First day of the trial - Ferdinand never heard Terry say anything to him and made claim only after his girlfriend showed him a video on YouTube of Terry reportedly making the comments
First day of the trial - Ferdinand never heard Terry say anything to him and made claim only after his girlfriend showed him a video on YouTube of Terry reportedly making the comments
Surely the CPS must have more than this ?
But if he had heard it, he would have been very very upset. He would not have reacted and spoken back to Terry he would have told the officials as he is a very very professional person.
Apart from swearing his head of to Terry and make 'gestures' about his affairs...
next thing he will say "come on Anton, FFS, have a sense of humour. you know i was only joshing ya"
Terry the lad.
To be fair, as much as we dislike Terry he hasn't been found guilty and unless the prosecution aduce something more substantial than they have today he probably won't be.
Doreen Lawrence has even turned up today. The amount of money & column inches wasted on this is ridiculous. Surely some sort of mediation between the two with an appearance at an inner city racism talk with a substantial donation made to local kids would've been a far better outcome.
As I've previously said JT used the term F*&£ing black c&£^
the first word is used by almost every footballer and is in no way causing the problem here
Anton is black. He's not coloured (because we are not allowed to say that anymore)
Whether or not he is a C%£$ is immaterial here. It's a term used by millions. Doesn't make it right, I agree, but it's widely used and I don't think people end up in court every day over its usage.
Ask yourself this - if Anton had said "F*&£ing white c&£^" would there be the same uproar? I somehow think not.
Please understand I am not condoning JT - I think he's a terrible human being - all I'm saying is this is a huge mountain from a tiny molehill
Doreen Lawrence has even turned up today. The amount of money & column inches wasted on this is ridiculous. Surely some sort of mediation between the two with an appearance at an inner city racism talk with a substantial donation made to local kids would've been a far better outcome.
Anton hasn't said or done anything though! The whole thing should have been sorted out within a month with the community support/chats done regardless of the outcome.
As I've previously said JT used the term F*&£ing black c&£^
the first word is used by almost every footballer and is in no way causing the problem here
Anton is black. He's not coloured (because we are not allowed to say that anymore)
Whether or not he is a C%£$ is immaterial here. It's a term used by millions. Doesn't make it right, I agree, but it's widely used and I don't think people end up in court every day over its usage.
Ask yourself this - if Anton had said "F*&£ing white c&£^" would there be the same uproar? I somehow think not.
Please understand I am not condoning JT - I think he's a terrible human being - all I'm saying is this is a huge mountain from a tiny molehill
Surely it isn't wether he used the term "black c**t" or not, it's the context in which it was said ? If it was in a derogatory manner it would be racist and JT would be guilty, just as AF would similarly be guilty if he had said "white c**t" in a derogotary fashion.
If JT is guilty then I don't think it's s mountain out of a molehill, it's just that after the prosecutions opening submission, which I would have thought would be damming of JT, I don't really see where the evidence that proves Terry's guilt beyond reasonable doubt is. In fact unless they have something up their sleeve at this stage you could see the CPS getting in trouble for wasting public resources.
As I've previously said JT used the term F*&£ing black c&£^
the first word is used by almost every footballer and is in no way causing the problem here
Anton is black. He's not coloured (because we are not allowed to say that anymore)
Whether or not he is a C%£$ is immaterial here. It's a term used by millions. Doesn't make it right, I agree, but it's widely used and I don't think people end up in court every day over its usage.
Ask yourself this - if Anton had said "F*&£ing white c&£^" would there be the same uproar? I somehow think not.
Please understand I am not condoning JT - I think he's a terrible human being - all I'm saying is this is a huge mountain from a tiny molehill
He didn't call Anton black as an observation of his skin complexion (which would more acurately be described as brown) he was using it as a derogotory term.
That fact that people still use this reasoning to ignore racism (how ever trivial you may perceive it to be) shows how far this country has not come.
Comments
Surely the CPS must have more than this ?
Apart from swearing his head of to Terry and make 'gestures' about his affairs...
Terry the lad.
the first word is used by almost every footballer and is in no way causing the problem here
Anton is black. He's not coloured (because we are not allowed to say that anymore)
Whether or not he is a C%£$ is immaterial here. It's a term used by millions. Doesn't make it right, I agree, but it's widely used and I don't think people end up in court every day over its usage.
Ask yourself this - if Anton had said "F*&£ing white c&£^" would there be the same uproar? I somehow think not.
Please understand I am not condoning JT - I think he's a terrible human being - all I'm saying is this is a huge mountain from a tiny molehill
If JT is guilty then I don't think it's s mountain out of a molehill, it's just that after the prosecutions opening submission, which I would have thought would be damming of JT, I don't really see where the evidence that proves Terry's guilt beyond reasonable doubt is. In fact unless they have something up their sleeve at this stage you could see the CPS getting in trouble for wasting public resources.
That fact that people still use this reasoning to ignore racism (how ever trivial you may perceive it to be) shows how far this country has not come.