Talking Footy

Xman wrote:

Stewie wrote:

Striker wrote:

Pookus = princess.

Stewie that penalty was for making a general scene after he was kicked out of a shop after he was banned. He was punished for breaching a ban - not racism.

Him making a general scene wouldn't have got him in trouble with the courts. But because he made a racist scene, further action was taken. Curry munchers is deemed racist if used in a derogatory manor, like the thugby player did. Stop defending it, you're making yourself look like an ignorant redneck.

Totally correct.

Striker, If the Malaysian government had have released a statement saying "Nick Xenophon cannot enter our country because he's just the silly descendant of a convict" do you think that would have been considered racist?

Of course!

Xman you could well be a silly descendent of a convict. Are you?

pookus wrote:

Striker wrote:

No one kicks the shit out of me because I fight back and win. That's how you deal with softcocks who don't know the difference between PC bullshit and real racism.

go killer this is too easy someone get on here and give him a hand.KE for gods sake. So to battle racism you call them curry munchers then beat the shit out of them when they object. Hes just a good ol boy

Comon striker! He's givin you a pastin, dont take that shit man! Now keep your hands up, focus on your opponent and aim your shots, no more haymakers!

Striker wrote:

Who do I think of when someone says curry muncher? Someone who eats curry. Is that limited to India? NO! Do I think of India when someone says curry muncher? NO! And neither should anyone else with a working brain!

According to you, if you were offended by me calling you pie muncher I have to back off because your feelings count!

GGF!!! If you can't hack the jibe, go somewhere else to play, jack!

Yes that's better striker me boy. You landed a few in this one.

While I agree there is a negative connotation towards indians with the curry munchin 'jibe', I think we should move on and denounce this statement as racist. Thai's make and munch fantastic curries. Australia has curry munchers from east to west, north to south. I'm fairly certain the African nation has some fantastic variations on curry, as does nepal, sri lanka and England etc etc etc.

Now has anyone seen the NZ movie "curry munchers" yet? Which by the way included Indian actors and producers. Seems to me that in NZ, where curry is munched a plenty, people have moved past this lamo term being racist and have rather embraced it. This is all in the country where the NRL player in question is Indigenous to. Well whaddaya say? I call this progressive, or simply proactive. Xman, stewie, and that rather large snotball on our society called the Fairfax media I call 'reactive'. Unfortunately our education system's to blame creating a divided society of reactionary finger pointers like Xman and Stewie but I say, let's be like NZ. Surely as a multicultural society we can all be curry munchers, cant we?

So in sum...again. It is rather a naive and reactive assumption to state the comment made by this Maori man from the land Aotearoa, was indeed racist. An ethnic slur at most imo.

Thank you and good night.

Sometimes haymakers make me feel better, El. Better to fight like Ali, but occassionally a Tyson hook works wonders.