tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963192.post110069895180787662..comments2023-11-03T10:31:19.854+00:00Comments on Assistant Blog: more piranha hits hereJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267191412203443333noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963192.post-1100825609911818832004-11-19T00:53:00.000+00:002004-11-19T00:53:00.000+00:00Well, that was a shite football game. I went to w...Well, that was a shite football game. I went to work and said to my boss: "Did you watch it?"<br /><br />"There's not a country I'm least interested in than Spain," he said.<br /><br />"What we needed from the English coloured fellers was several goals - that would've told the Whop bastards." <br /><br />He be wrong, yet he be right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963192.post-1100785779622583242004-11-18T13:49:00.000+00:002004-11-18T13:49:00.000+00:00"It was horrible last night, wasn't it? Surely FIF..."It was horrible last night, wasn't it? Surely FIFA have to instruct a rule to say that in the event of persistant racist chanting to pick up the ball and walk off the pitch with it."<br /><br />Hurray for unintelligible posts! What on earth went wrong with that? I think I meant to say that the referee should be able to walk off with the ball and call off the match. In the event, I appeared to say something quite different, and quite illogical. Apologies.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04267191412203443333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963192.post-1100775218879540592004-11-18T10:53:00.000+00:002004-11-18T10:53:00.000+00:00It was horrible last night, wasn't it? Surely FIFA...It was horrible last night, wasn't it? Surely FIFA have to instruct a rule to say that in the event of persistant racist chanting to pick up the ball and walk off the pitch with it.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04267191412203443333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963192.post-1100706782137980142004-11-17T15:53:00.000+00:002004-11-17T15:53:00.000+00:00Ah, well I did introduce the subject via the Engla...Ah, well I did introduce the subject via the England match, so see how wires got crossed. Yes, probably France has done more than Spain / Italy to deal with this.<br /><br />I wish I'd kept the link, but I read a really good blog a couple of months ago by a Malian living in France, and he was saying the racism was becoming unbearable (as a Muslim), although I don't think he'd thought about leaving yet. It will happen eventually, though.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04267191412203443333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963192.post-1100705376017010172004-11-17T15:29:00.000+00:002004-11-17T15:29:00.000+00:00Yes, I suppose. I'm not so sure we can appraise Fr...Yes, I suppose. I'm not so sure we can appraise France in such a benevolent way, mind - their ban on the hijab is an act of reactionary racism in itself, and they're not exactly known for their love of North Africans either.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04267191412203443333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963192.post-1100702612371434322004-11-17T14:43:00.000+00:002004-11-17T14:43:00.000+00:00You get a really bad deal in Spain if you're black...You get a really bad deal in Spain if you're black. The general pecking order seems to be that if you're a Latin American immigrant, you're just about OK. If you're of North African origin, you're a problem. And if your skin is any darker then you don't deserve to get paid. There just hasn't been an impetus in much of 'Old Europe' to challenge old ideas about race. It's very depressing.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04267191412203443333noreply@blogger.com