Sunday 4 February 2007

One Insult Is Greater Than Another

A German football fan who allegedly shouted racist insults at a black player faces a life ban.

If the allegations are true there is no defense for the comments, but it strikes me that this is just totally inconsistent. Ive been to quite a few football matches, and the players and referees are constantly subjected to streams of vile abuse from supporters. A lot of it originates from the North/South divide in England, and the rest is based on physical attributes and so on. Why is this seen as acceptable and yet racist abuse isn't? If this is worth a ban, some of the stuff I've heard should also be.

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