Footballer in gay magazine

[QBVILLA]

The question during my diversity training was whether i lived with a man or a woman. I live with my wife.

[Risso]

I don't think there's any doubt Sonlyme meant to be as offensive as possible.  In any case, several people were offended, so whatever his intentions, he caused offence.

Hmmmm.So were you intending to be offensive when you made the remark about the gay fella being brilliant at show business trivia?
Only you and sonlyme know what was meant in those two posts. For everyone else it's down to interpretation.

No, I wasn't trying to be offensive, it was just a crap retort to john e's post before it.  And guess what, nobody was offended by it.  If you honestly can't tell the difference between that and Sonlyme's post, it's not worth trying to explain it to you.

[QBVILLA]

Rissbert, no point trying to explain to me? Oh ok question my intelligence because i point out that one person's throw away comment could be perceived as offensive stereotyping but isn't yet another poster's possible attempt at a joke is met with fury. You'll notice that at no point i've insulted anyone, so you carry on mate patronising people who point out problems with interpretation of comments. Classy.

[sonlyme]

I see levity is frowned upon here.

Though I reserve the right to make 'off colour' gags.

Unless that makes me a rascist as well as a homophobe?

I don't care about colour. I don't care about orientation.  I care about the embryonic Villa.  And the stifling negativity I see on here from time to time.

Kind regards.

[Chris Jameson]

I see levity is frowned upon here.

Though I reserve the right to make 'off colour' gags.

Try to make them funny in that case.

[sonlyme]

I see levity is frowned upon here.

Though I reserve the right to make 'off colour' gags.

Try to make them funny in that case.

You first...

[Chris Jameson]

You first what?

[ozzjim]

I see levity is frowned upon here.

Though I reserve the right to make 'off colour' gags.

Unless that makes me a rascist as well as a homophobe?

I don't care about colour. I don't care about orientation.  I care about the embryonic Villa.  And the stifling negativity I see on here from time to time.

Kind regards.

Not exactly the apology I requested was it?

[Percy McCarthy]

Riss, your's was as bad as the other one, just less graphic.

Kisses, Perc.

[damon loves JT]

That's Religion for you, a control mechanism.
People are people, gay, straight or whatever. It really should not be an issue for us. We are what we are,human beings.

Daniel, for a man who is so pissed so much of the time, you speak much sense

[Percy McCarthy]

That's Religion for you, a control mechanism.
People are people, gay, straight or whatever. It really should not be an issue for us. We are what we are,human beings.

Daniel, for a man who is so pissed so much of the time, you speak much sense

He'll drink to that.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

People are people

Then why should it be, that you and I get along so awfully?

[dave shelley]

I'm off out shortly, I'll do the same

[brian green]

I listened to the West Ham Man U commentary on the radio on my drive home from VP.   I suppose it is just me but every time Matt Jarvis got the ball i curled my toes in anticipation of GT making an unintended double entendre.   Mercifully they all dodged that bullet.

The worst homophobe I have ever met was a retired army officer turned auctioneer.   His selling patter was virtually a stream of sexist and homophobic offensiveness.   One day a new buyer came to the market whose name was Gay.   We all stood around taking bets on how long it would take the auctioneer to make an offensive remark.   It looked like we had all lost our money on the sweepstake because he got to the very last items for sale without some massive guffaw and hoot about the man's name.   Strawberries came up for sale and Mr Gay bought them.   The auctioneer could barely contain himself.  His face went purple with the stain of keeping his malicious vocabulary in check then he said "How many gays will you take Mr Tray?"   We all exploded with laughter that he had fallen at the very last fence.   True story.   Our Damon might have even been there.

[Lizz]

The question during my diversity training was whether i lived with a man or a woman. I live with my wife.

I think some organisations would be better off referring to courses of the above ilk as diversity awareness training.