Suarez said a word that loosely translates to little black man
In the Americas, north and southern spanish, this is not a racist or derogatory word (they are almost different languishes)
There is another word that can be used to imply race
What Terry said is in no doubt racist no matter what context it was used in
Oh and there are both pricks
Just one is a hater one is a diver
Have to disagree here. Read the FA report on the Suarez investigation & you'll see that's not what transpired.
This post shows the problem.
We all read/hear/see snippets of information in the press & assume we know everything we need to to make a judgement. What Suarez said could actually be construed as being more racialist than Terry. "I kicked you because you are black". "I don't talk to blacks" etc. over a period of a few minutes. Terry has allegedly made a a racist comment in the heat of the moment (not right of course but not an explicit admission that he would discriminate against / sees himself as superior to all black people as in the Suarez case).
Of course, footballers should be the same as normal employees who'd be suspended pending investigations etc. The FA should bring in this rule, but currently they don't have it.
However, if he was a normal employee this would not be going to court anyway. It would be a civil matter. At most if you did it in the street you would get a caution. No expensive investigation & court case.
The only way he should have been stripped of the captaincy would be if Capello thought it was the best thing to do for the team. Even knowing the adverse press coverage there would be he still thought Terry was the best person to lead the country (he will still be the leader in the dressing room anyway).
Jimbo, if it reflects so badly on the FA to have him as captain does it not reflect badly enough if he appears at the tournament at all? Or is that ok? Surely it has to be one or the other. We'll stick by him and see so leave him as captain or we don't want a racist prick in the England squad at all.
This halfway step just comes across as weak & shows how crap the FA is. It wouldn't be so bad if they'd done it as soon as he was charged but they're so pathetic they hoped it would be taken out of their hands instead of being strong, decisive & sorting it themselves like they should have done.
I've looked at the footage numerous times (you can still find it if you look). I have my views but I can't be 100% sure that Terry's version of events are not accurate & neither can anyone else. Cole's testimony will be key. Yes the CPS feel there's enough evidence to bring a case but they've done that in plenty of cases where the accused was ultimately found innocent.
You can't blame Terry for not stepping down, especially if he genuinely believes he is innocent, as it would have been seen as a tacit admission of guilt.
Whatever you think of him (I'm not sure he's any worse than most footballers) we have a due process of law in this country that we should stick to. Innocent until proven guilty in court (not just by ill-informed members of the public.)
However, I do feel the judge should have insisted on the court case being held sooner.
