I know it's wrong - but I had a flick through the Metro today as someone left it in the crapper at work... it reminded me why I steer clear of the papers and I appologise for inflicting my rant upon you. Anyway - a column by Mark Bright caught my eye and this pretty much wrote itself whilst I was defecating:
"Quite often when making my way around London, black men will walk up to me, touch knuckles and use one word; respect."
Yes – don't be surprised if a few more 'black men' walk up to you and 'touch knuckles' more often after peddaling this self serving mildy ironic regressive fucking stereotype... just what is the point of that statement?
"It's a small word that means so much."
Actually context is everything, without it words have no meaning and coming out of your mouth in the form of an empty platitude it's a pretty fucking worthless word to me... the context I will attempt to acertain and define below:
"In the black community it's regarded as high accolade for achieving something."
Tell me more of this thriving 'black community' of which you speak; obviously you are clearly qualified to speak for 'them' by the mere fact of being 'black'... My local 'black community' is far more fragmented than this middle class, middle age whitewash nonsense phraseology pertaining to urban/inner city multiculturalism. For a start even though you chase and crave 'celebrity status' and go so far as to have your shit eating grin posted next to your column in the metro - the Nigerians and the Somalians wouldn't have a clue who you are/were and would certainly not engage in that 'epitome of disneyesque blacksploitation gesture' that you describe... besides - where is your house located on the local estate – or is it rather an estate in the country or somewhere similar i.e. as far away from the 'black community' as it is possible to be I wonder? But wait just one god damn cotton picking minute here – what does 'blackness' have to do with the point that you are clearly struggling to make?
"So I was delighted to take part in the Football Association's Respect campaign video this summer."
Hang on… how did we get from 'achieving something'; presumably 'righteous' or of spiritual worth for 'your people' (from the hackneyed fore-quote) to appearing in an apologist propaganda short for the premiership match officials? Am I supposed to make some kind of mental association here – I must be missing something?!
"Images of players confronting officials have put footballers to shame compared to the behaviour of rugby players. Don't get me wrong, in my playing days I've been party to it."
For one – these emotive 'images' you are referring to are in the media to push an agenda of which you are clearly complicit with – what they certainly don't do is provide an in-depth investigation into the problems in the professional game. For two - rugby players have the video referee, 'open miked' officials, the right to appeal decisions and regulations in place to ensure a more meritorial standard of officialdom and therefore don't get repeatedly robbed by the incompetent & often corrupt twats in the black... oh I see now – black = respect; I found the association - we 'keepin it real' now right? Oh shit – I hate the referees... does that make me a racialist? Maybe I should keep my opinions to myself before I get accused of a hate crime!
"Seeing how the top players from big clubs influenced referees, it was a case of, well, if you can't beat them, join them."
So obeying the referee's without question when you feel the injustice of outrageously biased decisions is going to make it all better is it? I for one am drawing some uncomfortable parallels here with regards to the 'black community' and the enforcers of the law... btw - the "if you can't beat them join them" statement speaks volumes for your personality.
"Hundreds of grass-root leagues, where the problem is possibly at its worst, are signing up to the campaign. I'm told 7,000 referees leave the game every year and with only 24,000 thousand in total, the figures speak for themselves."
Yes they do and I'm not surprised at these figures given that the worst referees get promoted to the highest levels and when the readily available technology to enhance/enforce the accuracy of their decisions if shunned at every turn – this might also explain some of the incredulity that you describe coming from players from the non 'big clubs' and the lower leagues – the lack of respect for the officials in England is purely and simply because our highest ranking officials in England are incompetent buffoons... how well does this speak of the rest of the refereeing fraternity in general, to the general public and players, and what possible 'respect' can it ever hope to foster? Lack of respect for the officials is not an 'attitude problem' with the fans, managers and the players it is a clear and obvious problem with regards to the lack of regulation within the industry and the characters that an environment that is wide open to corruption will attract.
"The message could not be any clearer. Change or the game will cease to exist at grass-roots level. Starting with the Premier League players was the key, if they can do it when millions of pounds are at stake then it should filter down to the grass-roots. In week two of the new Premier League season we have only had one red card."
So… 2 + 2 = 17? Gotcha!
"I know it's early in the season to say it's worked, but it's a start. Respect has nothing to do with money, class, or colour; the dictionary says it's about consideration and honour. That's the least we can show the officials."
Hey, here's a word or phrase that you can look up in your dictionary: "Uncle Tom" you apologist patronising cunt - trying to spin that shit you spout into the realm of political correctness. Is there nothing fucking sacred or would you, as I suspect, sell your nan at the right price – after all, you just sold 'your race' and 'your game' wholesale and I doubt that you'll get much in the way of 'respect' for it from anyone! Here's a money spinner for you - why not release a video and write a column for the Metro(politan) Police about how fucking great Stop and Search powers are!
"Quite often when making my way around London, black men will walk up to me, touch knuckles and use one word; respect."
Yes – don't be surprised if a few more 'black men' walk up to you and 'touch knuckles' more often after peddaling this self serving mildy ironic regressive fucking stereotype... just what is the point of that statement?
"It's a small word that means so much."
Actually context is everything, without it words have no meaning and coming out of your mouth in the form of an empty platitude it's a pretty fucking worthless word to me... the context I will attempt to acertain and define below:
"In the black community it's regarded as high accolade for achieving something."
Tell me more of this thriving 'black community' of which you speak; obviously you are clearly qualified to speak for 'them' by the mere fact of being 'black'... My local 'black community' is far more fragmented than this middle class, middle age whitewash nonsense phraseology pertaining to urban/inner city multiculturalism. For a start even though you chase and crave 'celebrity status' and go so far as to have your shit eating grin posted next to your column in the metro - the Nigerians and the Somalians wouldn't have a clue who you are/were and would certainly not engage in that 'epitome of disneyesque blacksploitation gesture' that you describe... besides - where is your house located on the local estate – or is it rather an estate in the country or somewhere similar i.e. as far away from the 'black community' as it is possible to be I wonder? But wait just one god damn cotton picking minute here – what does 'blackness' have to do with the point that you are clearly struggling to make?
"So I was delighted to take part in the Football Association's Respect campaign video this summer."
Hang on… how did we get from 'achieving something'; presumably 'righteous' or of spiritual worth for 'your people' (from the hackneyed fore-quote) to appearing in an apologist propaganda short for the premiership match officials? Am I supposed to make some kind of mental association here – I must be missing something?!
"Images of players confronting officials have put footballers to shame compared to the behaviour of rugby players. Don't get me wrong, in my playing days I've been party to it."
For one – these emotive 'images' you are referring to are in the media to push an agenda of which you are clearly complicit with – what they certainly don't do is provide an in-depth investigation into the problems in the professional game. For two - rugby players have the video referee, 'open miked' officials, the right to appeal decisions and regulations in place to ensure a more meritorial standard of officialdom and therefore don't get repeatedly robbed by the incompetent & often corrupt twats in the black... oh I see now – black = respect; I found the association - we 'keepin it real' now right? Oh shit – I hate the referees... does that make me a racialist? Maybe I should keep my opinions to myself before I get accused of a hate crime!
"Seeing how the top players from big clubs influenced referees, it was a case of, well, if you can't beat them, join them."
So obeying the referee's without question when you feel the injustice of outrageously biased decisions is going to make it all better is it? I for one am drawing some uncomfortable parallels here with regards to the 'black community' and the enforcers of the law... btw - the "if you can't beat them join them" statement speaks volumes for your personality.
"Hundreds of grass-root leagues, where the problem is possibly at its worst, are signing up to the campaign. I'm told 7,000 referees leave the game every year and with only 24,000 thousand in total, the figures speak for themselves."
Yes they do and I'm not surprised at these figures given that the worst referees get promoted to the highest levels and when the readily available technology to enhance/enforce the accuracy of their decisions if shunned at every turn – this might also explain some of the incredulity that you describe coming from players from the non 'big clubs' and the lower leagues – the lack of respect for the officials in England is purely and simply because our highest ranking officials in England are incompetent buffoons... how well does this speak of the rest of the refereeing fraternity in general, to the general public and players, and what possible 'respect' can it ever hope to foster? Lack of respect for the officials is not an 'attitude problem' with the fans, managers and the players it is a clear and obvious problem with regards to the lack of regulation within the industry and the characters that an environment that is wide open to corruption will attract.
"The message could not be any clearer. Change or the game will cease to exist at grass-roots level. Starting with the Premier League players was the key, if they can do it when millions of pounds are at stake then it should filter down to the grass-roots. In week two of the new Premier League season we have only had one red card."
So… 2 + 2 = 17? Gotcha!
"I know it's early in the season to say it's worked, but it's a start. Respect has nothing to do with money, class, or colour; the dictionary says it's about consideration and honour. That's the least we can show the officials."
Hey, here's a word or phrase that you can look up in your dictionary: "Uncle Tom" you apologist patronising cunt - trying to spin that shit you spout into the realm of political correctness. Is there nothing fucking sacred or would you, as I suspect, sell your nan at the right price – after all, you just sold 'your race' and 'your game' wholesale and I doubt that you'll get much in the way of 'respect' for it from anyone! Here's a money spinner for you - why not release a video and write a column for the Metro(politan) Police about how fucking great Stop and Search powers are!
The truth it seems is rarely black and white.
...Hnnngggngngggg...
plop
Rant over.
