That is my take on things too

Some highly considered thought provoking responses to the article on Wigantoday.net

Yes a lot of intellectuals seem to respond to articles on there

if you referring to comments on the wigan taday site..there only 4 / and i agree with this one


Jimmy
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 12:17 PM
Wigan WIMPY warriors fans. Get a life. There was plenty of abuse hurled at opposing players and fans at the Old Central park. It's part of the game and what supporters do. One says he's moved his seat, that's tackling them lad, you get stuck in to your seat and give the naughty boys what for.


Jimmy is right. Some of the abuse at CP in the 60,s/70s was of a racist nature..and yes, as a kis i joined in , before i learned it was unaceptable. Standing by the wall on the duggy side were many kids (todays back of the south type), and every coloured opposition winger was given the same treatment...ie Bl*ck barsteward (apologies to mods if that not acceptable, but im telling it like it was).............so weve come a long way since those days thankfully.

the second bit re moving seats, i also agree with , as ive stated on here in the past. If everyone had that attitude , the hooligans would win...........its like Chamberlain turning a blind eye to Hitler........sometimes you need to face the problem head on.

Yet Wigan had the great Billy Boston and then Green Vigo on the wings. Unbelievable.

I don't blame anyone back then, thats how they were brought up. Now it is unacceptable!

It was always unacceptable.

Go and tell Billy B, I dare you.

Correct

depends on the context.

in those days, and much later, we had stand comics telling racist jokes , racist tv programmes, etc etc.

when it came to name calling , racist remarks were the norm.

when kids saw racist names being used on tv programes , they copied.

watch till death us do part??...................c*on, N*g N*g, just 2 things said very week, and we laughed at it.
times have changes since thank god , but the PC brigade go OTT at times imo.

for example.......and i quote Dave S............you cant sing Baa Baa black sheep any more, because its offensive to black people.......so we mess kiids heads up by singing Baa baa RAINBOW sheep ......you ever seen a rainbow sheep?????
RAINBOW SHEEP cant offend anyone?..........i think you'll find it can......theres no Black in a rainbow

claiming the pc brigade is ott is just veiled racism imo!

Racism at rugby and football games has always been unacceptable, as it is anywhere else.

The people that shouted abuse at black players (including kids) where just idiots and i remember attending both football and rugby games in the 80s and thinking that then.

I know i wasnt the only one to think that and i certanly never thought of it as being 'normal' or acceptable.