The Bbc Should Remove Homophobic Tyson Fury From Sports Personality Of The Year Shortlist Petition By Scott Cuthbertson

[DTCwordfan]

Yes or No?

125000 have signed the petition.

For those of you who want to sign, http://www.change.org/p/the-bbc-should-remove-homophobic-tyson-fury-from-sports-personality-of-the-year-shortlist

[DaisyNonna]

Fail to see why boxing is regarded as a sport

[Togo]

I'll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours. Dylan^^

[Baldric]

Ah ok!

[Togo]

Not dnon dbud!

[Rosetta]

I haven't read the AB answers, but it should not be banned. We should uphold the principle of free speech, even from idiots. His views are horrible but he has the right. Shame he does not have the wisdom to keep his opinions to himself

[DaisyNonna]

Free speech at least alerts us to those people who should be avoided

[Togo]

And is it good enough to run, drive, or play tennis on. All at the same kin time.

[sp1814]

My my...there was quite a substantial half life on this thread.

I think the most important take away from all this is that if Johnny Depp doesn't get an Oscar nod next year for 'Black Mass', then there's something seriously wrong with the world.

Genius.

[lady-janine]

define gypsy please.

[sp1814]

lady-janine

I think in this context, it means 'Traveller'.

[venator]

Tyson Fury is expressing the generally held views of his culture, and there are a lot of extremely offensive jibes on this thread - Clothes pegs, tarmac etc.
As a member of an oppressed minority, perhaps he should sue for defamation.


In this country we have Muslims who segregate their women and whose prophet married a 12 year old child, but that seems to be their cultural right.

[venator]

Daisy Nonna - boxing was one of the original Olympic sports.

[lady-janine]

thank you sp.

[Svejk]

6 year old^

[dave50]

I bet the Liberal lefties have been tying themselves in knots with this one. On the one hand he's a gypsy which of course is a vulnerable minority but yet he's been called homophobic and sexist blah blah blah. Which way do they jump? Or do they sit on the fence cos their brains cant handle it?

[Mamyalynne]

Couldn't give a tinker's cuss whether he's a gypsy,traveller or man who sells fruit from a barrow.

His remarks are abhorrent, but he should stay on the list.

Voters decide.

[Svejk]

^Not in upside down leftyland, db.