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[Mumsafan]

Are you sure they were girls though?

Women really. Two women and a fella.

[Reece]

the turks?

Paul......

[Parm]

There was of course the 'you dirty German *******' chant when Ballack was sent off too.

[Dhav]

the turks?

The Turkish Prime Minister was around our parts yesterday, visiting the Langham Hotel. Quite a police presence. If I had advance notice of his visit I would have arranged an appropriate welcome for him - like a petrol bomb.

[Shaggy]

Ouch.

[Reece]

The Turkish Prime Minister was around our parts yesterday, visiting the Langham Hotel. Quite a police presence. If I had advance notice of his visit I would have arranged an appropriate welcome for him - like a petrol bomb.

Erm....

[Tinkerbitch]

so, im sure many of you have seen/heard the debate going on on other sites, were any of you there last wed night with anything to add...

Was in there on row 35ish and didn't hear any of it, worse thing I heard was the "easy" chants

[Bob]

The Turkish Prime Minister was around our parts yesterday...

Sweet jaysus Dav, say what you really think

[Dhav]

Sweet jaysus Dav, say what you really think

Ok, next time I will

[paulcooper4]

Ok, next time I will

[Red_Polo]

What's wrong with that?

I just felt like I couldn't sing it. If 'you dirty Nigerian *******' was chanted it would be called racist, no question. But then that's because it's highly charged given the history. On the other hand a lot of people would say it's fine to say something similar about someone from Germany because it's done to mock and is without any real racist intent - that I can agree with in a way.

So it's not necessarily that I thought the chant was racist, but I didn't sing it either because somehow it just didn't feel right to me singing 'you dirty German *******'. Wonder if it would still have been sung had Didi been with us? We're never short of people having a go at Mancs taking the piss out of scousers whilst they laud Rooney.

[Mumsafan]

I just felt like I couldn't sing it. If 'you dirty Nigerian *******' was chanted it would be called racist, no question. But then that's because it's highly charged given the history. On the other hand a lot of people would say it's fine to say something similar about someone from Germany because it's done to mock and is without any real racist intent - that I can agree with in a way.

So it's not necessarily that I thought the chant was racist, but I didn't sing it either because somehow it just didn't feel right to me singing 'you dirty German *******'. Wonder if it would still have been sung had Didi been with us? We're never short of people having a go at Mancs taking the piss out of scousers whilst they laud Rooney.

There's a difference cos Didi isn't dirty

[paulcooper4]

There's a difference cos Didi isn't dirty

hes also a scouser

[Red_Polo]

Haha fair point

[Chrono]

There was of course the 'you dirty German *******' chant when Ballack was sent off too.

But to be fair