problem today. We have to discuss and debate points of view even if we disagree with each other. What TS did though was not an opinion it was inciting racism and that can't be allowed.
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Is it really inciting racism though? Its not racist to not mourn someone, and encourage others not to, if you feel that they were part of the problem. It was however insensitive, and fairly stupid.
 
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**** the Queen tbh my thoughts go out to saff today.

Mans probably in bits right now poor fella.

Anyone seen him?
 
luvgonzo said:
I believe in free speech and imo the opposing sides shooting each other down all the time is a huge part of the problem today. We have to discuss and debate points of view even if we disagree with each other. What TS did though was not an opinion it was inciting racism and that can't be allowed.
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Did he though.......really.......me thinks the whites are getting a bit over sensitive
 
Sucky said:
**** the Queen tbh my thoughts go out to saff today.

Mans probably in bits right now poor fella.

Anyone seen him?
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Think I just seen him on the news outside Buckingham Palace in full union Jack suit and top hat.. looks like a soul lost he did
 
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