| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice 08:21 - Jul 31 with 3457 views | hoopdog |
My god is this what free speech leads to pathetic | | | |  |
| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 08:35 - Jul 31 with 3440 views | WokingR |
He could have called him a lot worse.
Just unfortunate that what he did use has racial connotations | | | |
| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 08:53 - Jul 31 with 3411 views | hoopdog |
Only one person can say if there was any racial intent and that is Rio himself surely for such trivia to be deemed to have racial connotations intent should be proved
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| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 08:58 - Jul 31 with 3402 views | nadera78 |
Everyone knows that phrases like coconut and choc ice are terms of racial abuse. Open and shut case. | | | |
| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 09:43 - Jul 31 with 3367 views | hoopstilidie |
He didn't say it though, someone else did, he laughed at it.
Not so open and shut then. | |
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| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 09:49 - Jul 31 with 3356 views | BasingstokeR |
Note to self - don't laugh at or re-tweet any of the Richard Pryor quotes Twitter feed you follow! | | | |
| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 10:17 - Jul 31 with 3338 views | kensalriser |
Chris Rock is fcked then. | |
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| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 10:19 - Jul 31 with 3330 views | daveB |
Rio didn't actually call Cole anything, he just laughed at someone else's comment. laughable that he's been charged | | | |
| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 10:22 - Jul 31 with 3320 views | Brightonhoop |
He'd have been better off suggesting Cole was the Mafias whipping boy. Or would that constitute offence to Italians?!? To his credit Cole's lawyers sought to take the heat out of the comments. | | | |
| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 10:26 - Jul 31 with 3314 views | Jamie |
He repeated the term in question. | | | |
| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 10:30 - Jul 31 with 3305 views | hoopdog |
Dead right Rio didn't give an opinion either way ! But then some people arn't satisfied unless they are looking to find something that's not there | | | |
| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 10:36 - Jul 31 with 3296 views | pomanjou |
On the strength of your eighteen words I surmise that you could have been the person who who had the golliwog banned on Robertsons marmalade. Except that you are probably a youngster who has been taught the new art of political correctness and knows no better.
So its alright on this messageboard to use terms of endearment such as reknaw, tnuc, ecafkcuf and derivatives repeatedly and offensively, but if I add black, white, paki, spick, dago etc it becomes a court case?
Real free speech and commonsense have deserted us.
Coconut airlines, all is forgiven. | |
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| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 10:40 - Jul 31 with 3284 views | Toast_R |
He laughed at someone questioning someones racial loyalty as in a black man defending a white man.
Absolute bollocks.
Pretty poor form by Terry's team to call on a Black team mate as a character reference but in Cole's position what do you do? Say no and wait for the fan to scatter bomb pooh and kiss goodbye to your lush contract or just go along with it, because after all, it's not like it's a murder trial.
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| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 10:42 - Jul 31 with 3278 views | Toast_R |
I should also add that Cole is probably thick as pigshit aswell so would have gone along with anything once briefed. Terry's team must have beend aware of that too. | | | |
| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 10:44 - Jul 31 with 3274 views | Jamie |
Replace Ferdinand with a white player, and 'choc ice', with 'black ....' and I wonder how many would be saying it was bollocks... | | | |
| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 10:53 - Jul 31 with 3262 views | hoopdog |
If it's and but' were pot's and pan's . We wouldn't have tink's
It' not about a White man and Black man talk facts
[Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 10:53 - Jul 31 with 3258 views | hoopstilidie |
Appears to me he was repeating it in a sarcastic manner.
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| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 10:58 - Jul 31 with 3247 views | daveB |
well he retweeted it so didn't make the comment himself | | | |
| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 10:59 - Jul 31 with 3243 views | Jamie |
The facts are right there. Rio Ferdinand repeated an abusive slur and is going to be tried for it. Neither 'ridiculous', or 'laughable' | | | |
| Rio Ferdinand charged by F A over Choc ice on 11:01 - Jul 31 with 3236 views | daveB |
Rio has also said the term choc ice was about a man not being true to himself rather than a racial term | | | |
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