NigelFargate Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 it was obviously said, and taken, in jest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Got bigger problems if people look up to David Moyes Is he allowed to say it to a man? This is the whole problem of this non-issue called Political Correctness. Nobody is stopping anybody from saying anything. However, when someone does say something inappropriate, such as threatening to hit a woman, then they leave themselves wide open for critical comment. Does that make it any simpler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelFargate Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 This is the whole problem of this non-issue called Political Correctness. Nobody is stopping anybody from saying anything. However, when someone does say something inappropriate, such as threatening to hit a woman, then they leave themselves wide open for critical comment. Does that make it any simpler? No, because you ignore context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 No, because you ignore context. The context is he threatened to slap someone. Do you think that stupid people understand context? If someone on the telly implies it's alright to threaten to hit someone then our stupid brethren will take that as a signal that it's alright for everyone else. If you need it explaining in more simple terms then please say so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelFargate Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 The context is he threatened to slap someone. Do you think that stupid people understand context? If someone on the telly implies it's alright to threaten to hit someone then our stupid brethren will take that as a signal that it's alright for everyone else. If you need it explaining in more simple terms then please say so. The context was that it was a jokey meeting with people he already knew. You could tell from the timbre and tone of his voice, and the reaction of the woman, that it was meant in a light hearted way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 The context was that it was a jokey meeting with people he already knew. You could tell from the timbre and tone of his voice, and the reaction of the woman, that it was meant in a light hearted way. The bigger context is just as I explained earlier. You cannot underestimate the stupidity of people who will now see it as OK to threaten people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 It's funny though i remember i time when light hearted banter with ladies was acceptable in the work place - now its being classed as historical sex abuse and harassment. Better safe than sorry for anyone when in the public eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samssong Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 (edited) [quote=Halibut; In some enlightened Countries women are not allowed to drive a car , are stoned to death for having a bit of nucky and have to walk twelve steps behind the Lord and master who by the way seems to be able to do exactly what he wants without any problem . David Moyes was having a bit of banter , the same banter that lasses in our Country get up to every single day . If you can't put up with banter in the environment that is football journalism get out of the job, it happens to both sexes and by both sexes. Edited April 4, 2017 by samssong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Smith Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Its the type of banter that has gone on in football forever and still does, Its just that with an increase in women entering this world, its being made an issue, but most women are not the delicate flowers that some people think they are. This particular woman, to her credit, hasn't even complained. Couldn`t agree with you more. What`s the soddin` point of going to work if you can`t take the mickey and have a laugh....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Couldn`t agree with you more. What`s the soddin` point of going to work if you can`t take the mickey and have a laugh....... ... at disabled people, threaten to hit women, abuse people because of their ethnicity, religion or sex? The world's gone mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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