Valid question though - where do you draw the line?

For instance, I felt the 'touch of a rapist' chant for Marlon King was totally inappropriate - not though any sympathy for him, I hasten to add, but because it was making light of a horrific crime. Can there be any hard and fast boundaries though?

Posted By: King on October 3rd 2011 at 14:28:12

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Talk sport earlier on was going on about abusive chanting to oppo players (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Oct 3, 14:19:07
- this wasnt nice (General Chat) - earthleakage, Oct 3, 18:36:22
- sometimes these songs go beyond banter sadly (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 14:20:17
  - But we sing about Steve Wright and John Wark having aids - goes with the turf (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Oct 3, 14:55:53
    - "We"? I don't (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Oct 3, 15:10:29
    - JohnWark doesn't need condoms for safe sex, his face suffices (n/m) (General Chat) - colincanary, Oct 3, 15:00:57
    - Don't they sing one about one of our fans who had some accident on a train? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 14:59:35
    - blimey do we? (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 14:57:51
      - if you sing that then why would you find songs about aids or death upsetting? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 3, 15:11:05
        
        i don't sing it (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 15:13:33
        
        everyone is innocent until proven guilty (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 3, 15:15:58
        
        oh right (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 15:17:56
        
        He was just unfortunate that Tony Martin was and is a complete psyco loonie (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 15:26:15
        
        repeat mistakes are very careless (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 15:29:19
        
        See what you mean about making it a better world though. Now if you'd been taken out at 15 (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 15:32:09
        
        ROLF (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 15:34:10
        
        It was his forst trip - he was 15 (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 15:30:59
        
        clearly an angel! (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 15:33:51
        
        "....The boy died in pain, crying for his mother..." (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 15:45:24
        
        fucking diddums (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 16:59:31
        
        if he'd had the correct education and economic background then (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 3, 15:28:30
        
        nobody needs to burgle in this day and age (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 15:30:47
        
        More and more people are sinking below the poverty line tbf (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 3, 15:34:48
        
        as in can't afford an xbox and designer brands (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 15:36:04
        
        No, as in can't afford to feed themselves or their families (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 3, 15:40:22
        
        what are the statistics for starving to death? (n/m) (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 15:41:51
        
        if people aren't dying of hunger then clearly everything is A-ok (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 3, 15:58:54
        
        agreed (n/m) (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 16:00:08
        
        a total lack of ability to recognize irony goes well with a total lack of empathy and (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 3, 16:02:34
        
        spot on (n/m) (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 16:03:35
        
        I'm glad you're aware of your massive failings as a person (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 3, 16:10:22
        
        keep sympathising for the evil (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 16:11:18
        
        a man who gets shot by a criminal is a victim. hth (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 3, 16:12:40
        
        not when he's committing a crime (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 16:15:21
        
        jesus wept, your posts are like reading the Daily Mail (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 3, 16:18:36
        
        WE should really. Uneducated, emotionally deprived, ignorant (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 16:52:36
        
        describes you lot perfectly! (n/m) (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 16:57:10
        
        cheers buddy (n/m) (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 16:21:23
        
        I don't know, but the statistics (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 3, 15:48:06
        
        Foodbanks. In the UK. In 2011. (General Chat) - megson, Oct 3, 15:58:27
        
        well it's not 'new' is it? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 3, 16:38:12
        
        Norwich Foodbank is new (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 3, 17:02:46
        
        TBF though, SCC's ideas would help with that. Good job (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 15:57:11
        
        NAh, tax breaks for his parents would have done the trick according to IDS (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 15:30:11
      - Well (General Chat) - Jim, Oct 3, 15:06:33
        
        touchy (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 3, 15:11:25
        
        Totally agreed (n/m) (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Oct 3, 15:08:23
  - Valid question though - where do you draw the line? (General Chat) - King, Oct 3, 14:28:12
    - Come off it that chant was excellent (General Chat) - Jim, Oct 3, 15:08:31
      - agreed (n/m) (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 15:09:45
    - I've heard NCFC fans sing (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Oct 3, 14:36:38
      - worst I've ever heard norwich sing was early 80's v coventry... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 3, 14:39:49
      - people on here were making jokes about him tbf (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 14:38:37
        
        Obviously (n/m) (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Oct 3, 14:39:25
    - Everyone had a lol at Bramble last week, I struggled to. (General Chat) - samcd84, Oct 3, 14:36:15
    - "Taste" is usualy the arbiter - unfortunately it's not some thing that abounds (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 14:32:29
    - not sure how that makes light of a crime tbh (n/m) (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 14:30:08
    - no. (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 3, 14:29:46
  - TBF I have no idea what was sung (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Oct 3, 14:24:59
    - "It should have been you, It should have been you, Shot in Angola, It should have been you (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 3, 14:26:53
      - and (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 14:28:32
        
        But that first one is funny (General Chat) - norway, Oct 3, 14:32:13
        
        what were the campbell chants? (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 14:33:08
        
        Lord of the Dance: "Sol, Sol, wherever you may be ... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 3, 14:35:26
        
        heard the one man utd sing about their own Park J ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 3, 14:37:47
        
        no (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 3, 14:47:26
        
        He shoots, he scores, he eats labradors ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 3, 14:48:47
        
        no........ (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 3, 15:09:18
        
        That's factually correct though, isn't ti? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 15:14:52
        
        yes. (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 3, 15:41:28
        
        wow that is a shocker (n/m) (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 14:36:58
        
        Actually, that might have been "We'll laugh like fuck when you're swinging from a tree," (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 3, 14:36:54
        
        Can't remember them exactly - but they certaionly gave bang for their back (General Chat) - norway, Oct 3, 14:35:02
        
        *buck*^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Oct 3, 14:35:14
      - Nice, classy (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 14:28:31
      - a bit harsh (n/m) (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Oct 3, 14:27:51
    - what was said about keane? (n/m) (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 14:26:00
      - VV mainly (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Oct 3, 14:27:07
        
        harmless japery (n/m) (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 14:28:53
        
        Not very nice for the dogs to over hear though, is it? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 14:30:42
        
        dags (n/m) (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 14:31:30
      - That he was shit though, tbf, that was true (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 14:26:55
  - Is Wenger a paedo? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 14:24:36
    - Stop being a twat. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Oct 3, 14:26:57
      - Just thought I'd ask, as usual, I have no idea (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 14:30:09
        
        whatever (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Oct 3, 14:32:41
        
        FFS! (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 3, 14:31:08
        
        I know he's a twat, didn't know he was a paedo (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 14:33:34
    - no idea tbh (n/m) (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 14:26:13
      - If they had proof, they maybe could get away with it. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 14:29:03
  - Agreed (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 3, 14:23:23
    - Common currency in Latin countries though isn't it? (General Chat) - norway, Oct 3, 14:27:56
      - Yes, I suppose (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 3, 14:33:43
        
        Do you have a "Don't Tell Mum What You Hear At The Football" pact? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 3, 14:41:16
        
        I remember one game when me and my son were in the Upper Barclay. There was this (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 14:50:32
        
        No, she knows exactly what goes on (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 3, 14:46:58
        
        everyone needs this (General Chat) - Brandonio, Oct 3, 14:43:37
        
        Best thing to say is "You wouldn't understand love - it was football and you're a woman" (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 14:52:17
        
        ^^i've got one of those, i used to have one also with my Dad! (n/m) (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Oct 3, 14:42:49
    - It is if you are a "true" fan (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 14:25:48
    - what about (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Oct 3, 14:25:42
      - That's OK (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 3, 14:33:01
      - Oh, he meant that one, did he? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 3, 14:27:32
      - that's just banter (n/m) (General Chat) - 1 5CC, Oct 3, 14:26:31

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