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Shinboners

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#31
Originally posted by myee8
I don't like diving by anyone at all in soccer, including players from Man United.
And Myee8 avoids the issue of calling a French Arsenal player a "frog" (Myee8 admitting that the term is offensive) and yet ignoring my point about the French players who have worn the shirt of Manchester United.
 

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#32
Originally posted by Shinboners
And Myee8 avoids the issue of calling a French Arsenal player a "frog" (Myee8 admitting that the term is offensive) and yet ignoring my point about the French players who have worn the shirt of Manchester United.
Pires is French, so i call him a frog. I am not going to relent just cause some United players past and present are French.
 
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#33
Originally posted by myee8
Pires is French, so i call him a frog. I am not going to relent just cause some United players past and present are French.
What nationality are you, so we can refer to you in the same derogatory manner?
 

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#35
Originally posted by myee8
Pires is French, so i call him a frog. I am not going to relent just cause some United players past and present are French.
Karanicolas and Nandrolone Stam hit it on the head with their posts.

Anyway, I hope that I never hear you bleating if you ever get racially abused.
 

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HAHAHAHA bring it on then tough guys, especially you Stam - i am asian if you want to know. In my anger over his disgraceful diving, since Pires is french, i called him a frog.
 

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Originally posted by myee8
HAHAHAHA bring it on then tough guys, especially you Stam - i am asian if you want to know. In my anger over his disgraceful diving, since Pires is french, i called him a frog.
So, you've probably copped racial abuse at some stage - I'd be amazed if you didn't. How did you feel about it? Did you think it was wrong? And if you felt it was wrong, don't you think it's somewhat hypocritical to have a go at someone else based on race?
 

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#38
Is calling a Frenchamn a frog or froggie really an offensive or derogatory term?

I feel that these things can be taken too far, I'm presuming that it's a term that has originated from Britain in relation to our bemusement that the French would eat our slimy little amphibious friends.In return the Froggies call us Rosbifs due to their belief that this is the only dish that we eat.

I've seen French sportsmen on telly over here quite good naturedly calling themselves a froggie (& us rosbifs), I don't think it really equates to the more offensive & clearly hurtful racial slurs that exist.

I believe that by kicking up a fuss about these kinds of terms it dilutes attitudes towards the genuinely offensive terms & allows people to harp on about political correctness gone mad & justify their continuing use of the nasty stuff.

I found this on the web whilst looking at some stuff about it

Queen Elizabeth I used to affectionately call her French ambassador lover "frog"


so there you all go it's really an affectionate term for our soap-phobic* gallic cousins.:D


*Before harrasing me for the use of racial stereotype let me bring to your attention the results of a survey that show the average Frenchman to spend a small fraction that his English equivalent does on soaps & toiletries & is inclined to take a shower or bath on far fewer occasions also.
 
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