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imanixsupporter

Lol. Point taken. I should have made more of an effort to qualify my statements as my opinion. That's what internet forums are for though right? A few people on here are adamant that the Qatari player is guilty of racial abuse, I very much disagree. I'm frustrated and frankly embarrassed the All Whites boycotted a game of football for what I think is no good reason. To me this is just another episode in the shambolic saga that is the recent history of NZF. Fingers crossed the Football Ferns surprise and have a decent world cup and give us something to smile about for a change. Stranger things (like this debacle, for example) have happened. 

You sir have lost the plot on this. Like any insult, offense is felt by the person receiving it, I can be insulted or not by pretty much anything I feel. So it has nothing to do with how the Qatari player meant by what he said. We can all agree that he was clearly angry and targetting Boxall. Boxall (our player) heard a statement which he understood to be of a racial nature and was upnhappy about it - queue walk off action as the statement should not be used in any context.
In what world do you think the Qatari player might have been referring to Boxall in a "friendly, non aggressive manner"? The starting point with a racist remark is hate, or anger or at the lower end to cause offense. He clearly wasnt sayimg "Hey, ni****, lets grab a bite to eat after the game" - you know a statament that would have no realm of offense. It would have been more along the line of "you dirty ni****, you chopped me down" - ie a way more offensive statement.

I honestly don't think you can soften your take on this as an attempty to dismiss the potential racist remarks because the offender is of African decent.

imanixsupporter

Lol. Point taken. I should have made more of an effort to qualify my statements as my opinion. That's what internet forums are for though right? A few people on here are adamant that the Qatari player is guilty of racial abuse, I very much disagree. I'm frustrated and frankly embarrassed the All Whites boycotted a game of football for what I think is no good reason. To me this is just another episode in the shambolic saga that is the recent history of NZF. Fingers crossed the Football Ferns surprise and have a decent world cup and give us something to smile about for a change. Stranger things (like this debacle, for example) have happened. 

You sir have lost the plot on this. Like any insult, offense is felt by the person receiving it, I can be insulted or not by pretty much anything I feel. So it has nothing to do with how the Qatari player meant by what he said. We can all agree that he was clearly angry and targetting Boxall. Boxall (our player) heard a statement which he understood to be of a racial nature and was upnhappy about it - queue walk off action as the statement should not be used in any context.
In what world do you think the Qatari player might have been referring to Boxall in a "friendly, non aggressive manner"? The starting point with a racist remark is hate, or anger or at the lower end to cause offense. He clearly wasnt sayimg "Hey, ni****, lets grab a bite to eat after the game" - you know a statament that would have no realm of offense. I would have been more along the line of "you dirty ni****, you chopped me down" - ie a way more offensive statement.

I honestly don't think you can soften your take on this as an attempty to dismiss the potential racist remarks because the offender is of African decent.

imanixsupporter

Lol. Point taken. I should have made more of an effort to qualify my statements as my opinion. That's what internet forums are for though right? A few people on here are adamant that the Qatari player is guilty of racial abuse, I very much disagree. I'm frustrated and frankly embarrassed the All Whites boycotted a game of football for what I think is no good reason. To me this is just another episode in the shambolic saga that is the recent history of NZF. Fingers crossed the Football Ferns surprise and have a decent world cup and give us something to smile about for a change. Stranger things (like this debacle, for example) have happened. 

You sir have lost the plot on this. Like any insult offense is felt by the person receiving it, I can be insulted or not by pretty much anything I feel. So it has nothing to do with how the Qatari player meant by what he said. We can all agree that he was clearly angry and targetting Boxall. Boxall (our player) heard a statement which he understod to be of a racial nature and was upnhappy about it - queue walk off action as the statement should not be used in any context.
In what world do you think the Qatari player might have been referring to Boxall in a "friendly, non aggressive manner"? The starting point with a racist remark is hate, or anger or at the lower end to cause offense. He clearly wasnt sayimg "Hey, ni****, lets grab a bite to eat after the game" - you know a statament that would have no realm of offense. I would have been more along the line of "you dirty ni****, you chopped me down" - ie a way more offensive statement.

I honestly don't think you can soften your take on this as an attempty to dismiss the potential racist remarks because the offender is of African decent.