Of course you won’t ‘undo’ predjudice. What a stupid thing to say. Racism will always be there.

What you can do is send a message that won’t prevent racist attitudes amongst some of the crowd but it will make them think twice about publicising them for 90 minutes. And I see nothing wrong with that. Even if it ends up with people self policing not because they are anti racist but because they don’t want some utter moron screwing it up for everyone else.

Same goes for clubs with t***s that run on the pitch and lamp people. Ban, fine and points deduction. Same same.

As MC Skibadee once said, Deal with the matter, Deal with it proper.

Edited by SW19 CPFC (26 Mar 2019 12.14pm)

Nah. Pretty valid.

It's not footballs issue to solve. It is however its issue to police. Just like thuggery, targeted abuse etc. etc. The approach is not exclusive to racism. But doing any of these reproachable things is exclusive to morons.

Abuse or a truism? Have you turned into a sarcastic snowflake now you have a card? Give it a rest.

Is a fisty cuff something you might find on the dark web? Or maybe in the even darker corners of your bedroom?

I digress

You require something to challenge with in order to challenge in the first place. Maybe start there. You know, debating the point rather than pulling it back to your lowest common denominator (immigration) all the time. By the way there’s a thread for that.

Policing anti social and dangerous behaviour in a more draconian way as a last resort is not exactly rocket science. It will work as a deterrent. What it won’t do is solve the social reasons for racism or eliminate it happening at a football ground entirely. But I’m pretty sure no one is silly enough to believe that.

Tolerance of overly abusive behaviour, physical assault is not the price to pay for ‘not punishing a nation’. Why? Because of its frequency. If these were rare events then I’d agree. But recently they are occurring far more, and there needs to be a stronger solution to that otherwise you’re just saying ‘let it happen’.

If you want to punish the team and the country to make yourself feel better then fine.
But if you seriously think you are going to undo prejudice in virtual single culture countries then that is wishful thinking.