Is It Racist To Name Your Dog After A Black Soccer Player?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeremy-clarkson-bbc-relationship_uk_56ed3bffe4b0fbd4fe080056

[Peter Pedant]

// I did have a dog from Belgium who I called 'Vincent'. He was very good Kompany.//

yeah and when he chased lorries as he was wont to do
you used to shout:

hey look it is a real van-goer ( coz he used to go after vans, see )

sorry AG a bit of a tortured joke but the whole of this thread is a long drawn out tortured joke, innit ?

[Togo]

Having a quick scan through you link pp, it would appear that Saul Kripke was successful in disproving Immanuel Kant. Couple of names there to play with.

[agchristie]

PP - Groan! Off to where I know best - Barking.

[sp1814]

Is it racist?

Absolutely not.

On a side note, every time I go to the toilet, I refer it to 'doing a Clarkson'.

[Mamyalynne]

That's old stock you have in your sewing box chiaroscuro - Sylko D.217 was renamed 45 years ago.


I know , I had to stick all the new labels on along with other outmoded colour names - a boring afternoon that was.

[stuey]

Petah, that van-goer, is it something akin to the French train-driver explaining his accident: "Too loose, la track."?

[agchristie]

Sp > On a side note, every time I go to the toilet, I refer it to 'doing a Clarkson'.

Stig of the dump?

[Ken4155]

I dare say that had Clarkson appeared on the 'Beeb' with a dog named Didier Dogba by his side, some of you on here would have been screaming racism by the BBC.

[maggiebee]

This may seem like a really stupid question, but why would anyone want to know JC's dog's name in the first place? And who the hell is Didier Drogba? Never heard of him.

[Sycamore3House]

When you walk through a park in this country where there are dog walkers you always hear the cry 'Tyson' that inevitably happens to be the name of the staffie being exercised. Although, one owner near me has called his staffie 'Mike'. There dogs are all different colours. I know Mike Tyson was a boxer but along the same lines.

[Mamyalynne]

maggie, the clue is in the question title.

[sandyRoe]

Clarkson is the sort of chap who would ask disingenuously, 'What's all the fuss about?'. I think he knows very well what it's about.
It is racist, yes.

[agchristie]

> there are dog walkers you always hear the cry 'Tyson' that inevitably happens to be the name of the staffie being exercised.

Yes and try and criticise the owner when not in full control they chew your ear off.

[Sycamore3House]

Ag - ha ha. Appropriate behaviour for the name

[Ken4155]

ag for best answer:-)