Liverpool FC staff get "insults guide" to curb fans' abuse

[Jordan]

The first thing I did when I read a scanned list of the banned words at Liverpool was snicker immaturely.

 

The second thing I did was realize that it, along with the wider initiative, are not that much dissimilar to "diversity" and "tolerance" courses and policies that most large companies have, except that this one was done much more clumsily.

 

I don't see what this has to do with white people all of a sudden being openly discriminated against when it comes to job interviews.

 

 

So in other words we will turn down people for employment because of the colour of their skin?

 

Sounds about right.

 

Anything like that or the Rooney law comes in I walk from the game completely.

If you took one minute of your time to think about all of the terrible deeds that either football has done or that people do in football's name, I can guarantee you will come up with several things that are much more abhorrent than either a tactless comment by KIO's director or something like a rather tame NFL rule.

 

You know what the "Rooney Rule" can, cannot, and does not do, right? What about that rule offends you so much that you'd walk away from football if the FA were to implement something like it?

[The Year Of The Fox]

Embarrassing really. How can football come to this?

I pray that the rules wont be strictly implemented up there else it'll soon start spreading to other clubs.

How they can compare, 'nigger' or 'paki' to 'gay' or 'man up' is beyond me.

Anyone in their right mind knows that some of the words on there are wrong to say. I'd imagine if all these words are outlawed strictly in their kop they won't have ayone left!

[Vacamion]

I'm still chuckling at "Vital Stewart Downing goal" three posts up.

 

[Guest MattP]

If you took one minute of your time to think about all of the terrible deeds that either football has done or that people do in football's name, I can guarantee you will come up with several things that are much more abhorrent than either a tactless comment by KIO's director or something like a rather tame NFL rule.

 

You know what the "Rooney Rule" can, cannot, and does not do, right? What about that rule offends you so much that you'd walk away from football if the FA were to implement something like it?

 

I just can't stand the tokenism and sympathy of it, if I was black I'd be offended, I've read numerous articles from ex black pros who are offended that the Rooney Rule is even considered by some people over here?

 

Do you lot over there really think that Mike Tomlin, Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith wouldn't have got jobs without the Rooney Rule? Of course they would, they are all excellent football brains and command respect from fans and players (maybe not Tomlin anymore )

 

It was mooted here for a while until they realised the only reason there was three black coaches in Britain was that they were the only three who had bothered to actually go out and do their badges and they had all got employment (Fortunately it was just one left wing paper in the Daily Mirror really campaigning and an out of touch Black lawyer on Sky Sports News whose facts were soon exposed as inaccurate)

 

I realise it's probably more of a issue over there considering your history towards them but here I'd say 95% of people wouldn't want to see anything so divisive coming into our national sport.

[DennisNedry]

Might be a good place to post this:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23500282

 

But surely this is discrimination on grounds of race?

 

Oh sorry I forget, it can only be discrimination if it favours white people.