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Daley Thompson and his racist slur

  • 23-07-2012 3:45pm
    #1
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,750 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    The double Olympic champion, who has been tipped to light the Olympic torch during the opending ceremony on Friday, was criticised by viewers of The One Show.

    BBC bosses were forced to apologise after a string of complaints.

    Thompson made the gaffe during last Thursday's show when he was shown a photo of a torch bearer with 'Oylmpic torch bearer' tattooed on her arm.

    The Decathlon gold-medalist quipped that the tattooer must have been Irish.

    He was quickly corrected by presenter Matt Baker that the tattoo had been done in the USA and the presenter apologised to viewers straight away and then again at the end of the show.
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9418536/London-2012-Daley-Thompson-accused-of-racism-after-Irish-gag-on-One-Show.html

    A slur that's all too common in the UK from my experience. Disappointing that it's trotted out so easily and I hope he regrets the idiocy of the remark.


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Comments

  • #2
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Ah sure the Oirish, we can't splel!


  • #3
    alphabeat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭alphabeat


    so daly hates the micks eh ?


  • #4
    FatherLen
    Registered Users Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    his mustache must have been italian....


  • #5
    phil1nj
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭phil1nj


    Maybe he was just advertising this place:

    http://www.city-data.com/ny-restaurants/OYLIMPIC-DINER.html


  • #6
    Diapason
    Registered Users Posts: 452 ✭✭Diapason


    Anyone else singing Iron Maiden in their heads?


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  • #7
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    I'm not overly bothered tbh, let them think we're stupid just makes them feel even worse when we get one over on them!


  • #8
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Don't mind him, stupid nagger.


  • #9
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    FatherLen wrote: »
    his mustache must have been italian....

    He kind of reminds me of Hightower from Police Academy....Anyone else? No?


  • #10
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Diapason wrote: »
    Anyone else singing Iron Maiden in their heads?

    De-na-de-na-de-na-de-ne-DUH-DUH


  • #11
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    That man keep people in jobs and off the dole queues manufacturing joysticks

    Anyone else have his games on the Commodore 64

    Those games would destroy a joystick quicker then your parents could buy you a new one

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AR0e4q1EYM


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  • #12
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    meh


  • #13
    who_me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,669 ✭✭✭who_me


    I don't know... "Oylmpic" does kind of sound like the "Oirish" pronunciation! Wouldn't get too worked up about it, personally.


  • #14
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    chin_grin wrote: »
    He kind of reminds me of Hightower from Police Academy....Anyone else? No?

    Or Richard Pryor.


  • #15
    Seedy Arling
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,002 ✭✭✭Seedy Arling


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    That man keep people in jobs and off the dole queues manufacturing joysticks

    Anyone else have his games on the Commodore 64

    Those games would destroy a joystick quicker then your parents could buy you a new one
    Ahhh yes, many the time i waggled my joy stick to Daley Thompson.


  • #16
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    I always find it odd when members of minorities - particularly those who have been in the public light and had to break down racist barriers to get there - go on and make remarks like this.

    Vijay Singh did something similar about ten years ago when he made a remark that a female player in a pro tournament, "doesn't belong out here" and she was displacing a male competitor. Which is no doubt a remark that was made about Vijay on more than one occasion.


  • #17
    danniemcq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    rabble rabble rabble...

    actually i just checked and the amounts of f*cks i give is 0


  • #18
    Plazaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,012 ✭✭✭Plazaman


    I thought he was dead. There ya go, you learn something new everyday.

    I'd say he must be publishing a book or something shortly and just wanted to get a bit of publicity any which way.


  • #19
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    who_me wrote: »
    I don't know... "Oylmpic" does kind of sound like the "Oirish" pronunciation! Wouldn't get too worked up about it, personally.

    If that's the case wouldn't it be "O'Lympic"?

    <gets coat>


  • #20
    charlemont
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,725 ✭✭✭charlemont


    Ha That's actually hilarious.


  • #21
    buck65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭buck65


    Remember his T shirt about Carl Lewis?
    saw it yesterday in the paper
    "Is the worlds 2nd greatest athlete Gay?"

    WTF??


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  • #22
    I_smell_fear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 378 ✭✭I_smell_fear


    stovelid wrote: »
    Or Richard Pryor.

    They all look the same


  • #23
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,310 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Anyone who watches The One Show deserves to be offended


  • #24
    phil1nj
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭phil1nj


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    That man keep people in jobs and off the dole queues manufacturing joysticks

    Anyone else have his games on the Commodore 64

    Those games would destroy a joystick quicker then your parents could buy you a new one

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AR0e4q1EYM

    I had this for the Spectrum 128K (the poor cousin of the Commodre 64) when I was a teenager. Nearly wore a hole in my right hand (and not in a good way) trying to complete all of the events. Them Atari standard joysticks must have had adamantium shafts too. It took some abuse over the years.


  • #25
    Lumbo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭Lumbo


    Anyone else notice the spelling mistakes/typo's in the Telegraph's report?

    Must be an Oirish journo :pac:


  • #26
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    I_smell_fear wrote: »
    They all look the same

    Needs joke about them all being great runners but I don't have the guts.


  • #27
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    He had getting away from the cops speed :cool:


  • #28
    M cebee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭M cebee


    bit irish alright
    cnut


  • #29
    danniemcq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    what?
    One blogger wrote on a message board: "Anyone watch him on the One Show cracking anti-Irish jokes. Charming man. Always thought he was a bit of a k***, now confirmed.

    what the hell is k***


  • #30
    Samich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭Samich


    Yeah because it's not like we ever slag the British or anything.

    I have no problem with it, thought us irish were all about having the craic?


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  • #31
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    danniemcq wrote: »
    what?



    what the hell is k***

    kock - obviously irish too :rolleyes:


  • #32
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    danniemcq wrote: »
    what?



    what the hell is k***

    The other kind of c*nt I assume?


  • #33
    M cebee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭M cebee


    he can fuk off bak to england if he got a problem


  • #34
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Share an lik dis racist storie if it mak u cry XxX


  • #35
    Samich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭Samich


    M cebee wrote: »
    he can fuk off bak to england if he got a problem

    He wasn't in Ireland ;)


  • #36
    juan.kerr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭juan.kerr


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    That man keep people in jobs and off the dole queues manufacturing joysticks

    Anyone else have his games on the Commodore 64

    Those games would destroy a joystick quicker then your parents could buy you a new one

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AR0e4q1EYM

    Had it on the Spectum 48K I think. Not as good as Amiga game 'The Acquatic Games' with James Pond / Robocod.


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  • #37
    M cebee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭M cebee


    Samich wrote: »
    He wasn't in Ireland ;)

    I meant jamaica


  • #38
    --Kaiser--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    charlemont wrote: »
    Ha That's actually hilarious.

    That's what I thought


  • #39
    Chauncey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69 ✭✭Chauncey


    danniemcq wrote: »
    what?

    what the hell is k***

    Knob.


  • #40
    Morlar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    I thought he was great as the captain of prometheus so this is a bit of a letdown.


  • #41
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    M cebee wrote: »
    I meant jamaica

    Ah yes, "Thompson" a typical Jamaican surname. :p


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  • #42
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    M cebee wrote: »
    I meant jamaica

    he was born in London to Nigerian and Scotish parents seems abit unfair to send him to Jamaica


  • #43
    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    I'm so offended.



    Theirs no sausage rolls in my local deli today, wtf can I do now!


  • #44
    IrishAm
    Registered Users Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭IrishAm


    I am shocked/horrified/disgusted/delete were appropriate.


  • #45
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Considering his race have been in the forefront of racist abuse for century's you would think this clown would no better than to try and score points with such a cheap jibe .


  • #46
    Lumbo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭Lumbo


    chin_grin wrote: »
    Ah yes, "Thompson" a typical Jamaican surname. :p

    Tis actually.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Thompson_(footballer)


  • #47
    westendgirlie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭westendgirlie


    Plazaman wrote: »
    I thought he was dead. There ya go, you learn something new everyday.

    I'd say he must be publishing a book or something shortly and just wanted to get a bit of publicity any which way.

    He's in the new Daz ad with Barry from Eastenders


  • #48
    mauzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭mauzo


    Who cares? He made a joke....laugh it off. Whoever complained is uptight.

    Ive never even heard of this guy, so when I read racist slur, I assumed he called someone the N word or something. Then opened the link...


  • #49
    raindog.promo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭raindog.promo


    davet82 wrote: »
    he was born in London to Nigerian and Scotish parents seems abit unfair to send him to Jamaica

    I'm Irish and I think all irish people are illiterate dingbats.

    Now, was I hearing something about a trip to Jamaica......?


  • #50
    Diapason
    Registered Users Posts: 452 ✭✭Diapason


    syndeyfife wrote: »
    Ive never even heard of this guy

    File this in the "when did you know you were old" thread. :(


  • #51
    westendgirlie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭westendgirlie


    What a twat..... getting your tattoo spelling wrong! :D


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