http://www.makepovertyhistory.org

"It is better to fail aiming high than to succeed aiming low. And we of Spurs have set our sights very high, so high in fact that even failure will have in it an echo of glory." Bill Nicholson. SPURS

Google

Thursday, October 21, 2004

Spurs survey - Racism

The main website has launched a survey based on one of our unofficial nicknames, The Yid Army. The club want to know if us, the fans, are offended by the term yid and ask you to select from two basic scenarios. Scenario one states that it is now quite a tradition at WHL and away grounds that we refer to ourselves as "Yids" and is not at all offensive. The second option waffles on about a dad taking his young son to Spurs who promptly goes back to school and calls a kid a Yid which then causes trouble.

It's my belief that the term "Yid", when relating to Spurs is completely inoffensive. I may be wrong and if people disagree with me and feel it is offensive then I apolgise. However at Spurs the term is used to describe your fellow supporters and the players in a good way, all fighting for the same cause. It is never used as a offensive term against another fan or player. It is just a form of endearment, if you like, for the fellow supporters to say "your one of us".

Anyhow I'm sure there are probably some people who agree and some who don't so have your say on the matter at the official site - follow the link:

http://www.spurs.co.uk/article.asp?hlid=232646

I'm not quite sure why the club are carrying out the survey mind. I don't believe the club has a racism problem and this survey has probably been brought in because of the anti racism week that's running at all major football games this week and last. And what of the results? If they did decide to ban something that, in my opinion and because of the way it is used, is not racist how will they stop 36,000 singing it every week? Ban us all?

Come on you Spurs!

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think this survey is completely out of control. This is a football chant related to Tottenham which the players aknowledge.

I have the number plate Y1 DOS which I was taken to court over by some trouble making Scotish neighbour but generally 99.9% of people just laugh.

Damian Twyford (twyford225@aol.com)

8:12 PM, October 24, 2004

 
Blogger Paxton Road said...

Taken to court! That's bloody ridiculous. I bet he was a gooner.

11:15 PM, October 24, 2004

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A GOONER / MAYBE YES MAYBE NO !WHO CARES ?
DOES IT MATTER IF A GOONER /HAMMERS /CHELSEA/ SCOTTISH /IRISH WELSH /ENGLISH /ANY OTHER ANYTHING ?

THE NUMBER PLATE Y1 DOS IS A "GONNER" DEFINATELY WITHDRAWN BY DVLA.
NOT ALL JEWISH PEOPLE SUPPORT TOTTENHAM / NOT ALL SUPPORTERS WANT THE ANTI SEMITIC CHANT /ORIGINALLY USED AS AN INSULT TO THE JEWISH INFLUENCE AND INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CLUB AND SUBSEQUENTLY ADOPTED AS A DEFENCE MECHANISM (SO CALLED BADGE OF HONOUR ) BY SOME/ NOT ALL SUPPORTERS.

FOOTBALL BEHAVIOUR REGARDLESS OF CLUB NAME IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT IS ACCEPTED IN OUR WIDER COMMUNITY. NUMBER PLATES ARE ON DISPLAY IN OUR STREETS/OUR COMMUNITIES /OUR CAR PARKS FOR OUR SCHOOLS/CHURCHES /PARKS ETC. ETC.
A BIT MORE RESPECT EH!

GOOD THAT THIS HAS BEEN DEALT WITH APPROPRIATELY

6:29 PM, May 04, 2007

 

Post a Comment

<< Home