I was the 'other' voter. The player could have been lauding my egregious talent with the whistle (they often do!) for all I knew. 'Mog' would have been a better term for moiCan anyone who voted yellow or other pls explain. A player calls you something that's dictionary meaning is as follows....
"a person who is stupid or who has learning difficulties"
And you dont think the appropriate sanction is a red card?
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This to me, shows how attitudes have changed over the yearsIt’s red today of course but I doubt back in the day many wouldn’t of batted an eyelid!
I’m from another era too where that term along with a few more were more prevalent. Not condoning in any way but it but once upon a time that was common parlance. It’s red today of course but I doubt back in the day many wouldn’t of batted an eyelid!
I’m from another era too where that term along with a few more were more prevalent. Not condoning in any way but it but once upon a time that was common parlance. It’s red today of course but I doubt back in the day many wouldn’t of batted an eyelid!
So you don’t find this offensive but someone tells you to F off is? Not trying to antagonise, genuinely curious, for me it’s the other way round
Having been at school when “mong” was virtually a term of endearment, I struggle to be offended or insulted enough to dismiss for this......and I think my predilections towards OFFINABUS are well documented.
I fully accept that with the passage of time the word has become much less acceptable than it was 30+ yrs ago......however to get me reaching for the cherry it really would have to aggressive, loud, and/or accompanied by other choice offerings.
We do live in a snowflake society where someone is offended by just about anything. I would hate to be a comedian today as you can’t do any of Jim Davison’s 70s routine even if you wanted to!
Mong was never a term of endearment, it was originally used to describe a Downs Syndrome sufferer and therefore is about as offensive as it comes. It was 30 years ago, 20 years ago, and still is now.
This is what I don't get with you, you regularly attack referees who don't deal with OFFINABUS but then come on and post something like this. Either you are deliberately looking for a reaction or you have double standards, and I'm not sure what is worse.
We do live in a snowflake society where someone is offended by just about anything. I would hate to be a comedian today as you can’t do any of Jim Davison’s 70s routine even if you wanted to!
I think this whole mentality of being ‘a snowflake’ and ‘back in my day’ really isn’t helping refs who are coming through in today’s game. What used to be acceptable is irrelevant, nowadays ‘Mong’ is a term to insult someone with a disability. Anything less than a red and you set a precedent