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Paul Gascoigne pleads guilty


JOHNNYAITCH

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The world has gone mad

 

The judge spoke wise words, and it's interesting that those sooooo-concerned elements worry about the damage it may have done to a sadly-lost Gascoigne (none, he went long ago but don't give a damn about what the nasty bullying racist cheap jibe might have done to Mr Rowe, his family and friends.

Sure, it doesn't sound much, but imagine how youd feel if you were standing there humiliated by hundreds of 'lad mentality' low-lifes who just revelled in a bit of rationed racism.

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Somebody high up clearly wanted him done for some reason

 

I don't buy that..he clearly did wrong and was rightly convicted...the full story makes it clear.

 

It's just a concern that a guy who has previously been sectioned under the mental health act for his own protection could pay a much higher price than his fines etc....hopefully he comes through it and indeed learns from it.

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I don't buy that..he clearly did wrong and was rightly convicted...the full story makes it clear.

 

It's just a concern that a guy who has previously been sectioned under the mental health act for his own protection could pay a much higher price than his fines etc....hopefully he comes through it and indeed learns from it.

 

If you recall, the case was brought against him, then dropped, then re-started.

 

When all public services are facing cuts, I can't help but wonder what the cost of this whole case was.

 

He should have been made to apologize to the guy in person and that would probably have meant more to the victim and to Gascoigne himself.

 

I just can't see dyed-in-the-wool racists changing on account of this prosecution.

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If you recall, the case was brought against him, then dropped, then re-started.

 

When all public services are facing cuts, I can't help but wonder what the cost of this whole case was.

 

He should have been made to apologize to the guy in person and that would probably have meant more to the victim and to Gascoigne himself.

 

I just can't see dyed-in-the-wool racists changing on account of this prosecution.

 

You may be right but if it makes one person think twice before making such remarks then there is some value in it.

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If you recall, the case was brought against him, then dropped, then re-started.

 

When all public services are facing cuts, I can't help but wonder what the cost of this whole case was.

 

He should have been made to apologize to the guy in person and that would probably have meant more to the victim and to Gascoigne himself.

 

I just can't see dyed-in-the-wool racists changing on account of this prosecution.

 

 

I disagree Bon'Ami, he should not need a Court instruction to apologise. It is my thinking that PG should have, by his own volition and before his Court appearance, publically and unreservedly apologised to the man.

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I have a good friend who worked in police training for many years and used to tell recruits and those on training courses that no one could MAKE them think differently if they were racist, but if they said it just once that could be enough to end their career.

 

He said that every removal of an instance of even 'light racism' (what we have here, rather than real hatred) influences people, and eventually even the person who had the racist thoughts starts to question the fact that many around him see differently and changes.

 

The same attitude was adopted with homophobia and other prejudices and whilst the battle continues on many fronts, attitudes do change and can be changed.

 

I agree that an unbforced apology from Paul Gascoigne and then perhaps some staged publicity perhaps helping refugees or something similar would have probably made this whole thing unneccesary - but I am not convinced he genuinely thinks he has done anything wrong though, even now.

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I disagree Bon'Ami, he should not need a Court instruction to apologise. It is my thinking that PG should have, by his own volition and before his Court appearance, publically and unreservedly apologised to the man.

 

But if he doesn't see anything wrong with what he has done then he's either not going to apologise or it's not an honest apology and just gets him 'off the hook'. Ideally he would have genuinely seen the error of his ways and genuinely apologised which I hope would have meant something positive to the victim in this...I've no idea whether any apology in this case is genuine or not

 

But then again he has some pretty severe mental health issues which whilst they didn't (rightly IMO) prevent conviction in this case are often a reason for what many/most of us would consider (at best) inappropriate behaviour. I guess a line has to be drawn somewhere.

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