Not sure who would pick him up if Rovers didn't offer him a new contract.

Maybe a move away from Yorkshire would be best for all concerned. Quins or Crusaders?

Condeming a racist thug is not adopting a holier than thou attitude...

No, but I would suggest not paying him the wages he recieves for the priveldged job he has and chanting his name would be a good place to start.

Maybe not, but the abuse seventies red got for referring to what Charlie did as "misdemeanors" was.

to save repeating things over and over i'll just state that barham red's opinion on the ben cockayne affair are exactly the same as mine. I understand why people want to keep him from a playing point of view but I personally feel that sometimes you have to look beyond that for the good of the club as a whole.

You consider me telling him his values & morals are in the gutter abuse ?

This is an emotive topic and if people are going to defend a racist thug they are going to get challenged by others.
I actually think Seventies Red made some good valid points in his post and he/she has clearly got some life experience, however it fell down for me when he only considered Bens actions as misdemenours, Ben committed a very serious crime and clearly did not learn from it.

So you're saying telling someone their morals and values are in the gutter isn't abuse, seems quite abusive to me. And what did they do to merit this attack? Oh yes they used a word to describe an incident, that you didn't consider to be strong enough. Like I said before, in your own way your as Much a bigot as any racist, as you are totally intolerant to any views that don't match your own. As you say its an emotive subject maybe you best not get involved if you can't join in without attacking people who disagree with your opinions.

You consider my comment abusive, my word you must be more horrified than me regarding Ben.
What does it matter what happened, are you implying certain behaviours warrant being nearly kicked to death!
You consider me a bigot because I condemn a 27yr old racist thug

OK...your being very selective here to what you respond to..what about your replying regarding what the victim had done ? you clearly implied the attack was warranted. His name is Ben Caockayne, interesting that you still choose to use his pet name, bless!

Where have I implied it was either warranted or aceptable? I said it had been dealt with by the courts, there you go with that reading difficulty again! Seems to be spreading to your writing skills now too, Charlies name is actully Cockayne not Caockayne, maybe time for a bit of a chill out It's starting to get to you now!

I too find Bens actions very disturbing, more so the racist thing than the assault charge. The assault thing will have had mitigating circumstances, provocation, alcohol, history etc and although not excusable smelly stuff sometimes happens. The courts dealt with this, the club dealt with it, we moved on, Ben seemed to grow up a bit and in all fairness this was an isolated incident.

The racism is a bit different, its his views and very difficult to either justify or defend himself from. As I said the club IMO made an error by dealing with it internally and not doing the right thing.

This thread has unfortunately turned into a slagging fest that seems to be based on symantics, most are almost agreeing and in no way defending the indefensible. Shame really as it could be a reasoned debate that seem so few and far between on here.

Would it be permitted for someone to pm me what this racial slur actually was? As in, the exact wording?

The thing with the racist comments is there was no prosecution, hence no sentence. I said on a previous thread, I believe if he'd commited the offenses in the other order, ie been warned for the racism, then commited the more serious (in the eyes of the law) assault the club would have been left with no choice but to get rid.
I don't think they will get rid of him now as the time to do so, was at the time the Facebook story broke. Once he'd played again any damage, real or perceived, to the clubs reputation had been done.
If the earlier post regarding him being offered a contract on reduced terms is accurate it may be the club wanting a return on the loyalty they've shown him, or maybe the opening offer in the haggling process. Either way I'm quite prepared to stand by whatever decision they make, and any player that pulls on a Rovers shirt will get my support, as long as they put the effort in, which he surely does. However if the board do decide not to resign him because of his track record, neither he or the fans can have any complaints, and I for one would respect their decision.

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This was not acceptable. Whether his subsequent punishment was sufficient (or even excessive), is a subjective judgement, on which people can hold a range of views without their integrity being in question.

We've done all this before, of course.