Reply to: Yid army

[Cowboy Bob]

No, but it might mean you have something to celebrate this year.

MOT

[Doggy Styles]

"Everyone who is a football fan knows " - that's maybe the case cowboy, but unfortunately not everyone is a football fan!

Spurs fans call themselves yids. What's to be upset about?

Scousers, geordies, makams, hammers, the arse, manks, tykes, the iron, carrot-crunchers, villains, brummies, tractor boys, cobblers, hatters, all blacks.

I'm uncomfortable with wanting this term banned.

[PRC1964]

I support the "Mighty Whites", but that doesn't make me a white supremacist.

No, but it might mean you have something to celebrate this year.

MOT

[scotspine]

Seen someone say **** the pope on here, he removed it a few hours later, same poster defended the use of the term fenian and said that the famine song was just a laugh.

Nothing was done about that.

i guess you're assuming that every thread is read by every mod. i believe that just isn't possible but we'll certainly try to respond whenever we receive a complaint from a member or when we do spot something ourselves.

[RichardCranium]

Seen someone say **** the pope on here, he removed it a few hours later, same poster defended the use of the term fenian and said that the famine song was just a laugh.

Nothing was done about that.

Maybe there should be a "Feedback" thread like the Feedback programme on Radio 4.

[minestrone]

Seen someone say **** the pope on here, he removed it a few hours later, same poster defended the use of the term fenian and said that the famine song was just a laugh.

Nothing was done about that.

[scotspine]

"Everyone who is a football fan knows " - that's maybe the case cowboy, but unfortunately not everyone is a football fan!

[Cowboy Bob]

What the hell is the world coming to? Everyone who is a football fan knows the back story behind why Spurs fans call themselves yids. Finding offence over this is about as dumb as celebrating Winterval.

I support the "Mighty Whites", but that doesn't make me a white supremacist.

Jeez.

[scotspine]

i can assure you that the post had caused offence to at least one other member. however, unless i hear to the contrary, i too consider the matter closed, with the rider that we should best avoid possible sources of offence in future.
cheers
sp

[SantaClaus]

I remember being shouted at when I was a kid that I was a yid.
To me it is an offensive term.
And it used on the football terraces as a racist chant too.

Sometimes people may use derogatory terms against themselves, and I think that is possiby acceptable. Like Samuel L Jackson using the term N!gger in Pulp Fiction.

But would you call an Afro/Caribbean person a N!gger if you werent one yourself???

[suityou01]

and some simply get offended. still, if what rc says is the case, and i have no reason to doubt it, then i can accept that perhaps you didn't use the term with a view to being offensive. i'm not trying to be overly pc here, but simply trying to ensure fair play for all.
cheers
sp

most certainly

This should be an end to the matter I hope.

[scotspine]

Some people thrive on being offended.

and some simply get offended. still, if what rc says is the case, and i have no reason to doubt it, then i can accept that perhaps you didn't use the term with a view to being offensive. i'm not trying to be overly pc here, but simply trying to ensure fair play for all.
cheers
sp

[suityou01]

I did some research and it changed my opinion 180°. It is four posts up from here; the Tottenham Hotspur fans call themselves 'yids' in support of Jews and to spite anti-semitists.

This warrants being brought to consciousness again.

It appears that specifically in reference to Spurs fans, the term 'yid' is not offensive. Link.

Thanks for your help RC. I shall drop it. Some people thrive on being offended.

[suityou01]

Does that mean that you are Jewish, or a spurs fan, or both?

both. I do not find this term offensive. I think a minor over reaction has occured here. I accept this. I shall desist from using this term in future in case any such minor over reactions should occur in future.

[RichardCranium]

please refrain from using offensive terms on this board. you might consider offering an apology to anyone concerned.

I did some research and it changed my opinion 180°. It is four posts up from here; the Tottenham Hotspur fans call themselves 'yids' in support of Jews and to spite anti-semitists.

This warrants being brought to consciousness again.

It appears that specifically in reference to Spurs fans, the term 'yid' is not offensive. Link.