Ha. Thank you. Glad i am not alone!

Yea cos thats the same isnt it? Honestly. People on here could cause an argument in an airing cupboard.

Getting offended on behalf of other people is offensive in itself. You're all just cheapening the real issues so that you can use big words and get all haughty over something on the internet.

I don't for a moment think Ron has dementia.

He still does football commentating for digital channels, which suggests to me he has his wits about him.

[QUOTE=reece(:;6331525]Age has a lot to do with it - and your lack of understanding of that is what I find childish.

Aww, should we have an age barrier say... 60 and over? where people aren't held accountable for their own actions, words and choices because they're too old? :joker:

:rolleyes: What a ridiculous statement.

..now you're being offensive, there are many, many people of Ron's age who never make racial remarks, I'm not that far removed from his 'era' myself..it isn't about 'drama', he knows himself that what he said was wrong, but BB were completely right to give him a warning...

Both warnings were justified. I'm glad that it looks like a lot of people are disagreeing with the OP.

it wasn't a remark, it was a joke

[QUOTE=sassysocks;6331566]Age has NOTHING to do with it, just grasping at straws trying to think of liable excuses.

We have couple of cabinet ministers aged 70+.... involved in making decisions which can affect our everyday lives.

Many judges are 70+ as well.

Oh, I guess that makes it totally fine then. No harm done. http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/...wr/shakeno.gif

A weaker memory that comes with age is not the same as dementia. He can have one without the other.

I'm not getting offended on anyone's behalf, I'm responding to your claim that Muslims wouldn't be offended by the connotation that their race/religion/clothing makes them a terrorist.

YOU commented about the reaction of Muslims to such a joke and I responded.

depends on your philosophy on humor, I guess. Some people feel like nothing in comedy should be off limits, some believe differently.

What a load of rubbish, that's the most ageist comment in the thread tbh.

A whole different environment.

And what makes you a spokesperson for the Muslim community? Getting offended on their behalf is exactly what you're doing.

So your memory depends on where you're located.. give me a break.

BB/C5 don't want any complaints to Ofcom.

A warning was inevitable. End of.

Find me a post where I've been offended on anyone's behalf.

Find me a post where I claimed to be the spokesperson for the Muslim community.

YOU brought up a possible reaction from Muslims, I responded to it.

..no one is being a 'spokesperson'..people are pointing out that it was a racst joke, which it was..Ron himself realised that and they were right to pull him up on it and give him a warning...

Really. What do you know about it? It is a medical fact that the memory of most fifty year olds is not what is was in their 20's. By the age of 70 - that is even more so for most.

He was just making conversation and before he knew it was jumped on for saying something allegedly offensive - which clearly came as quite a shock to him.

You're acting as if the bloke has dementia, it's total ludicrous. Allegedly offensive? IT WAS OFFENSIVE can you not grasp why he was warned?

If anything I think the people claiming that muslims wouldn't be offended by that joke are trying to act as spokespeople.

A memory worse than you had in your 20s does not equate to invalid who can't think about what they're saying.

If his brain can associate a jumper on someone's head with a head scarf and formulate a joke about terrorists...