The Takeover Thread - Recon Group - NOW WITH NEW POLL

[Virgil Caine]

The most obvious racist use of the term I know of recently is by Boris Johnson - Africans and their "watermelon smiles".

I didn't about know this so looked it up and found he also referred to "crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies".  The man really is an odious piece of shite.

Blimey. In what context?

The context of him being a fucking twat that will say and do anything to any demographic to get a bit of attention and further his own cause.

The fact that he can utter these verbal turds without anyone in the mainstream media apparently challenging him on it says far too much him about both the blonde haired c*** and the British media unfortunately.

I resent the very obvious link you are making between overt racism and being fair haired, you Blondist.

Sorry, how about "nasty, objectionable, condescending, narcissitic c*** who happend to have blonde hair."  The overly privileged Aryan c***.

Thats better- no one could be offended by that, apart from over privileged Aryans.

[edgysatsuma89]

Colour is spelled with a 'u'. Just saying.

Only if he's writing in British English.

Unless your're UK or one of the Commonwealth countries, you're probably taught American English these days, especially as a second language. I'm pretty sure from some of the his/her other posts, TB has previously alluded to English being a second language.

There is no such thing as American English. There is the Queen's English, and there are spelling mistakes.

*Raises hand to head and salutes*

Whether my salute is British or American I always forget.

If your palm is open on your head then its an RAF or Army salute. If your palm is facing down then your giving a naval salute.

Ah right I didn't know that. Do the americans apply the same with their military salutes?

[damon loves JT]

 It's Johnson's casual distortion of the truth that I can't stand. He lies so easily, and when corrected he just ploughs on as if it's all just a big game.

[Matt Collins]

How times have changed so much for the better.  The Beano, no less, had a masthead with a large cartoon of a black African boy smiling over a large slice of watermelon.  No wonder racism became so marbled through British society when children were being exposed to such racial stereotyping.

When I was a little kid I remember Mom working at a hosiery factory and she'd bring home bits of wool for my sisters to play with and one of the colours was n***** brown. Back then it seemed quite all right to use racial stereotypes to sell stuff, Robertsons jam was another offender.

I remember a watercolour paint set I had when I was a kid with had the same name for the  black square of paint.

I also remember being on a course from work once, this would have been about 1986, and a Robertsons Golliwog badge sported by one woman causing a big argument. She was told it was offensive by another woman which caused a 50/50 split between those who regarded it as a harmless relic of their childhood and those of us who by then had become more enlightened. Ricky Gervais got this argument spot on with his line about racism not being bad in the 50s.

When I was at tech in 1987, we were taught the following mnemonic to remember the order of the coloured bands on resistors:

Black (black)
Boys (brown)
Raped (red)
Our (orange)
Young (yellow)
Girls (green)
But (blue)
Violet (violet)
Gave (grey)
Willingly (white)

A few of us kicked up a massive fuss so they said they'd change it but, from the look on the lecturer's face, it was clear they wouldn't bother.
What would have happened, had there been anyone black in the class is anyone's guess! That hardly anyone batted an eyelid was shocking.

Fucking hell! 1987?!?

[Mister E]

Regarding takeovers of Football Clubs, I notice the American guys behind DC United are buying Swansea (£100m-ish) and a Chinese company (Suning Commerce Group) is purchasing 70% of AC Milan

... but maybe the original topic of the thread is too far gone.

[bertlambshank]

It's Johnson's casual distortion of the truth that I can't stand. He lies so easily, and when corrected he just ploughs on as if it's all just a big game.

Its former London mayor disease.

[Mister E]

It's Johnson's casual distortion of the truth that I can't stand. He lies so easily, and when corrected he just ploughs on as if it's all just a big game.

Its former London mayor disease.

It's politicians.

[ian c.]

It's Johnson's casual distortion of the truth that I can't stand. He lies so easily, and when corrected he just ploughs on as if it's all just a big game.

Buller, buller, buller! Look at those oiks! 

It's all jolly japes for Boris.

[paul_e]

It's Johnson's casual distortion of the truth that I can't stand. He lies so easily, and when corrected he just ploughs on as if it's all just a big game.

Its former London mayor disease.

One gets suspended after being called a racist by a member of his own party, the other is one of the favourites to be the next PM.

[Villa in Denmark]

It's Johnson's casual distortion of the truth that I can't stand. He lies so easily, and when corrected he just ploughs on as if it's all just a big game.

Its former London mayor disease.

One gets suspended after being called a racist by a member of his own party, the other is one of the favourites to be the next PM.

Has anyone actually complained about his less than fortunate choice of words, or is it all just "It's Boris, what do expect?" kind of bollocks.

[ian c.]

It's Johnson's casual distortion of the truth that I can't stand. He lies so easily, and when corrected he just ploughs on as if it's all just a big game.

Its former London mayor disease.

One gets suspended after being called a racist by a member of his own party, the other is one of the favourites to be the next PM.

Has anyone actually complained about his less than fortunate choice of words, or is it all just "It's Boris, what do expect?" kind of bollocks.

To be fair he did apologise, apparently he had been taken out of context, and it was some time ago.  So that's alright isn't it?

[mike]

It's Johnson's casual distortion of the truth that I can't stand. He lies so easily, and when corrected he just ploughs on as if it's all just a big game.

Its former London mayor disease.

One gets suspended after being called a racist by a member of his own party, the other is one of the favourites to be the next PM.

Has anyone actually complained about his less than fortunate choice of words, or is it all just "It's Boris, what do expect?" kind of bollocks.

To be fair he did apologise, apparently he had been taken out of context, and it was some time ago.  So that's alright isn't it?

I'd love to know the context which made it OK.

[Duncan Shaw]

keep popping back on here to see if anyone's talking about the takeover.....

[b23]

keep popping back on here to see if anyone's talking about the takeover.....

me too

[not3bad]

It's Johnson's casual distortion of the truth that I can't stand. He lies so easily, and when corrected he just ploughs on as if it's all just a big game.

Its former London mayor disease.

One gets suspended after being called a racist by a member of his own party, the other is one of the favourites to be the next PM.

Who is he referring to?

Mr Livingstone, I presume.