Sadly that is probably true and does him no favours whatsoever.

Do i detest Cockayne - yes
Do i think he should be punished by Hull Kr - yes
Do i think he should be made to apologise to the rugby world and asian community - yes
BUT
Police involvement is excessive.

Oh please, we all know most of these ignorant prats use the word P**ki as an insult and not because the guy was from Pakistan. Plenty of south asians from India and Bangladesh for example are called P**ki's from these same idiots!!

The Hull Daily Mail today shows some screenshots from Cockayne's Facebook page.

"Religious views stinking ugly heads"

"Political views channel tunnel"

What a moron.

There you have it folks! The guy is a 100% moron.

send him packing to his little EDL friends!!

Thats what comes from playing for Hull KA when most of your team mates are Antipodeans

...and that remark is not racist ???

No

antipodes
"place on the opposite side of the earth," late 14c., from L. antipodes "those who dwell on the opposite side of the earth," from Gk. antipodes , pl. of antipous "with feet opposite (ours)," from anti- "opposite" + pous "foot" (see foot), thus people who live on the opposite side of the world. Not to be confused with antiscii "those who live on the same meridian on opposite side of the equator," whose shadows fall at noon in the opposite direction, from Gk. anti- + skia "shadow."

And plenty from Britain. P**i is not a reasonable abbreviation for someone from a particular country, it's a racist term of abuse for people of certain 'look' wherever they're from. And anybody who pretends different is being deliberately obtuse. At best.

Only an idiot, or again someone being deliberately obtuse at best, would even entertain that as a possiblity.

Anybody defending this guy because he happens to play for their preferred team should be ashamed of themselves

Anybody defending what he said because other people share the same views and somehow that makes it ok should be ashamed of themselves

And most of all, anybody who shares his opinion should be ashamed of themselves (but I doubt they have the requisite number of brain cells to figure that one out)

And the irony of all this is that through the 20th century, Rugby League was one of the most pioneering sports embracing multi-race players and teams – are we really devolving to this?

You will find many many people have the same views and thoughts as Ben Cockayne.

The difference being the more sensible ones don't post those thoughts and opinions on a website that can be read by the general public.

Where did I condone it ?

I was merely pointing out in answer to the poster that the use of the word Paki is not something left in the 1970's, but id a frequently used term in my sphere of work (building sites in a lot of areas of high ethnic populations). If you see that as 'condoning' then you are either thick or stirring trouble.