- Apr 12, 2021
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No one should ever disrespect a minutes silence. But talk of banning people seems over the top.
Never said about banning. Said about other Spurs fans making them unwelcome
No one should ever disrespect a minutes silence. But talk of banning people seems over the top.
Never said about banning. Said about other Spurs fans making them unwelcome
Ah so mob justice is better? Still don’t think that’s the way to go.Never said about banning. Said about other Spurs fans making them unwelcome
I'm not sure about that. I do think that it would certainly have been better to keep your opinions to yourself - I'm no royalist but I don't need to vocalise my views in that way but I see no reason whatsoever to ban someone over this. I'd feel uncomfortable over that as it seems a tad undemocratic even if there is a time and a place to express one's views.It would be very easy for the club to review footage and identify those that disrespected the minutes silence. Simply ban them.
I don't understand what democracy has to do with it to be honest. It's about respect. If you don't respect the monarch fine, if you don't respect the Queen herself fine. Then respect the fact the club has requested we be silent for a mere 60 seconds. If you have an issue with someone in power then protest, and show your discourse when they are alive not just after they've died. That would be the democratic thing to do.I'm not sure about that. I do think that it would certainly have been better to keep your opinions to yourself - I'm no royalist but I don't need to vocalise my views in that way but I see no reason whatsoever to ban someone over this. I'd feel uncomfortable over that as it seems a tad undemocratic even if there is a time and a place to express one's views.
It's happened at every game so far. I thought that was why they began doing minute's applauses a while back? It drowns out the idiots. How you can't be silent for 60 seconds baffles me. It really isn't that hard to do.
I was just about to say this - from where I was in East/North Upper it seemed like it was coming from the bars/concourse (South?) rather than the stands. Sounded like people had just come into the stadium, singing spurs songs and they hadnt twigged it was the silence - not any kind of protest.From what I could make out (North upper) it was people still in the bar area singing spurs songs and people out in the stands shouting down the corridors “SHUT THE FUCK UP”.
It was impeccably observed by everyone in the stands but you could hear faint chants in the distance then one or two voices screaming at them ?
I personally gave them the benefit of the doubt that they didn’t realise the time and were so deep into their drinking and singing that they didn’t twig it was the minute silence at that moment.
Why is there a thread and posters talking about these few idiots. The respect was there by the 99.9% so Ignore. We all understand common decency. Trying to understand the few fools is impossible.
This will happen at every club, there are always going to be people like that. You can't ban fans for it though, it's just disrespectful and sad for them really.