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Ben Hamer's Twitter last night

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  • Plaaayer
    Plaaayer Posts: 9,010
    edited July 2012

    JT said:

    JT said:

    Inches

    oh yeah???????? wink, wink, nudge nudge..


    What his missus reckons anyway
    confirmed
    Trev also confirmed this.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,192
    edited July 2012
    bully
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    Always time
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,830

    If you feel so bad about it perhaps you should tweet him a private message instead of grassing him up on a fans forum .

    The trouble with Twitter is that you leave yourself open by making comments in the first place. That is why platforms such as Twitter & Facebook can be so dangerous. I know of more than one family relationship damaged beyond repair because of comments in social media.

  • Mrbacon
    Mrbacon Posts: 220
    Footballers are stupid (with exceptions being far and few between) this is not new.
  • Plaaayer
    Plaaayer Posts: 9,010

    bully

    I prefer 1 sided banter
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 11,106
    Umm, I think this is mountains and molehills but anyway...
    "Holocaust" was a word before WW2 and simply means great destruction, usually by fire. Only since WW2 has it become almost synonymous with genocide, when described as "The Holocaust". Hamer didnt do that - he said "a holocaust" - so if the valet at Gatwick had set fire to his car, he'd be right. although I reckon we've all given this much more thought than Ben.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    IdleHans said:

    Umm, I think this is mountains and molehills but anyway...
    "Holocaust" was a word before WW2 and simply means great destruction, usually by fire. Only since WW2 has it become almost synonymous with genocide, when described as "The Holocaust". Hamer didnt do that - he said "a holocaust" - so if the valet at Gatwick had set fire to his car, he'd be right. although I reckon we've all given this much more thought than Ben.

    this. "Holocaust" does not only refer to the nazi genocide. But on the other hand you'd probablu want to avoid using the word casually, unless you are a bit dense.
  • MattD
    MattD Posts: 1,530
    Cant believe people pick up on such little things.
  • AlexC
    AlexC Posts: 308
    Hamer is a bit of a idiot anyway.

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  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    Yeah i really hate him
  • Don't think Hamer meant anything nasty in is tweet. I would just like to point out to posters who think 21, 22, 23 is 'young kids'. During the war, aircrews were made up of 19, 20, 21 year olds etc. My father-in-law was the 'old man' at 26. That sort of thing I find amasing. Youngsters find a maturity when they have to.
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,641

    Don't think Hamer meant anything nasty in is tweet. I would just like to point out to posters who think 21, 22, 23 is 'young kids'. During the war, aircrews were made up of 19, 20, 21 year olds etc. My father-in-law was the 'old man' at 26. That sort of thing I find amasing. Youngsters find a maturity when they have to.

    Curently they don't have to
  • Stebo
    Stebo Posts: 790
    it's like the swastika and toothbrush moustaches, now there too closely associated with Hitler and nazis.
    So yes, not a word to used casually even if the original meaning of the word does fit the context.

    speaking of moustaches - I miss Hamer's :(
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,174

    Don't think Hamer meant anything nasty in is tweet. I would just like to point out to posters who think 21, 22, 23 is 'young kids'. During the war, aircrews were made up of 19, 20, 21 year olds etc. My father-in-law was the 'old man' at 26. That sort of thing I find amasing. Youngsters find a maturity when they have to.

    Yes we oldens know all this mate, last I knew we dont live in the middle of a war, so you point is irrelevant to Hamer and other 21, 22, 23 years olds who live in todays world. They dont have to be grown up or educated about such things as the holocaust or WW2. I would guess that most of the aforementioned age bracket dont know who were the Axis and who were the Allies in WW2. Also I didnt mention 'young kids' just 'kids'. But thanks for pointing it out.
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,220
    Collins Dictionary: Holocaust: "Great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire. / A sacrificial offering that is consumed entirely by flames/ a rare word for a burnt offering"

    A stupid thing to say, but not because it's offensive - it's just nonsensical. It's pretty funny that he's being corrected by people who don't seem to know what (else) the word means!
  • 1905
    1905 Posts: 2,766
    And as the good folk of Charlton life once again sprint to the moral high ground .......... this thread ladies and gentlemen is another example of why this forum is imploding with no football to talk about.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,576

    Why anyone famous would want to be on that freak show that is twitter with every thoughtless statement / quip being analysed to the nth degree by joe boreoff.com bloggs I'll never know

    Obviously a silly thing to say but I'm not looking at ben hamer to teach me or my offspring the meaning of life



    With you all the way on this oohaah.

  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,220
    Double cringe.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,182
    IdleHans said:

    Umm, I think this is mountains and molehills but anyway...
    "Holocaust" was a word before WW2 and simply means great destruction, usually by fire. Only since WW2 has it become almost synonymous with genocide, when described as "The Holocaust". Hamer didnt do that - he said "a holocaust" - so if the valet at Gatwick had set fire to his car, he'd be right. although I reckon we've all given this much more thought than Ben.

    I didn't realise this! Nothing wrong with Ben's comment then IMO, just my ignorance.

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  • SE10
    SE10 Posts: 2,169
    Stebo said:

    it's like the swastika and toothbrush moustaches, now there too closely associated with Hitler and nazis.

    The swastika died out because it took a good 4 attempts to draw it correctly...
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,569
    MCS said:

    ‏grumpy old git?

    This

  • DRF
    DRF Posts: 2,455

    Don't think Hamer meant anything nasty in is tweet. I would just like to point out to posters who think 21, 22, 23 is 'young kids'. During the war, aircrews were made up of 19, 20, 21 year olds etc. My father-in-law was the 'old man' at 26. That sort of thing I find amasing. Youngsters find a maturity when they have to.

    In Vietnam he was 19...

  • SE18Addick
    SE18Addick Posts: 375
    Greenie said:

    Greenie said:

    But he is just a kid

    yeah forgot, he's only 16 !

    Large, how old is he then? 21, 22, 23 - How much did you know about the world when you where that age, like the average 21, 22, 23 today, not much would be the answer, so yes he is a kid!
    I'm 21 and I resent this comment
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,569
    hol·o·caust/ˈhäləˌkôst/
    Noun:
    1.Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, esp. caused by fire or nuclear war: "a nuclear holocaust".

    2.The mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941–45.

    He's obviously referring incorrectly as it Makes no sense using the above!
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,569

    Greenie said:

    Greenie said:

    But he is just a kid

    yeah forgot, he's only 16 !

    Large, how old is he then? 21, 22, 23 - How much did you know about the world when you where that age, like the average 21, 22, 23 today, not much would be the answer, so yes he is a kid!
    I'm 21 and I resent this comment
    Hell I'm 24 and resent this comment. Ageist old farts.
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    What does "Imploding" mean ?
  • Plaaayer
    Plaaayer Posts: 9,010
    It's another word for banter.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,192
    is that more exagerated sarcasm?
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,182
    SE10 said:

    Stebo said:

    it's like the swastika and toothbrush moustaches, now there too closely associated with Hitler and nazis.

    The swastika died out because it took a good 4 attempts to draw it correctly...
    It's a nightmare to find a tattoo artist that can do it properly.