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[2017 RBS Six Nations] Round 3: England vs Italy (26/02/2017)
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<blockquote data-quote="Raggs" data-source="post: 840737" data-attributes="member: 72268"><p>You've no need to tell an Englishman that it's not just the celts...</p><p></p><p>The issue isn't the gentle ribbing, it's not the great BBC ad from a couple of six nations ago, it's not everyone doing ABE and cheering the opposition. It's the fact that people can become outright nasty about it. Straight up racism basically (not sure how else it could be described). The sort of stuff that if it was down to the person being black, jewish etc it'd be massively frowned upon.</p><p></p><p>And of course it's not everyone, and it's only a minority that take it too far, but a minority, when it's Ireland, Wales, Scotland, France, Aus, NZ, SA and a huge number of countries most Englishmen couldn't even spell or find on a map, it's still a lot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raggs, post: 840737, member: 72268"] You've no need to tell an Englishman that it's not just the celts... The issue isn't the gentle ribbing, it's not the great BBC ad from a couple of six nations ago, it's not everyone doing ABE and cheering the opposition. It's the fact that people can become outright nasty about it. Straight up racism basically (not sure how else it could be described). The sort of stuff that if it was down to the person being black, jewish etc it'd be massively frowned upon. And of course it's not everyone, and it's only a minority that take it too far, but a minority, when it's Ireland, Wales, Scotland, France, Aus, NZ, SA and a huge number of countries most Englishmen couldn't even spell or find on a map, it's still a lot. [/QUOTE]
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