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  1. Guy Fawkes

    [Cricket] FAO man of West Stand Upper; re Racism.

    I hold my hands up, i mis-read the post i originally quoted (above) as saying that there is the assumption that someone from Africa automatically has Ebola or AIDS My posts were not condoning racism, it was not defending the vile comments by the person that that the OP was referring which were...
  2. Guy Fawkes

    [Cricket] FAO man of West Stand Upper; re Racism.

    I didn't get the racial overtones when it came to aids and Africa. 1st I remember about the emergence of aids as a kid was people in this country dying from it, shots of white patients in hospital with the illness. Later i know there has been some news about aids in Africa and how religion was...
  3. Guy Fawkes

    [Cricket] FAO man of West Stand Upper; re Racism.

    First i knew about aids was from the tv ads in the 80's (?) about it in the UK. I do not associate it with Africa (just looked it up on Wiki and that's the first time i have seen any connection to it originating from Africa) so did not make any connection with it being based on someone simply...
  4. Guy Fawkes

    [Cricket] FAO man of West Stand Upper; re Racism.

    Outbreaks?, or also countries where someone has displayed signs of the disease (including relapses?) after catching it and returning to their country of origin, and therefore meaning that the disease could be present, but dormant within the host, and has the possibility of it being passed on...
  5. Guy Fawkes

    [Cricket] FAO man of West Stand Upper; re Racism.

    The quote i responded too: I replied My point was that the post i replied to seems to imply that it is an exclusive thing which struck just one race and therefore will only ever be directed at someone of one race - i disagree (maybe i should have highlighted that section to make it more...
  6. Guy Fawkes

    [Cricket] FAO man of West Stand Upper; re Racism.

    Are you presuming that is the case, or do you know that for a fact that there hasn't ever been a case of that this chant material has being used towards a white person anywhere? btw- i am not saying it's an acceptable chant for someone to use, but just asking why you assume that someone singing...
  7. Guy Fawkes

    [Cricket] FAO man of West Stand Upper; re Racism.

    Do only people from that heritage get these diseases? or can anyone from any race, religion, etc, and originating from any part of the world also able to catch these, if exposed?
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