Police investigating Fury comments now

[bripez]

Free speech is usually condoned only if people agree with what is being said, anything else is seized upon.

I actually agree with this - however, I am sure that if you said certain things to Tyson Fury then he wouldn't be happy about it (you only have to read any "gypsy" themed threads on this site).

The difference is that he is bigger, tougher, and more willing to engage in violence than many people so they keep their mouths shut.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Greg Ritherford is threatening to pull out of BBC Spoty if Tyson isn't dropped.

Oh well.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/others ... tlist.html

What a pr1ck, I bet he hasnt even read the article. He's just being holier than thou and getting his name in the paper.

What a pathetic witchunt..... sick of 1984 style repression of free speech

I don't think it's a witchunt.

I think Fury is out of step with the society he lives in, if he thinks he can make comments like he did in a public interview. He can hold those beliefs about homosexuals and Paedophilia being equated and bringing about the end of the world, but the minute he goes public with a microphone in front of him, I'm afraid he's going to get it.

[danamba7]

Greg Ritherford is threatening to pull out of BBC Spoty if Tyson isn't dropped.

Oh well.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/others ... tlist.html

To try and relate to this better, if these comments were racist instead of sexist/homophobic, I would no longer support Fury, watch his interviews or buy any future PPVs. However I wouldn't even think about starting a petition or reporting him to the police.

What's the difference for you?

I mean it's hard to get offended by homophobic or sexist comments when I'm not gay or a woman. But to put myself in their shoes, if he spouted out racist remarks, it would put me off him, but no chance of me starting a petition or reporting him.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Greg Ritherford is threatening to pull out of BBC Spoty if Tyson isn't dropped.

Oh well.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/others ... tlist.html

To try and relate to this better, if these comments were racist instead of sexist/homophobic, I would no longer support Fury, watch his interviews or buy any future PPVs. However I wouldn't even think about starting a petition or reporting him to the police.

What's the difference for you?

I mean it's hard to get offended by homophobic or sexist comments when I'm not gay or a woman. But to put myself in their shoes, if he spouted out racist remarks, it would put me off him, but no chance of me starting a petition or reporting him.

I do find his comments offensive, whether they affect me or not directly. I find bigotry offensive no matter where or who it comes from.

Am I going to start a petition - no I'm not.

My major hope is that Fury's people or he, put a sock in it when it comes to such matters, and he confines himself to running his mouth about his opponents, rather than society at large, if he doesn't, he's likely to prove pretty unpopular as a champ for as long as it lasts, except perhaps with the religious right in the U.S, or perhaps radical islamist groups. He could end up with a large Wahabbi following in Saudi perhaps?

[Fatcatstu]

So would people support him if he was racist in the media??

Its exactly the same thing, and it has no place in modern society.

[palooka]

So would people support him if he was racist in the media??

Its exactly the same thing, and it has no place in modern society.

I enjoyed watching Mike Tyson and Bernard Hopkins box though they had both said racist things. Some boxers will be bigoted just like some sprinters and rowers will be.

[Stevieb8006]

Can you imagine Fury posting the sort of rehearsed motivational guff and lightweight platitudes that Joshua posts on social media? Jeez.

.........or joshua posting medival religious nonsense..........

Wouldn't surprise me if he started posting some believe/belief stuff at some point.

Joshua's very religious I thought. I believe sims got him into it

[jamesmcdonnell]

So would people support him if he was racist in the media??

Its exactly the same thing, and it has no place in modern society.

I enjoyed watching Mike Tyson and Bernard Hopkins box though they had both said racist things. Some boxers will be bigoted just like some sprinters and rowers will be.

Yep, and both rightly drew criticism for their views. I only really recall Hopkins saying anything racist (although not particularly vitriolic) in relation to Calzaghe. Tyson was widely rounded on throughout his career for his views on women and others - however, he was so spectacularly destructive in his prime, that people widely ignored it.

I think if Tyson is smashing them into next week, whilst he will still get criticism, he'll also still get plaudits.

[SNG]

When Tyson had that rant at the media when he realised Lewis wasn't afraid of him didn't he mention white this and white that?

[reggaereggae]

So would people support him if he was racist in the media??

Its exactly the same thing, and it has no place in modern society.

It depends on what level. If someone said 'kill xyz people they are scum' is different from someone taking the pee out of EG ghetto slang.

[Boxerbeetle]

Personally I find it difficult to get offended by anything that anyone else says, particularly when it comes from a boxer.

Out of interest, does anyone know exactly where in the Bible it talks about homosexuality/paedophilia/abortion etc? I'm no theologian, so I'd be interested to know where Fury is getting these specific ideas.

[SNG]

Personally I find it difficult to get offended by anything that anyone else says, particularly when it comes from a boxer.

Out of interest, does anyone know exactly where in the Bible it talks about homosexuality/paedophilia/abortion etc? I'm no theologian, so I'd be interested to know where Fury is getting these specific ideas.

Well, abortion would be considered murder and there is the line that essentially says 'you will not lie with a man as with a woman' Leviticus something or other.

[Boxerbeetle]

Personally I find it difficult to get offended by anything that anyone else says, particularly when it comes from a boxer.

Out of interest, does anyone know exactly where in the Bible it talks about homosexuality/paedophilia/abortion etc? I'm no theologian, so I'd be interested to know where Fury is getting these specific ideas.

Well, abortion would be considered murder and there is the line that essentially says 'you will not lie with a man as with a woman' Leviticus something or other.

Yeah I know the gist of it, although the quote keeps being reported as being “There are only three things that need to be accomplished before the devil comes home: one of them is homosexuality being legal in countries, one of them is abortion and the other one’s paedophilia", so I was really wondering where these things were mentioned in relation to the devil coming home.

[Boxerbeetle]

If only this guy was available to ask

[palooka]

It won't be long before we have morality police, similar to Saudi Arabia. If the police force have time for this sort of shite they shouldn't moan about government cuts, they've clearly got more than enough staff and resources.

[jamesmcdonnell]

It won't be long before we have morality police, similar to Saudi Arabia. If the police force have time for this sort of shite they shouldn't moan about government cuts, they've clearly got more than enough staff and resources.

No we won't at all. Absolutely pointlessly preposterous extrapolation. We're in zero danger of that happening at all.

The police respond to crimes as they are presented to them. They aren't going to be sending a squad car down to Tyson's gaff and spend weeks grilling him are they?

[jamesmcdonnell]

Personally I find it difficult to get offended by anything that anyone else says, particularly when it comes from a boxer.

Out of interest, does anyone know exactly where in the Bible it talks about homosexuality/paedophilia/abortion etc? I'm no theologian, so I'd be interested to know where Fury is getting these specific ideas.

The bible old testament mentions sodomy, homosexuality did not exist, so Sodomy was any sexual act considered unnatural. Sodomy could be adultery, two women, or oral or anal sex between anyone. It's a pretty broad term, it literally means 'the sins of Sodom' the city which along with Gomorrah (not to be confused with Begorrah a small hamlet near galway ) were destroyed by god for the iniquity and sins committed there.

Anyone who follows the old testament for moral guidance seriously needs their head examining. It's a pretty brutal affair, it makes a gore porn flick look like an episode of Miss Marple.

[Gnome]

All these media pundits and athletes falling over themselves to condemn Fury for his comments are the same as those who fall over themselves to praise Ali as "The Greatest" and as their hero and inspiration - despite the some of the things he came up with and was involved in (including being a follower of the Nation Of Islam - read up about what THEY believe, it makes Scientology look like Darwin's Origin Of The Species).

[DavidPayne]

It won't be long before we have morality police, similar to Saudi Arabia. If the police force have time for this sort of shite they shouldn't moan about government cuts, they've clearly got more than enough staff and resources.

No we won't at all. Absolutely pointlessly preposterous extrapolation. We're in zero danger of that happening at all.

The police respond to crimes as they are presented to them. They aren't going to be sending a squad car down to Tyson's gaff and spend weeks grilling him are they?

And yet they did with Sir Cliff, and tipped off the press too.

[watsupdoc87]

Fuk of rutherford you ginger little attencion seekin pox. Just a boring little ginge

[jamesmcdonnell]

It won't be long before we have morality police, similar to Saudi Arabia. If the police force have time for this sort of shite they shouldn't moan about government cuts, they've clearly got more than enough staff and resources.

No we won't at all. Absolutely pointlessly preposterous extrapolation. We're in zero danger of that happening at all.

The police respond to crimes as they are presented to them. They aren't going to be sending a squad car down to Tyson's gaff and spend weeks grilling him are they?

And yet they did with Sir Cliff, and tipped off the press too.

Rather more serious crimes, they were there to search his property for evidence. What are they going to do, search Fury's house for signs that he's stuck in the 1970's?

Though their actions were pretty scandalous in tipping off the police, you can't really equate gobbing off about women and homosexuals being the end of the world, and accusations of historic child abuse in terms of the response you would expect.

[jamesmcdonnell]

No we won't at all. Absolutely pointlessly preposterous extrapolation. We're in zero danger of that happening at all.

The police respond to crimes as they are presented to them. They aren't going to be sending a squad car down to Tyson's gaff and spend weeks grilling him are they?

And yet they did with Sir Cliff, and tipped off the press too.

Rather more serious crimes, they were there to search his property for evidence. What are they going to do, search Fury's house for signs that he's stuck in the 1970's?

Though their actions were pretty scandalous in tipping off the police, you can't really equate gobbing off about women and homosexuals being the end of the world, and accusations of historic child abuse in terms of the response you would expect.

The likely outcome will be the police will investigate the statements made by Tyson (i.e read them), consult with the CPS, who will advise there is no case to answer, and bugger all will happen.

[roy]

What's that old saying? "There's no such thing as bad publicity". I think Fury might be cleverer than people give him credit for.

[Boxerbeetle]

Fuk of rutherford you ginger little attencion seekin pox. Just a boring little ginge

Breaking news: watsupdoc87's comment is to be investigated by the police for a hate crime

[jamesmcdonnell]

What's that old saying? "There's no such thing as bad publicity". I think Fury might be cleverer than people give him credit for.

I suspect this is very much the case, he's been gobbing off left right and centre for a long time now. It's certainly hard to ignore him.