This whole racism thing

I was having some thoughts about the whole handshake thing, and this seemed as decent a place as any to post it. 

I think where it gets a bit ridiculous is if the guy who broke the others leg refused to shake hands because the victim complained to the FA.

Yeah the handshake was called off there, but those were somewhat different circumstances. Assuming the allegations are true, I'd be pretty fired up if I was Ferdinand, knowing that John Terry is allowed to keep playing while the charges are pending, even though he clearly committed the crime. I know that's making a large assumption, but nevertheless, it creates an obviously hostile atmosphere.

Here things were slightly different because both players had said that they were going to shake hands, and there was every indication that the matter was going to be put to bed. Maybe even one-eyed fans would admit that even if Suarez genuinely was innocent, he shouldn't have said that he was going to shake Evra's hand, because that clearly just inflamed the situation even more. Had he maintained his innocence and said that he wasn't going to shake hands, the handshake would most likely have been called off.

Even if he said that he wasn't going to shake his hand and they called off the handshake (to prevent the inevitable riot that will happen when one millionaire doesn't shake the hand of another millionaire) would that have been acceptable?  And what happens in a couple of weeks at the Wigan vs Villa game when N'Zogbia refuses to shake Calderwood's hand before the game because he still thinks he cheated in a game of Backgammon when they were rooming together on a Wigan away trip in 2009?  Would we be happy to call off the handshake then or just deal with the riot?

Did anyone else notice that Ferdinand refused to shake hands with Suarez after the Evra incident?
Suarez and Evra are both arrogant, self-centered, petulant little sh*ts and deserve any bad press and/or suspensions they get. Suarez needs sending back to Sth America and Evra can piss off back to France, They're ruining the English game. Terry can have a 3-4 year suspension.

167. According to the experts, the Spanish word "negro" cannot simply be translated as
"nigger". Whereas "nigger" refers exclusively to a person with dark skin, "negro" can be
used both as a noun ("a black") and as an adjective; as an adjective it might be used to refer
to a person ("un hombre negro" [a black man]) but equally to an object ("una caja negra" [a
black box]).

168. It is important to grasp that the word "negro" is ambiguous in all countries and regions of
Latin America.

169. In Uruguay and other areas of Latin America, some people who self-identify as black
object to the use of the word "negro" as a term of address, as they say it highlights skin
colour when this should be irrelevant; they point out that the term "blanco" is rarely used this way.

172. The word "negro" is by no means, however, always used offensively. The term can also be
used as a friendly form of address to someone seen as somewhat brown-skinned or even
just black-haired. It may be used affectionately between man and wife, or
girlfriend/boyfriend, it may be used as a nickname in everyday speech, it may be used to
identify in neutral and descriptive fashion someone of dark skin; several famous people in
Uruguay are known as "el negro/la negra such-and-such".

173. "Negro" can be used in the same way that other words referring to physical characteristics
are used as descriptors for particular individuals, eg "el flaco" [the thin one/beanpole] or
"el gordo" [the fat one/fatso]; these words can also be used without the article, eg "hola,
gordo" [hi, fatso] or "chau, flaco" [bye, beanpole]; thus, a group of friends waiting for
another friend might exclaim "mira, ahi viene el negro" [look, here comes the black
one/blackie].

174. In Latin America, other terms may be used in ways that sound odd to a European ear. In
Colombia, the word "mono" (literally, "monkey") is used to address light-skinned people
or people whose hair is lighter than pure black. In Mexico, the word "g�ero" is used to
address blond or light-haired people. In many areas, the word "moreno" may be
used as a term of address in similar ways to "negro".

175. Though these terms are often used between friends or relatives, they are not used
exclusively so; thus, an individual might call out to a passer-by "ay, negro, quer�s jugar
con nosotros?" [hey, blackie, do you want to play with us?]; in all cases, however, when
the word is used in this way it implies a sense of rapport or the attempt to create such
rapport; naturally, if the term were used with a sneer, then it might carry some of the
negative connotations referred to above.

176. In Latin America more widely, the term "negro" can be used to refer to any person
perceived to have darker skin than the user of the word; in the River Plate region, the
word is also sometimes used to refer to someone with very dark hair.

So I can go round calling people Negro as long as it's in an endearing way? O please.

Even if it was a misunderstanding,,he could have come out and said that,shook his bloody hand and learnt from his mistake. Tegal2012-02-17 19:44:40

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Exactly, which suggests that it was never a misunderstanding at all.

Suarez made an absolute meal of this whole thing and was so so obviously talking sh*t to try and cover his ass. When you've been such a c*nt your entire career you have no right to any benefit of the doubt, and benefit of the doubt is essentially all you're claiming El Nino

Also Frankie Mac, Nasri refused to shake Gallas' hand last year and no one cared much either, they are both twats and it was just some bullsh*t about one millionaire talking smack on another millionaire whilst both in the french squad - adds further weight to your point i think

Do you work for the doom post?