FAI Investigate Alleged Racist Abuse Of Zayed

**Hulsey** · 16/06/2011, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by HulaHoop

According to The Sun this whole big hullabaloo is because somebody called Zayed "Gaddafi"

Maybe that fits the PC interpretation of racist abuse but jesus christ Zayed would want to grow a set of balls.

Is that any different to calling a player of german extraction "hitler"? Would be difficult to justify that so why try on the same issue here?

**Macy** · 16/06/2011, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by Hulsey

Is that any different to calling a player of german extraction "hitler"? Would be difficult to justify that so why try on the same issue here?

It's no different, but IF that is the abuse, then I'm not sure it's racism.

**DannyInvincible** · 16/06/2011, 10:28 AM

Isn't it? I can't imagine he'd have been called "Gaddaffi" because of his political outlook...

**SwanVsDalton** · 16/06/2011, 10:34 AM

Particularly insulting (worse than Hitler comparison) given the conflict in Libya and the fact many of Zayed's relatives are caught up in it. That's IF The Sun's report is correct...

**Macy** · 16/06/2011, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by DannyInvincible

Isn't it? I can't imagine he'd have been called "Gaddaffi" because of his political outlook...

Maybe because he's of Libyan extraction and declared for Libya? I'm really not sure - I ain't claiming to be an expert - but I'd consider that to be different to abuse based on the colour of his skin, and the abuse alluded to earlier was purely based on the colour of his skin. And btw, not saying it's right, or that it isn't insulting, that it's not abuse or anything like that, I'm just not sure it's racism. Again, IF that is the abuse that he received.

**marinobohs** · 16/06/2011, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by Dave_SRFC

Stephen Kenny is acting like a right ****, that is all.

Grand so, perhaps the FAI should confine any investigation to Stephen Kenny. I mean shams denied it and we all know they never deny things that are true

Obviously dont know what occured but hard to believe anything from Tallaght given shams history of denial of previous rascist/fan issues (and player rumoured to be involved). Difficult to see why Zayed would makeup accusation about shams player and not Bohs/Dundalk/Sligo, hell, if he wanted headlines ... Derry player

Blaming player/manager involved for reporting it is clearest case of "shooting the messenger" ever

**horton** · 16/06/2011, 11:05 AM

Gotta love this forum, ye'z are debating what the correct terminology should be for whatever Zayed is claiming was said to him rather that what should be done against the offender/stop it happening again. I noticed part of one of Shams press releases on this has retracted a particular paragraph, I wonder why. . . .

**Dodge** · 16/06/2011, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by horton

Gotta love this forum, ye'z are debating what the correct terminology should be for whatever Zayed is claiming was said to him rather that what should be done against the offender/stop it happening again

thats because if Zayed was simply verbally abused, then he's only suffering like probably every player in the league last week. You think players should get punished for calling Liam Burns a fat so-and-so, or Colin Hawkins a big nosed so-and-so each week?

Of course not.

Just like there's a huge difference between calling Ndo a moneygrabbing c*** and a black C***

The terminalogy is important, particularly when you're talking about punishment

**SwanVsDalton** · 16/06/2011, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

thats because if Zayed was simply verbally abused, then he's only suffering like probably every player in the league last week. You think players should get punished for calling Liam Burns a fat so-and-so, or Colin Hawkins a big nosed so-and-so each week?

Of course not.

Just like there's a huge difference between calling Ndo a moneygrabbing c*** and a black C***

The terminalogy is important, particularly when you're talking about punishment

If the Gaddafi comment is true, it's hardly the same as Liam Burns being called fat. Unless Burns' relatives are caught up in some kind of war with pies.

**colinf** · 16/06/2011, 11:23 AM

now they're saying if he was called gaddafi its not racist. seriously.....

**Dodge** · 16/06/2011, 11:25 AM

Its not as if its (Tunisian) Dad or Irish mother. We're talking about distant cousins here in a country he had never visited before being approached to play football for them

Is calling an English woman Margaret Thatcher rascist? OR an American man George Bush? Or an Irish man Paul McGrath for that matter.

**Charlie Darwin** · 16/06/2011, 11:39 AM

If that's what was said then it's probably not racist but it was way over the line and you can see why he was so upset. At least the offender did his research and use a geographically accurate insult.

**SwanVsDalton** · 16/06/2011, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Its not as if its (Tunisian) Dad or Irish mother. We're talking about distant cousins here in a country he had never visited before being approached to play football for them

Is calling an English woman Margaret Thatcher rascist? OR an American man George Bush? Or an Irish man Paul McGrath for that matter.

I'm taking Zayed's word on it. At the very least his father is likely very concerned/upset and naturally that'll hit the rest of the family. The current conflict in Libya and the Zayed family's stake in it is no comparison with those examples.

And I haven't said it's racist, although Zayed's race clearly had something to do with it. I do think it's a fairly disgusting and extremely stupid thing to say. Would think the same if someone rocked up to Fahrudin Kuduzovic and gave him grief about Ratko Mladic.

**Jicked** · 16/06/2011, 11:45 AM

It's about as racist as calling Chris O'Connor of Bohs "Josef Fritzl"

**DannyInvincible** · 16/06/2011, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

The terminalogy is important, particularly when you're talking about punishment

The intent behind the terminology is what is important.

Originally Posted by Macy

Maybe because he's of Libyan extraction and declared for Libya? I'm really not sure - I ain't claiming to be an expert - but I'd consider that to be different to abuse based on the colour of his skin, and the abuse alluded to earlier was purely based on the colour of his skin. And btw, not saying it's right, or that it isn't insulting, that it's not abuse or anything like that, I'm just not sure it's racism. Again, IF that is the abuse that he received.

Are you suggesting that those with a skin tone similar to that traditionally illustrated by most Irish cannot, by definition, fall victim to racist abuse in Ireland?

There's only one thing Zayed has in common with Gaddafi and that's his ethnicity. Any idiot trying to associate the two is obviously making a connection based on some ill-informed racial or national stereotype he's managed to concoct as a result of the recent unrest in Libya. It's hard to see how it couldn't be racist.

I'd imagine that calling someone Margeret Thatcher, or a Thatcherite, for example, would generally have different connotations. It would most usually be a slur based on that person's actual or imagined right-leaning political outlook.

Calling an American George Bush could well be racist, yeah, if the intent behind it was to insinuate that all Americans are idiots.

**osarusan** · 16/06/2011, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton

And I haven't said it's racist, although Zayed's race clearly had something to do with it. I do think it's a fairly disgusting and extremely stupid thing to say. Would think the same if someone rocked up to Fahrudin Kuduzovic and gave him grief about Ratko Mladic.

The issue here is if it's racist or not though. There is a difference between being an ignorant c**t of a player and being an ignorant racist c**t of a player, and the FAI are investigating a charge of racism in this case.

What we need is the definition of racism from which the FAI will reach a decision (do they even have one, or will they borrow oe from a dictionary?)

**Dodge** · 16/06/2011, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by DannyInvincible

There's only one thing Zayed has in common with Gaddafi and that's his ethnicity.

Well I differentiate between nationality and ethnicity. Zayed and Gadaffi have both (somewhat) in common

Shouting Gaddafi at Zayed isn't rascist IMO. Calling him a shoebomber (which is what I've hear the Rovers player is alledged to have said) is.

**marinobohs** · 16/06/2011, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by Jicked

It's about as racist as calling Chris O'Connor of Bohs "Josef Fritzl"

Are shams now saying a comment was made but it just was not rascist ? It really is difficult to keep up with the sham spoofers.

**SwanVsDalton** · 16/06/2011, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by osarusan

The issue here is if it's racist or not though. There is a difference between being an ignorant c**t of a player and being an ignorant racist c**t of a player, and the FAI are investigating a charge of racism in this case.

I haven't spoken of punishment in this instance, and I mostly agree - if that's the evidence and that IS actually what the player said. I was just underlining what a pig ignorant and insulting thing it is to say, before a load of posters come on having a jeer at Zayed about it.