PS Mr Lerner

[Hoppo]

Stop using racism when your losing the argument. It devalues the whole argument.

[TimTheVillain]

Stop using racism when your losing the argument. It devalues the whole argument.

Hmmmmm sometimes I take a 'sense' check with my partner who's a Lawyer, she thinks it's mad to see this as racism.

That people who see things like this on this as racism, really shouldn't be posting here !

And, for the record, I love most things French.

[Ger Regan]

Racist? No. Xenophobic? Quite possibly.

[pablopicasso_10]

technically its a mixture of the two, as race can be defined by geographical location, ie, the german race...

[peter w]

I'd rather have Colonel Gaddaffi in charge right now than that fuckin French surrender monkey!

There's no need to stoop to racism pal.  Ever.  WTF has Houllier being French got to do with it? 

So you think of the French as a race? Why is that?

[Chris Smith]

I'd rather have Colonel Gaddaffi in charge right now than that fuckin French surrender monkey!

There's no need to stoop to racism pal.  Ever.  WTF has Houllier being French got to do with it? 

So you think of the French as a race? Why is that?

If you refused to offer a job to a man because he was French you would be liable to prosecution under the Race Relations Law.

[kipeye]

The Arc De Triomphe-that's a race (and an arch) and its French.

[villa for life]

well, for most of last season, most on here seemed to be bemoaning the fact that we didn't have any foreign flair and that MON bought English only.  That's a racist statement isn't it?

[peter w]

I'd rather have Colonel Gaddaffi in charge right now than that fuckin French surrender monkey!

There's no need to stoop to racism pal.  Ever.  WTF has Houllier being French got to do with it? 

So you think of the French as a race? Why is that?

If you refused to offer a job to a man because he was French you would be liable to prosecution under the Race Relations Law.

That's completely different to the French being a race.

[villa for life]

don't forget the ageist arguments against Pires and Friedel as well.

[Dave Cooper please]

Yes, but is it PC Gorn Mad, that's what I want to know.

[peter w]

well, for most of last season, most on here seemed to be bemoaning the fact that we didn't have any foreign flair and that MON bought English only.  That's a racist statement isn't it?

So, the English are a race too? No wonder people get het up when everyone and everything is a racial group.

[villa for life]

footballers are a race, aren't they?

[TimTheVillain]

footballers are a race, aren't they?

Cornflake eaters are a race too :-)

[Chris Smith]

I'd rather have Colonel Gaddaffi in charge right now than that fuckin French surrender monkey!

There's no need to stoop to racism pal.  Ever.  WTF has Houllier being French got to do with it? 

So you think of the French as a race? Why is that?

If you refused to offer a job to a man because he was French you would be liable to prosecution under the Race Relations Law.

That's completely different to the French being a race.

Obviously the French are not a distinct racial group but as far as the law is concerned they are and it is an accepted way to use the term.