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Oh really? I'm on my phone atm, so can't re-read it easily. I'm more than happy to stand corrected though. In that case, my point about the context is in invalid... The fact that he was prosecuted stands though; why take the risk of prosecution?

I'm not saying anything. The article reports: He was arrested and prosecuted for using the word He is a Gillingham fan He used the word at a game Gillingham's fans use the word to describe their own players and team He was found "not guilty" To me, it is very clear that the article and the...

You can't just pick and choose which elements of a case you're going to cite. The fact that the accused was a Gillingham fan at a Gillingham game is absolutely material to the case!

All that article shows is that the Court were happy for a Gillingham supporter to use the word at a Gillingham match; the Gills epithet often including the word "pikey". It's similar to Spurs fans wanting to continue use the word "Yid". Few people think it's ok for others to use the word...

Well, maybe so, but I'd be pretty sure that a dictionary that was published in the late C19 would have somewhat different definitions to those in common usage now for many words - such as "gay", for example. "Keeping clear" would seem to be excellent advice, the more so since Bozza implies that...