Erol Alkan Official Football Thread

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I think you're rather missing the point, Paolo. Like you said, Spurs fans adopted the word in an effort to counter anti-Semetic abuse directed at them.

That's not what the film is about. If you read the info on Kick it Out's page and watch the video (http://www.kickitout.org/1307.php ), it is clearly about fans of other teams using it against Tottenham. In blog comments too often I've seen (and cringed) fellow Arsenal fans use the word (often the idiotic excuse goes somewhere along the lines of "wot, they use it too!").

Idiocy like that, as well as other types of hate speech, be it homophobic or racist (watching a Blackburn - Arsenal game last year on TV I heard a Blackburn fan call Sagna a "black sh*t", and I'm sure no-one needs reminding of the abuse Sol got) needs to stop.