Really?! Man-arrested-over-Tom-Adeyemi-racism-claim

[Stand_watie]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/9000418/Man-arrested-over-Tom-Adeyemi-racism-claim.html

"Despite reassurance from his team-mates, plus Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and forward Dirk Kuyt, the right back was visibly upset and tearful..."

This guy needs an injection of spine delivered by R. Lee Ermey.

Maybe the little girl needs "a league of his own".

I didn't see roadking larry's post until I posted this one

Maybe Larry's league will take the crybaby, but I think they're probably too tough for him.

[Perd Hapley]

Wow. Could the article be a little less clear as to what happened? Even so, arresting people over racial comments? That's a whole sight worse than racism.

[CNYCacher]

Wow. Could the article be a little less clear as to what happened? Even so, arresting people over racial comments? That's a whole sight worse than racism.

It sounds like someone yelled something at a soccer player which made the player cry. Apparently the something which was yelled indicated that the person who yelled it may have some sort of prejudice against people who look like the player in question. The yeller is to be punished.

[RoadKingLarry]

Thought crime, pure and simple. Hang 'im.

[MechAg94]

It sounds like someone yelled something at a soccer player which made the player cry. Apparently the something which was yelled indicated that the person who yelled it may have some sort of prejudice against people who look like the player in question. The yeller is to be punished.

I keep thinking that now that people know what gets him upset, he will hear it again.

[vaskidmark]

Aren't there some free speech rights anymore in the UK?

Yes, there certainly are.  They are in a stout box in the warehouse of the British Museum.  I hear there are plans to mount an exhibit soon.

stay safe.

[Jamisjockey]

Old news in Europe.  It was a few years ago when a fashion designer was arrested for making slurs in a bar in France.

Leftists don't understand the real definition of freedom, not at all.

[Ben]

The article was pretty short on details. What scares me the most though, are some of the comments. if you read through them, you see supporters of the arrest justifying it in the same way someone would justify an arrest for a carjacking or something. Enough people have accepted it to the point that, "It's a law, therefore it has to be a good thing."

It's the same road our legislators want to lead us down. Get restrictions and bans and prohibitions in place in the legal code, and people eventually become accustomed to them, no longer realizing that they were just a little bit more free in a hazy past that they sort of remember. Stove, pot, water, frog. Slowly apply heat.

[zxcvbob]

The article was pretty short on details. What scares me the most though, are some of the comments. if you read through them, you see supporters of the arrest justifying it in the same way someone would justify an arrest for a carjacking or something. Enough people have accepted it to the point that, "It's a law, therefore it has to be a good thing."

It's the same road our legislators want to lead us down. Get restrictions and bans and prohibitions in place in the legal code, and people eventually become accustomed to them, no longer realizing that they were just a little bit more free in a hazy past that they sort of remember. Stove, pot, water, frog. Slowly apply heat.

And it's mostly the Republicans who get all "The law is the law!" and support stupid stuff once it gets passed.  As long as the law is abusing someone else's rights, it's a good thing -- even a right that I hold dear for myself.

[Tallpine]

It's the same road our legislators want to have lead us down. Get restrictions and bans and prohibitions in place in the legal code, and people eventually become accustomed to them, no longer realizing that they were just a little bit more free in a hazy past that they sort of remember. Stove, pot, water, frog. Slowly apply heat.

Fixed. 

"Enforce existing laws" 

[agricola]

Wow. Could the article be a little less clear as to what happened? Even so, arresting people over racial comments? That's a whole sight worse than racism.

It really isnt. 

[Perd Hapley]

And it's mostly the Republicans who get all "The law is the law!" and support stupid stuff once it gets passed.  As long as the law is abusing someone else's rights, it's a good thing -- even a right that I hold dear for myself.

Really? Democrats are quite enthusiastic, when a Republican is alleged to be in violation.

[Perd Hapley]

It really isnt. 

Certainly, there are some forms of racism worse than hatred legislation. An official program of genocide or enslavement, for example. Most racism short of that is preferable to laws against one's viewpoints.

[agricola]

Certainly, there are some forms of racism worse than hatred legislation. An official program of genocide or enslavement, for example. Most racism short of that is preferable to laws against one's viewpoints.

Not really, at least not in this case.  Arresting the fan appeared justified - he apparently shouted "you f***ing black b**tard" at the player, he did it when his (the players) team were losing five-one, and the fan supports Liverpool (which should be an offence in itself).

[Jamisjockey]

Surely you jest? You really believe he should have been arrested for that?

[RocketMan]

I read agricola's post, and am hoping my sarcasm meter is out of adjustment.  If it's otherwise, 

[zxcvbob]

Not really, at least not in this case.  Arresting the fan appeared justified - he apparently shouted "you f***ing black b**tard" at the player, he did it when his (the players) team were losing five-one, and the fan supports Liverpool (which should be an offence in itself).

If he just hadn't said the word "black" he would've been okay.   

[agricola]

Surely you jest? You really believe he should have been arrested for that?

For calling him a black bastard?  Yes.

[Boomhauer]

For calling him a black bastard?  Yes.

Would cracker mother *expletive deleted*er said to a white person elicit the same response from you?

[Jamisjockey]

For calling him a black bastard?  Yes.

So how is that freedom?

[CNYCacher]

So how is that freedom?

If he's not a bastard that's a slander.

[roo_ster]

So how is that freedom?

To ask the question is to answer it.

agricola appreciates his gilded chains. 

[roo_ster]

Certainly, there are some forms of racism worse than hatred legislation. An official program of genocide or enslavement, for example. Most racism short of that is preferable to laws against one's viewpoints.

fistful, that is similar to the argument that lets Lenin, Stalin, and Mao somehow off the hook or lesser demons relative to Hitler, who killed far fewer.  I don't buy it.

Racism, shmacism.  It is not the racism part of genocide that is beyond the pale, it is the mass-murdering part.  I can live next door to someone who despises me for my race, but leaves me & mine be.  OTOH, I can not abide someone who would harm me or mine, no matter how noble their intentions.

[RoadKingLarry]

To ask the question is to answer it.

agricola appreciates his gilded chains. 

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.

Samuel Adams

Sure a stupid racial slur deserves ridicule, ostracized, verbal abuse... but arrested and prosecuted? nope.

[zxcvbob]

Does nobody else see the irony?  Yelling "You f***ing black b**tard!" is offensive, but "You f***ing b**tard!" is not.  (presumably the player is black)