tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post7385593869821536165..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Eric Bristow - Say SorryTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-67557148295346409402016-11-30T10:09:31.437+00:002016-11-30T10:09:31.437+00:00Darts is a pub junk "sport," nothing mor...Darts is a pub junk "sport," nothing more. Bristow is its proper product.<br /><br />He's "guilty" of stupid, unthinking, casual homophobia. But then so are a very large slice of the population.<br /><br />I don't think Bristow meant any harm. Like many others of that ilk he just has no idea that he's part of a slow daily drip of neurosis that can have a terrible affect on sensitive or vulnerable victims. The same thing can apply to casual racism.<br /><br />Bristow's affect is worse because he's a public figure, albeit of the ale house type.Alan Cliffordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-75795924049845316162016-11-30T09:43:59.434+00:002016-11-30T09:43:59.434+00:00"But now he needs to swallow that pride and a..."But now he needs to swallow that pride and admit he got this one very wrong indeed. It would be better to remember him for all the right reasons."<br /><br />Not convinced that an apology made just to get him off the hook is good enough if what he tweeted represented his own views. If it has shown what his views truly are than other can decide whether they need to bother listening to him in future. <br /><br />The celeb culture club should tread carefully. Eric Bristow is no Gary Lineker although I suspect the Daily Mail and The Sun may disagree, at least openly.<br />robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-4067268830933709452016-11-30T03:07:29.159+00:002016-11-30T03:07:29.159+00:00By an amazing co-incidence this latest sensation h...By an amazing co-incidence this latest sensation has finally buried the BBC's involvement in the Savile scandal, and the Henriques Report that excoriated police behaviour over sensationalized claims from fantasists.<br />Bristow's tweets and words were most unwise but so are Victoria Derbeyshire's equally appalling exhortations for victims, not claimants, to contact her.<br />Bristow is a mere sideshow in this. The media seems intent on ensuring no-one could get a fair trial.http://www.thesocialshuttle.com/https://www.blogger.com/profile/08385625594884495221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-69178134245154128682016-11-29T19:48:51.460+00:002016-11-29T19:48:51.460+00:00I know that the whole story amounts to little more...I know that the whole story amounts to little more than 'not-very-bright-darts-player-tweets-while-pissed', but this seems a strangely sympathetic account, Tim.Concerned of Weybridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-38076404776551893582016-11-29T19:44:35.149+00:002016-11-29T19:44:35.149+00:00I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for that a...I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for that apology. <br /><br />I thought he was bad enough when he deliberately attempted to rip punters off when he set up the laughable "Bristow Bets"<br /><br />He deserves every single bit of abuse he's getting, and a lot more besides. wildcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14945103241788224908noreply@blogger.com