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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Tue 15 Jul 17:13
Best served cold
First Gregg Wallace now his partner in crime:
John Torrode
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
Post Edited (Tue 15 Jul 17:14)
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Tue 15 Jul 18:08
When I heard Torode had been sacked too I was half expecting that MasterChef had taken a spitroast to a new level. Turns out he`s used a racial term in a conversation with someone who wasn`t offended, which wasn`t at work, 6 years ago.
John Torode is Australian
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Tue 15 Jul 18:53
Quote:
red-star-par, Tue 15 Jul 18:08
When I heard Torode had been sacked too I was half expecting that MasterChef had taken a spitroast to a new level. Turns out he`s used a racial term in a conversation with someone who wasn`t offended, which wasn`t at work, 6 years ago.
John Torode is Australian
What has being Australian got to do with it?
The term doesn`t seem to have been publicised but a one-off doesn`t feel like a sackable offence.
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Tue 15 Jul 19:39
With the BBC’s track record of failure to root out celebrity liabilities it’s now left with little leeway but to take action where such evidence exists.
The days of racial slurs are long gone, Alf Garnett is no longer acceptable.
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Tue 15 Jul 19:46
Quote:
jake89, Tue 15 Jul 18:53
Quote:
red-star-par, Tue 15 Jul 18:08
When I heard Torode had been sacked too I was half expecting that MasterChef had taken a spitroast to a new level. Turns out he`s used a racial term in a conversation with someone who wasn`t offended, which wasn`t at work, 6 years ago.
John Torode is Australian
What has being Australian got to do with it?
The term doesn`t seem to have been publicised but a one-off doesn`t feel like a sackable offence.
Have you ever met an Australian? In my experience they do like a bit racial language
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Topic Originator: Berry
Date: Tue 15 Jul 19:59
Racism is still rife in Australia in the outback.
Doesn’t make it right ofcourse.
Think BBC are having to be seen to act swiftly and defiantly with any line crossed after the Gregg Wallace stuff.
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Tue 15 Jul 21:37
If he used a term like "wog" then that`s a term that is openly used in Australia and isn`t considered any different to saying Paddy, Jock or Taff despite being pretty offensive here.
My experience in Australia was they didn`t so much use offensive terms but used offensive language to describe people. So a person wasn`t Asian, they were a "f##king Asian", for example.
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Topic Originator: OzPar
Date: Wed 16 Jul 04:07
You f##king racist Poms!
:)
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Wed 16 Jul 11:34
Quote:
OzPar, Wed 16 Jul 04:07
You f##king racist Poms!
:)
Rack off yar flamin` gallah!
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Topic Originator: Bandy
Date: Thu 17 Jul 15:06
Quote:
Have you ever met an Australian? In my experience they do like a bit racial language
The irony in this post is utterly delicious.
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Topic Originator: Bletchley_Par
Date: Fri 18 Jul 00:05
Spade. He used the word spade as in what he would require to eat a large dish he had been presented with.
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Fri 18 Jul 09:42
Quote:
Bletchley_Par, Fri 18 Jul 00:05
Spade. He used the word spade as in what he would require to eat a large dish he had been presented with.
Seriously?! Most people wouldn`t even know the racial connotations of that without it being explained. I regularly still hear "calls a spade a spade" being innocently used despite it now being considered racist.
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Fri 18 Jul 13:07
Quote:
jake89, Fri 18 Jul 09:42
Quote:
Bletchley_Par, Fri 18 Jul 00:05
Spade. He used the word spade as in what he would require to eat a large dish he had been presented with.
Seriously?! Most people wouldn`t even know the racial connotations of that without it being explained. I regularly still hear "calls a spade a spade" being innocently used despite it now being considered racist.
Sounds a lot like the Clarkson in Cambodia issue of using the word “slant” about the bridge/people crossing it. Would never have noticed the potential racism as never knew that was a term.
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Topic Originator: Bandy
Date: Fri 18 Jul 14:40
Quote:
Dave_1885, Fri 18 Jul 13:07
Quote:
jake89, Fri 18 Jul 09:42
Quote:
Bletchley_Par, Fri 18 Jul 00:05
Spade. He used the word spade as in what he would require to eat a large dish he had been presented with.
Seriously?! Most people wouldn`t even know the racial connotations of that without it being explained. I regularly still hear "calls a spade a spade" being innocently used despite it now being considered racist.
Sounds a lot like the Clarkson in Cambodia issue of using the word “slant” about the bridge/people crossing it. Would never have noticed the potential racism as never knew that was a term.
It was `slope`. And even if you didn`t know about it, Clarkson did.
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Fri 18 Jul 16:43
I used to occasionally say the phrase "play the white man" a couple of decades ago, as my dad and brother, seemed to use it all the time, as a way of saying "play fair". Never even thought about what it meant until I saw an episode of Coronation Street where Steve McDonald used the phrase in front of his good buddy Lloyd, played by Craig Charles, and he took umbrage and explained why. Fortunately, I had never used it in front of anyone that may have taken offence. Never used it since
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Topic Originator: P
Date: Fri 18 Jul 17:11
Have not seen any reference to spade as stated above, everything I have seen has stated he used the N word in relation to Kanye Wests song Gold Digger
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Fri 18 Jul 17:19
Quote:
Bandy, Fri 18 Jul 14:40
Quote:
Dave_1885, Fri 18 Jul 13:07
Quote:
jake89, Fri 18 Jul 09:42
Quote:
Bletchley_Par, Fri 18 Jul 00:05
Spade. He used the word spade as in what he would require to eat a large dish he had been presented with.
Seriously?! Most people wouldn`t even know the racial connotations of that without it being explained. I regularly still hear "calls a spade a spade" being innocently used despite it now being considered racist.
Sounds a lot like the Clarkson in Cambodia issue of using the word “slant” about the bridge/people crossing it. Would never have noticed the potential racism as never knew that was a term.
It was `slope`. And even if you didn`t know about it, Clarkson did.
That was it, sorry. I agree, he most likely did know the sly connotations behind using the word.
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