Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Warning in OP, 10/12

5starpool

brevity wrote: »

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056702988/

Have a read

Jaysis, I can't believe Francie posted a link to the rag! Down with that sort of thing.

Charlie19

5starpool wrote: »

Jaysis, I can't believe Francie posted a link to the rag! Down with that sort of thing.

He wouldn't have got away with it in the LFC super thread;)

Dickerty

ush wrote: »

Yeah we should. Maybe its time to grow past that.

Should they rename the movie "White Men Can't Jump" while we are at it? :rolleyes:

ush

Dickerty wrote: »

Should they rename the movie "White Men Can't Jump" while we are at it? :rolleyes:

Whats your point? Values change over time. That film is 20 years old at least.

Dickerty

ush wrote: »

Whats your point? Values change over time. That film is 20 years old at least.

Yep, but it's a "truth", and not a harmful one.

To say that that joke is antisematic, as had been suggested, is NONSENSE.
It pokes fun at a widely held belief about Jewish people and money. It's does not show "prejudice against, hatred of, or discrimination of" Jewish people.

It's just a stereotype. Like Blondes being dumb or Irish being drunks.
But it seems you cannot use the work Jew in a sentance without being an antisemite.

Dickerty

Dickerty wrote: »

But it seems you cannot use the work Jew in a sentance without being an antisemite.

We've moved on to the paranoia. Sure the Jews control Twitter and the FA!

It's easy to use the word "Jews" in a sentence without being anti-Semitic.

It's being over analysed. It was stupid. He has accepted it and apologised, he can expect a fine, maybe a short ban, but let's not make him out to be the victim here.

5starpool

I think we should just talk about football imo or else we run the risk of having our clean thread title ruined by "modnote read pot 1 & 4755" and that makes me sad when it happens. Surely worthy of a thread of it's own perhaps at this point?

ush

Dickerty wrote: »

Yep, but it's a "truth", and not a harmful one.

Its not a "truth". Whatever about renaming a film, but I doubt a film would be called that today. Or even that the film would be made.

Dickerty wrote: »

To say that that joke is antisematic, as had been suggested, is NONSENSE.
It pokes fun at a widely held belief about Jewish people and money. It's does not show "prejudice against, hatred of, or discrimination of" Jewish people.

It's just a stereotype. Like Blondes being dumb or Irish being drunks.
But it seems you cannot use the work Jew in a sentance without being an antisemite.

That joke was anti-semitic. Stereotypes are prejudicial. Sorry, but they are. Thats where your logic fails. The joke casually accepts racial stereotypes. The butt of the joke relies on "a widely held belief about Jewish people and money". It misses the target.

Mario meant well, as he often does. But got it wrong. The Americans could be forgiven for wanting to get rid.

5live

ush wrote: »

Whats your point? Values change over time. That film is 20 years old at least.

So, white men can jump now?:pac:

brevity

I think the 4-4-2 could work.

martyos121

I don't even see what's wrong with it.

All he's saying is that dark skinned people are phenomenal athletes, and that the Jews are an ambitious, success-driven folk.

He should be given a pay rise and the captaincy if anything.

martyos121

martyos121 wrote: »

I don't even see what's wrong with it.

Well he does, as he took it down and apologised and said he could see how it would be offensive. And that's the important thing. It doesn't have to be explained to everyone who now rows in with "I don't see what was even wrong..."

Agent Coulson

I hope he starts the same back 5 and DM.

martyos121

Deleted User wrote: »

Well he does, as he took it down and apologised and said he could see how it would be offensive. And that's the important thing. It doesn't have to be explained to everyone who now rows in with "I don't see what was even wrong..."

If you read the rest of my post, you'd realise I was joking.

J Mysterio

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

Sorry, I take things literally. No idea what your saying

ush

5live wrote: »

So, white men can jump now?:pac:

Maybe more people now would question equating skin colour with sporting ability. People may even question the idea that black athletes have natural ability and are mouthy, while white athletes have to train harder to overcome a lack of physical acumen. Same racist logic you see in the Rocky films.

Agent Coulson

Got an Amazon delivery today and in it was a leaflet for a free audiobook with a trial membership of audible.

The free book was....The Chimp Paradox by Dr Steve .



www.audible.co.uk/chimp2

Lot of hard Js being thrown about in here, I don't appreciate that.

http://vimeo.com/53620113

PhiloCypher

I trust all the paragons of virtue on here reprimanded their friends for their casual racism when they were sent that meme when it first made the rounds.

ush

PhiloCypher wrote: »

I trust all the paragons of virtue on here reprimanded their friends for their casual racism when they were sent that meme when it first made the rounds.

First they came with dodgy memes, and I did not speak out...

monkey9

PhiloCypher wrote: »

I trust all the paragons of virtue on here reprimanded their friends for their casual racism when they were sent that meme when it first made the rounds.

Why would they. They're friends aren't at Liverpool where the could be fined or banned from some games.

ush

monkey9 wrote: »

Why would they. They're friends aren't at Liverpool where the could be fined or banned from some games.

The assumption that I got friends was where he went wrong.

What's the story with chromecast?

brevity

rarnes1 wrote: »

What's the story with chromecast?

Plug into TV, connect via Internet and chrome plugin on laptop and then stream to TV. At least I think that's how it works.

~Rebel~

That's kind of a stupid meme in the way it's developed over time anyway - the first 3/4's of it was from the original meme, then the bit in purple was added in well after the fact. The purple bit is opposite in tone from the initial four lines. Most of it is neutral at worst, but the Jewish part is at odds with the rest, being an actively negative stereotype.

Anyway, whatever anyone's personal opinion on it, I trust that everyone could agree it was a silly thing for someone whose every move is scrutinized to put up.

On another note, I have a good feeling about today.

We're going to lose, aren't we :-/

rarnes1

rarnes1 wrote: »

What's the story with chromecast?

You can do a few bits with it, say your watching a YT video on your tablet/phone, you can press a button and the video comes on on your TV via the WiFi in the house, or you can use a few other apps with it on the tv and a few Dodgier ones that we can't discuss on here....

I would SHOW you only I would get a BOX in the head from a mod...

Fieldog

Fieldog wrote: »

You can do a few bits with it, say your watching a YT video on your tablet/phone, you can press a button and the video comes on on your TV via the WiFi in the house, or you can use a few other apps with it on the tv and a few Dodgier ones that we can't discuss on here....

I would SHOW you only I would get a BOX in the head from a mod...

Cool, just arrived in the post so shall investigate myself.

Would I be right in saying it's basically a poor mans smart TV! ie, it does the same job essentially

marklazarcovic

there would be far bigger controversy had say, suarez or any other white famous person posted that ,funny how things work ..not that i found it anyway racist .. just the world we tip toe in these days

DaveSuarez

Hope Borini gets a chance tonight. Lambert starting four games in ten days probably wouldn't be the best decision.

edit - nevermind.

Mignolet, Manquillo, Johnson, Toure, Skrtel, Lucas, Gerrard, Henderson, Lallana, Sterling, Lambert

ush

~Rebel~ wrote: »

That's kind of a stupid meme in the way it's developed over time anyway - the first 3/4's of it was from the original meme, then the bit in purple was added in well after the fact. The purple bit is opposite in tone from the initial four lines. Most of it is neutral at worst, but the Jewish part is at odds with the rest, being an actively negative stereotype.

Anyway, whatever anyone's personal opinion on it, I trust that everyone could agree it was a silly thing for someone whose every move is scrutinized to put up.

On another note, I have a good feeling about today.

We're going to lose, aren't we :-/

The last bit is a bit out of whack with the rest of it.

Just like your post. Liverpool will win tonight. We've turned a corner.