[Lord Of The Garden]

Originally Posted by sassysocks

Well said, the voice of reason.

Ha. Thank you. Glad i am not alone!

[Verbal]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

Ask a Muslim or anyone else from the Middle East are they hiding a bomb under their clothing.

Come back and let us know what the response was.

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.

[CaudleHalbard]

Originally Posted by reece(:

That's a very baseless statement unless Ron is confirmed as having dementia? I think not.

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.

[sassysocks]

[QUOTE=reece(:;6331525]

Originally Posted by sassysocks

So now this is being turned on me because I found the remark quite offensive? Give me a break. It has nothing to do with age, he said something offensive and was dealt with accordingly. Get a grip with your childish blame tactics.

Age has a lot to do with it - and your lack of understanding of that is what I find childish.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by sassysocks

Most people of his age don't think as quickly as they used to and also forget things - you show no understanding of that. He meant no harm - that's what counts. Anything for a drama.

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?

What a ridiculous statement.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by sassysocks

Most people of his age don't think as quickly as they used to and also forget things - you show no understanding of that. He meant no harm - that's what counts. Anything for a drama.

..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...

[Withano]

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

[Roy Mars III]

Originally Posted by reece(:

What I find highly offensive is that people are turning against the people who were offended by the racial remark and marking them as ageists and offensive themselves. This forum can be incredibly immature sometimes.

it wasn't a remark, it was a joke

[reece(:]

[QUOTE=sassysocks;6331566]

Originally Posted by reece(:

Age has a lot to do with it - and your lack of understanding of that is what I find childish.

Age has NOTHING to do with it, just grasping at straws trying to think of liable excuses.

[CaudleHalbard]

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

Many judges are 70+ as well.

[reece(:]

Originally Posted by Roy Mars III

it wasn't a remark, it was a joke

Oh, I guess that makes it totally fine then. No harm done.

[sassysocks]

Originally Posted by CaudleHalbard

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.

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

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by CynicalHermit

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'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.

[Roy Mars III]

Originally Posted by reece(:

Oh, I guess that makes it totally fine then. No harm done.

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

[reece(:]

Originally Posted by sassysocks

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

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

[sassysocks]

Originally Posted by CaudleHalbard

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

Many judges are 70+ as well.

A whole different environment.

[Verbal]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

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.

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

[reece(:]

Originally Posted by sassysocks

A whole different environment.

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

[CaudleHalbard]

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

A warning was inevitable. End of.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by CynicalHermit

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

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.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by CynicalHermit

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

..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...

[sassysocks]

Originally Posted by reece(:

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

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.

[reece(:]

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?

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..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...

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

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by sassysocks

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.

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...