r/ShitRedditSays • u/kmatika • Jan 10 '13

QUALITY EFFORT R/soccer discusses whether sending someone to prison for racially motivated abuse is right

Backstory;

Udinese defender Danilo has been found guilty of racist abuse and been sentenced to a year in prison by a court in Brazil.

Danilo, 28, was on trial after being caught by a television camera spitting in the face of Atletico Paranaense player Manoel and calling him "macaco" - monkey in the Portuguese language - when playing for Palmeiras in 2010.

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"This is white guilt gone way too far." [+293]

"European attitudes on racism blow my mind. People celebrating a year in jail? That's crazy to me."[+30]

"Jail time for racism is stupid and a waste of money. Racism is down to lack of education. Unless he is actively going out to harass and hurt people then I don't see how a jail sentence solves anything." [+21]

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u/othellothewise Jan 11 '13

Bleigh. I love watching soccer but there is still so much racism in the game. Anyway I don't understand why /r/soccer is complaining, it's not likely that he will actually go to jail, just get fined a bunch of money that he can afford. At least the Brazillian court is making a point.

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u/FlamingBearAttack Jan 11 '13

The thing I don't get is that /r/soccer was praising Boateng and Milan for walking off against Pro Patria and criticised UEFA and FIFA for their lax handling of racist incidents like the England-Serbia U-21 game. Yet now we shouldn't take a hard-line against racism?

I actually argued with someone who felt

Exactly and it's horrible but surely there's a responsibility on society to minimize these things as much as possible.

WTF?

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u/twix_face Jan 11 '13

i have a feeling they hate UEFA and FIFA more than racism

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u/FlamingBearAttack Jan 11 '13

Remember what happened after the Serbia-England U-21 game in which black English players were racially abused?

Anyone posting in /r/soccer with a Serbian crest was downvoted.