NS: CAST considering FA action on KM comments
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Frank Butcher doesn't look much happier either.DamoNorthStand said:Dunno on the caption but Phil Mitchell looks like he is chewing on a wasp
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Get it done CAST. One of the last to join the party so join with a bang :-)0
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Not a good idea IMO. KM will get benefit of any doubt as English is not her first language.
If I had to make a case for her defence, I would argue that she is simply calling for a change of attitude toward women in sport. 15 years ago, racism was a commonplace in football but ideas thankfully changed due to educative campaigns. Now it is time to do the same thing and tackle the sexism that is still very prevalent. Abuse of women in football is not acceptable and it needs to be changed. What's wrong with that?2 -
You don't have to make case for her defence though.2
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Sorry what conclusion are you expecting and why do you consider it to be inevitable?Redskin said:I take it from the thread title that CAST are still 'considering' FA action on KM comments and are yet to reach the inevitable conclusion.
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We have been part of CARD since its inception. The clue is the C word. Coalition.Atletico Addick said:Get it done CAST. One of the last to join the party so join with a bang :-)
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Anybody who does that needs to be flogged.SuedeAdidas said:You don't have to make case for her defence though.
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All of which rather adds to the case that some CAFC supporters are anti woman and are advocating violence toward them.
Someone will surely help KM to put forward a reasonable defence, will it help us if the conclusions go against us?0 -
Not in England. I can't speak for other parts of the world, as I wasn't watching football anywhere else 15 years ago, but I was watching football here, and racism certainly wasn't commonplace in football in England in 2001.stilladdicted said:Not a good idea IMO. KM will get benefit of any doubt as English is not her first language.
If I had to make a case for her defence, I would argue that she is simply calling for a change of attitude toward women in sport. 15 years ago, racism was a commonplace in football but ideas thankfully changed due to educative campaigns. Now it is time to do the same thing and tackle the sexism that is still very prevalent. Abuse of women in football is not acceptable and it needs to be changed. What's wrong with that?
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If you look at my post toward the bottom of page 2, it's all there.PragueAddick said:
Sorry what conclusion are you expecting and why do you consider it to be inevitable?Redskin said:I take it from the thread title that CAST are still 'considering' FA action on KM comments and are yet to reach the inevitable conclusion.
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http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jan/07/race.world
Worth a look. I am very proud that Charlton helped to lead the way but that should not blind us to what went on elsewhere and still, on occasion, at CAFC. Everton, where I went to games with my son, was foul. KM perhaps given her ignorance doesn't know how good CAFC was in respect of racism.1 -
When I first started going to Charlton in the 70s and early 80s it was a very racist environment. I did on a number of occasions, as a boy, question whether I wanted to stand alongside these ignorants. Of course they were the minority, but they were a vocal minority. It is when you hear people harking back to the days when there was no political correctness that you remember what it was like then. Now a lot of posters on here won't have witnessed that, and this is because the club and the fans stood up to it and made it unacceptable at the Valley. The club did great work but fans stood up and confronted the racists - I have done on occasions. An incident I remember was at a testimonial where Stan Boardman was playing, he came out in a Freddie Star Hitler outfit and made a joke about Pakis and corner flags! He was told to shut up racist and was booed. I was immensly proud of my club that day and we have driven them out. Ok, I'm sure the odd racist attends, but they don't advertise the fact as they know they will get shouted down or worse. We have won the battle with the racists and it is a big reason why I find Meire's comment all the more insulting. BTW, that battle was won far longer than 15 years ago.stilladdicted said:http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jan/07/race.world
Worth a look. I am very proud that Charlton helped to lead the way but that should not blind us to what went on elsewhere and still, on occasion, at CAFC. Everton, where I went to games with my son, was foul. KM perhaps given her ignorance doesn't know how good CAFC was in respect of racism.
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I suspect you're right, that would be the defence and may even be what she was trying to get across.stilladdicted said:Not a good idea IMO. KM will get benefit of any doubt as English is not her first language.
If I had to make a case for her defence, I would argue that she is simply calling for a change of attitude toward women in sport. 15 years ago, racism was a commonplace in football but ideas thankfully changed due to educative campaigns. Now it is time to do the same thing and tackle the sexism that is still very prevalent. Abuse of women in football is not acceptable and it needs to be changed. What's wrong with that?
Unfortunately she did it very badly and in turn was deeply offensive to fans of a club who have been at the forefront of anti-racism in football. Not that she would know that, given her indifference to our history. However singing sexist songs about her only gives her ammunition. CARD is a much better campaign than that.1 -
I would like to see, not made by me because I lack the ability, a video clip of 40 or so women supporters. Cut together and reading a statement of how at first they welcomed the fact that Charlton were employing a woman as CEO but how her actions and in-actions were setting back the cause of both woman in business and in sport to be taken seriously.13
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Very happy to go with that idea. In fact it is a very good idea.5
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It does give her an opportunity to dig some new holes. Her most stupid comments seem to be made when she is under pressure to justify herself and makes an arse of herself with flippant and off the cuff comments.0
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Sounds like a good and proactive approachHarryLime said:I would like to see, not made by me because I lack the ability, a video clip of 40 or so women supporters. Cut together and reading a statement of how at first they welcomed the fact that Charlton were employing a woman as CEO but how her actions and in-actions were setting back the cause of both woman in business and in sport to be taken seriously.
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It is, sorry you had to drag me back to it. It encapsulates why we thought we might take specialist advice before diving in.Redskin said:
If you look at my post toward the bottom of page 2, it's all there.PragueAddick said:
Sorry what conclusion are you expecting and why do you consider it to be inevitable?Redskin said:I take it from the thread title that CAST are still 'considering' FA action on KM comments and are yet to reach the inevitable conclusion.
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