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K-word costs Aussie

2009-06-23 22:49
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Brydan Klein (File)

Christo Buchner

Johannesburg –  An Australian tennis player, Brydan Klein, who called South African Raven Klaasen "a fucking kaffir" during a championship in England last week, is paying dearly for it.

Klein, 19, was fined around R110 000 and suspended from Tennis Australia's (TA) Australian Institute of Sport Pro Tour Programme.

Klein could also face further action for his racist comment made to South African's fourth best player. The ATP Tour are investigating the matter and could take further action against Klein.

The TA suspension is expected to hurt Klein the most. The institute consists of an elite group of players whose careers are developed with great care by the Australian government and several sporting bodies.

In several international media reports, Klein apologised for making the racist comment.

"I would like to clarify my position on an incident that occurred during my match against Raven Klaasen in the last round of qualifying for the AEGON International at Eastbourne on June 14," Klein said in a statement.

"During the second set, after losing a point, I audibly used a racial slur. It was not my intention to racially vilify my opponent or cause offence to anybody else and I am deeply embarrassed that I behaved in this manner.

"I deeply regret my serious error in judgment in using this word and I am very sorry for the offence this has caused.

"After the match I called my opponent Raven and apologised for what had happened and also apologised for any offence caused to his support team.

Johann Koorts, chairperson of the South African Tennis Association (SATV), said on Tuesday night that although the incident had been discussed at their meeting, they had not decided on a plan of action.  "We are awaiting the ATP Tour report and will then decide about our follow up actions."

 

Your Comments

fern @ laughs at Jabu!7/10/2009 1:11 PM
Do your research my id1ot friend. Affirmative action even exists in the land of the free (U.S.)
Dubai Coloured7/10/2009 12:15 PM
Yeah sure we deal with racism daily - Indians are probably worse off worldwide. But Klaasen won, and check what the bigot has to deal with... Like every other bigot on this forum will have to deal with it when he is eventually exposed beyond the anonymity of this forum.
Dubai at Large7/9/2009 6:32 PM
To Jabu & J @ Jabu both of you keep quiet you both taking it to personal relax i reckon you both never got attention from your partners this weekend. I want to read facts not your personal world so please do yourself both a favour and don't write anything..... As for ' LAUGHS at Jabu' please please you are talking loads of crap. "Jews carrying on about world war II" have you been in the illegal Israeli and the so called State of Palestine???. Stolen land of 1948 where they all lived in peace as the same we have in SA right now with all religions before 1948 when the so called British Empire signed that treaty giving Israelis the right to own there own land where many people ran havoc all around the entire world some of them right living in SA right now. Why ask yourself because they complained they don't have any land and country after World ll so they killed and as we speak they doing it right now 20:30 Middle East time. So please go get your facts right about before you say that Jews are not complaining. Poor Palestinians many that have never even opened there eyes are bluntly killed they way they do in Israel
Anonymous User7/9/2009 2:38 PM
Well, at least he spoke the truth
laughs at Jabu!7/9/2009 1:54 PM
Well Jabu, the country can certainly do without people like you! do you still hear the Jews carrying on about world war II? they have moved on and created new lives. You on the other hand, are riding the new gravy TRAIN and just enriching yourself. I still know people who bitch and moan about the APARTHEID days, did you know that the British actually started it! I have been to many countries all over the world and they are more Racist over there than in SA. So if can think for a change and just move on! get a life! stop bitching about how hard life was! you probably have a nice AA Job now with no qualifications, so just shut up! grow up! Its really people like you that bring down the country and its people! So best you leave the country as soon as you can! Oh I forgot they dont have Affirmative Action ANYWHERE else IN THE WORLD!!!!
Anonymous User6/25/2009 7:19 AM
Are we sure he used the K-word? You know the first time an Ozzie called me a Saffer I had to ask them to repeat themselves just to make sure! Maybe he just said Saffer?
J @ Jabu6/25/2009 3:03 AM
Jabu - get off your f******high black horse and try and actually understand what is being said here before going off on a tangent! By the sounds of things you wouldn't even remember the apartheid era anyway based on your age - so don't come here and talk about how you are hurting and that us whites should shut up and sit down while you get to mourne the atrocities of the past! Let me fill you in on something, most of the whites in this country did not want apartheid, so stop being so bloody racist and wake the f*** up. it's guys like you that prevent this country from moving forward!!!
Anonymous User6/25/2009 2:04 AM
A really sad state of affairs - I'm pretty sure if Raven was from Oz for example, Ozzies would have rallied behind him, no questions asked, because, HE WOULD BE ONE OF THEIR OWN!!! This argument amongst ourselves is really indicative of how devided we really are. Rainbow nation - my behind!!! If we can't even realize and see the fundamental wrong with what Klein has done...TO ONE OF OUR OWN!!!
Anonymous User6/24/2009 10:52 PM
I can say idiot with the same venom as k*. The word used should not even factor.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 9:36 PM
@ Jabu-Dont you dare, dont you dare, dont you dare......
zach6/24/2009 5:11 PM
craig collins you dont understand south african politics...you are totally off-track,you dont have a clue of whats goin on here,you are irrelevant.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 4:32 PM
@Jabu - How old are you?
Nick6/24/2009 2:57 PM
firstly this is probably the most comments i've ever seen on a tennis article. Secondly, Yes, i do understand that many black people take great exception to being called derogatory names and i highly condemn such action, but as a whitey i find that it just as insulting to be labled a colonialist, a racist, or to be in anyway accused of being oppressive or having benefited from the oppression of my fellow human beings. I am white and 19 years old, and what many people would consider privileged, but let me assure you it in not through anything landing on my plate. My parents stood side by side with people of color in protests, helped in every cause they could. my dad, a white guy, had to study at UWC, a then colored university, because he could not afford one of the white Universities such as UCT. since then we have twice had to sell our house because of financial reasons, yet today my dad is one of the top dogs at Anglo. this despite policies such as Affirmative Action. We have got where we are because of who we are. i have spent almost my entire life in a free and fair South Africa and treat every person of every color and creed with the same attitude. yes people are well within their rights to harbor contempt and anger at the injustices of the past, and i respect their freedom to do so, but they would be doing themselves and the country a favor to understand people before they launch into accusations of white people this and white people that. You want to be angry, be my guest, but be angry at the people that deserve it and accept the people that indeed sympathize with your anger.
Pippo6/24/2009 2:22 PM
Jabu - would you mind coming over to my place to phaga lapa the leaves in my back garden? Got some tasty pap and poloney for lunch when you're done
Mikey6/24/2009 2:21 PM
Jabu, get a life you big zot.
@ephraim - Steph6/24/2009 2:19 PM
If I have to read another uniformed and idiotic comment like yours I just might throw myself off a cliff to save me from the embarressment of being known as a South African. I left SA for work purposes and am not ashamed to say it in Oz, and would gladly return if you sign a contract with me paying me in Rands what I am currently earning in Oz which is around R2000 per day and that is for honest work. So at R2000 a day, put up or shut up. We are all sick of hearing idiotic comments like yours since you just won't see the big picture. We as white South Africans also get called the "K...." word in Oz, they don't have a clue most of the time, until they get thumped for it. Take a chill pill and think before you talk. Using the "K word and any slurr against white people is not acceptable and when everyone starts to respect each other, things can only get better. I hope to return home one day and retire in my homeland.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 1:15 PM
There's definitely no excuse for using the word at all.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 1:13 PM
Dont you guys get it? We narrowly escaped being a Palestine or an Iraq with a rising body count. And why? Because the very wise powers that be said that we should work together and not forever remain in our separate corners. So if one of us has been insulted in a rather terrible way, how can anyone defend it? Our constitution clearly condemns hate speech of any kind. Lets stand together to defend each other. We are all South Africans. That is the only possible way forward in this complicated country of ours.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 12:28 PM
@Jabu - You have a point, but the same applies to your total and complete lack of appreciation of what it means to have been white during apartheid. We will never fully understand what you went through and I don't pretend your life was easier than mine but you still have no idea what it meant to be on the other side. All you seem to think is that we were ALL in on it, ALL plotting the demise of black people, ALL sitting on recliners by our deep blue swimming pools drinking frigging cocktails with little frigging umbrellas in them, ALL thinking of evil, depraved ways to make black people's lives a misery, ALL getting R25000.00 a month deposited into our accounts for doing nothing, ALL getting free Kruger Rands issued from the day we started primary school, ALL taking Sjambok Attack classes at primary school. Just as you are sensitive about racial slurs, we are sensitive about our potential, or god forbid actual, chances of becoming victims of violent black on white crime being exponentially higher than white on white crime and being told to 'get over' that because it is just a numbers thing after all. Whenever evidence to the contrary is provided, it is passed off as pent up rage being justifiably exerted upon the faceless representation of the previous masters of the oppressive regime and is therefore something we must simply accept as the bed we ALL made for ourselves, because after all it's nothing personal you know. You don't know us, just as we don't know you. That is what we BOTH need to get over!!!
Anonymous User6/24/2009 12:25 PM
Awww - it would've been a big deal - racism is racism. Its a personal responsibilty. A person chooses to be racist, and whether heard or not - he still is racist. To call a person "stupid" because the did do something stupid cannot be compared to racism. If the opponent was white - would he have said "f***ing cracker?". SOmehow I doubt it. Im disgusted to see that you're even defending his stance - be it because the opponent was black indian etc. If he was indian and referrd to as a C**lie - it wou;d have made headlines. Its racism, and he deserves to be punished - FULL STOP. Mxm!
Henry6/24/2009 12:09 PM
Jabu, Jabu, Jabu - Get off your soapbox - and perhaps brush up on your history! And also your connotation is that it is alright for blacks to be racists - but not for whites!? As they say in SA "Ag shame man!"
Anonymous User6/24/2009 12:01 PM
Jabu, there are blacks that are far worse racists than whites. Stop crying! I agree with the comments about "getting past yourselves". Racism is found all over the world, including USA, Australia and SA. It is just that in SA EVERYTHING is perceived by blacks as racism. If a taxi driver drives on the side walk and I have something to say about it, I'm a racist (nothing to do that he is endangering lives - no matter what his skin color is - I'm the racist). How laughable is that!! Get off your soup box.....
Craig Collins6/24/2009 11:36 AM
For all my black brothers supporting anc, what do you call it when the ANC wants to make western cape unruleable because they didnt win the elections there and DA is in charge. not racism? get a life.
Jabu6/24/2009 11:33 AM
You know unless you were totally dehumanised, villified, beaten, spat upon, made to produce a dompas and killed just because you had brown skin, you will never know why 'we blacks' make so much noise about racism, racist comments, slurs, jokes and so on. I am tired of people, white people in particular who say let's move on like this country wasn't subjected to 350 years of colonialism, separatism and apartheid. I am all for moving on. I am all for living as a happy family but you know what me and my people still carry anger, we still carry hurt and until we have dealt with it, why don't you sit on your *sses and just deal with it. Don't you dare tell me to deal with it! Don't you dare tell me us blacks want to hold onto the past! Don't you dare! Until you know within your soul..to the very heart of that makes you human how tormented 'we blacks' were then leave us be. You have no idea how close this country came to a civil war and anyone of us could have been killed. Be thankful that we made it out of apartheid. And if i am sensitive about racist slurs, before you judge me ask yourself why. Look at the colour of your skin and ask yourself sincerely how easy it was for you then and how hard it was for us.
jakes6/24/2009 11:33 AM
@ steev - go pop a vein you little pen*s
Lawrence6/24/2009 10:28 AM
Ag shame the racist regimes propaganda machine silencing anyone who criticizes the useless overpaid team we have.
Edward6/24/2009 10:24 AM
Shame, the over sensitive racist blacks, I often get called worse as a whitey and just laugh at it...................grow up now little biys and girls.
whitey6/24/2009 10:02 AM
i dont know whats worng with the aussies..... maybe too much kangaroo meat, but i find them a bit backward sometimes. i hope this aussie guy pays for this, it is insulting and hurtful. why should black south africans have to go through this, it breaks them down when they are trying so hard to build themselves up after centuries of abuse? It is not the same as saying dutchman because the history of the afrikaner is different, afrikaners were largely empowered and were the ones dishing the dirt so the connotation and effect on their psyche is not the same. if you wondering i am white / afrikaans so i can speak from experience.
Henry6/24/2009 9:58 AM
Yep, another storm in a teacup! It really IS surprising (or not?) that it is always the whites that get sanctioned! RACISM means nothing! It has all to do with PC and point scoring. RACISM has, and will always be with us. We are all racists, we are tied to our own race. Here in SA we are also called BOER, WHITEY, etc. Go to other countries, if you cannot then read, Iran - please do NOT try to marry one as an SA citizen. Japan, China, etc, etc! A case in point is our own experience with xenophobia - forget name calling - we just kill other races. Get off your PC horses and face reality. A large contingent of the commentators here now wants this young man's life ruined! Why? He took nothing away from his oponent - quite the contrary, AND he did appologise!
Anonymous User6/24/2009 9:45 AM
Black / brown people in this country should go learn the meaning of racism. They seem to believe that racism is from white people toward themand that the other way around isn't racism.
class of 20066/24/2009 9:40 AM
Was he lying?
HE SHOULD OF SAID F***ing C**t6/24/2009 9:38 AM
Then all would have been fine
Anonymous User6/24/2009 9:10 AM
Brydan Klein you deserve everything you getting mate, hope your tennis career is over, there is no place for racism in this day and age. To all of you who say get over it and stop being so sensitive, you'll obviously dont understand the implications of racism
Anonymous User6/24/2009 9:10 AM
Steev - I deeply resent your comment! We are not racists! We don't hate you blacks more than what you should!
Mikey6/24/2009 9:09 AM
It's funny how much attention this story gets, and how excitable the non-whites get in particular. Pity there's not the same excitement about the story that broke this morning about a young mother, Marne Badenhorst, who was shot like a dog in her home in Kleinmond by two thugs. It must be because she is white. And the perpetrators were black. Dare I say, as usual... It's never racism when blacks kill whites, which happens on a daily basis. But it is when some dude loses his temper and calls a colored bloked a kaffir.But this in itself is a mistake. Coloreds are not kaffirs. They're goffils. Everybody knows that.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 9:09 AM
cracker??white trash???who even says that.... what scares meisthat people are defending this clown....
HUMAN BEING6/24/2009 9:06 AM
What are words? Sounds eminating from our throats to enable us to communicate - mere gutteral sounds. Why get offended by them? Don't you know who you are? Aren't we all but humans? What can your words do to me if I don't allow them power? Nothing! Let people say what they want. They are not bad, just conditioned. Is racism a white thing? No, it is a human thing - fear those that are different. All people are conditioned to be racist/sexist/clasist etc, etc, in some way. If you deny this you are lying to yourself. The underlying problem is the fantom creation of inequality which should be erradicated in all societies, across the board. We are all equal. The outward appearances and cultural differences are simply hiding the fact that we are all one and the same. Please stop this never ending patriotism and all other "isms" and wake up to the fact that there is more to life than what we see. Most of you are acting in a very naive way here and are terribly judgmental. Please stop. with love from Cape Town
Anonymous User6/24/2009 9:06 AM
What he did wasn't right, but seriously I'll rather be called names every day of my life than be hijacked, robbed, killed or my wife raped, because the people ruling the country have so much hate and don't believe I belong there. Racism is so alive in SA and it's worst than ever. SA could be the greatest country in the world if everybody, black and white could just stop with their dumb@ss racism acts.
Simon6/24/2009 9:02 AM
They learn the word when they watch Lethal Weapon 2.
HUMAN BEING6/24/2009 9:00 AM
What are words? Sounds eminating from our throats to enable us to communicate - mere gutteral sounds. Why get offended by them? Don't you know who you are? Aren't we all but humans? What can your words do to me if I don't allow them power? Nothing! Let people say what they want. They are not bad, just conditioned. Is racism a white thing? No, it is a human thing - fear those that are different. All people are conditioned to be racist/sexist/clasist etc, etc, in some way. If you deny this you are lying to yourself. The underlying problem is the fantom creation of inequality which should be erradicated in all societies, across the board. We are all equal. The outward appearances and cultural differences are simply hiding the fact that we are all one and the same. Please stop this never ending patriotism and all other "isms" and wake up to the fact that there is more to life than what we see. Most of you are acting in a very naive way here and are terribly judgmental. Please stop. with love from Cape Town
Catch the Hug6/24/2009 9:00 AM
I will pity the day that in another life that the shoe of colour is on the other foot for all you so-called whites who says we people of colour must grow up, storm in a f@####tea cup and whatever else, you f@#$*** privelidge few. Maybe when you have to sit in the back of the bus or not to use a certain toilet or anything that is reserved for whites, just maybe you can get a small sense of what certain words, gestures means to us. I salute people of caucation skin colour and people of colour who stand up for each other and condemns white people and black people who are perpetuating hatred towards others. I still love you guys and girls. mhwa....
Anonymous User6/24/2009 8:51 AM
What is it that makes people think that we can just get over apartheid and move on as blacks? We are still feeling the impact because it might legally be over but racism is and will probably forever be there because Amawhites think they deserve and know better. For 40yrs nothing was done while basic human rights were being trampled on, 15yrs is not enough.... Stop denying apartheid and your part in it, you all probably still call your helpers and domestics the K word. They probably still eat with the dog cause they have nowhere else to go...
@ nodrogs re - 'reverse' racism6/24/2009 8:48 AM
Let's clear this up once and for all. There is no such thing as 'reverse' racism or 'reverse' discrimination. These terms may sound correct and make sense to those who don't think about what they are saying but actually their use implies an acceptance that 'racism' is by definition, something white people do to other people. Racism is Racism is Racism, no matter who is doing it to whom. Using a term like 'reverse' racism to describe racism committed 'against' white people implies that it is somehow justified and therefore OK and not nearly as bad as racism committed 'by' white people. What this young tennis player did was unacceptable and ignorant, but so is the use of the term 'cracker' and 'honky' which seem to be an acceptable part of certain cultures.
Anton6/24/2009 8:45 AM
What this world has come too........Maybe just for one instance can we all believe that he really regrets what he said....not fot us to judge...let Klaasen say what should happen to him.....now all of a sudden this incident sparks some old wounds to be opened again.....as they say ..Lets move on....there are more urgent stuff in live that needs our energy for a solution...everything in live is about 20% action and 80% reaction....focuse your verbal solutions to the famine that goes on around the world and then maybe we can grow as a nation and not be distracted by "petty" stuff like name calling. Please stay focused on the real threats to our very fragile society.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 8:42 AM
the springbok coach makes racial comments on e tv news . . and no one does anything . . . only whites can be racists in this messed up country !!!
Bobby6/24/2009 8:39 AM
When I was learning to play tennis, court etiquette was one of the fundamentals. learning to keep one's emotions in check was as important as learning to serve,swearing,rude exclamations, and so forth was simply not allowed. Good tennis opponants were acknowledged as such certainly not insulted. It appears some youngsters today need to be taught some court etiquette before they are allowed onto the world stage. An example should be set....off ya go mate!
Anonymous User6/24/2009 8:37 AM
Funny how 3 words can upset a pro sportsman mid-game. In the old days, we just blocked it out. It's wrong, yes, but I'm sick of reading in the news that 'The K Word" has been said 10 000km from here. Ain't there any real news to report?
Simon6/24/2009 8:36 AM
The British find the k-word incredibly amusing too. They don't get it at all. But Australians are way more racist than most South Africans I know.
navarac6/24/2009 8:34 AM
Whether you call someone a retard, a f******* k*****, a sheep-shagging aussie, a dumb Irshman or a miserly Scotsman you are still being discriminatory and you probably have some serious psychological problems. On the other hand, those of the above-mentioned categories who take offence have probably got a serious inferior complex. Now if I can just figure out why I used those stars ...
Anonymous User6/24/2009 8:34 AM
Steev (nice spelling of your name you loser). Get a life! We don't 'stream' to 'Ozz' because we are b**** - we have come to Australia for a life where we won't become a victim of the 50 murders or 500 rapes that take place each day in South Africa! We came to Aus to seek employment without prejudice or reverse apartheid. Forgive me for choosing a life without fear and a country with morals! Steev, you poor soul, the moment you stop being jealous of Australia is the moment when you may stop being so bloody ignorant of the fantastic country it is. Every country has racists - FACT!!!
Anonymous User6/24/2009 8:18 AM
The Aussies are known for being Racist....Ask me, I live in a BLACK skin and been through it.........But the K word was taught to the Aussies by our proud EX Safricans who went on the 'chicken run' to OZ!
Carl6/24/2009 8:18 AM
Maybe he know the real meaning of the word which is non believer or Infidels
Topdog6/24/2009 8:11 AM
Ag Boo-hoo. Who cares? Farm murders are racially motivated. What are all the poor oppressed doing about that? Get a life.
Mullet6/24/2009 8:07 AM
I just find it funny how Austrainians refer to South African's regardless of race a "Kaffir"!
Anonymous User6/24/2009 7:58 AM
Yes, they are extremely racist. I work with a number of Aussies - all "good blokes" huh - but very, very nasty towards non-Europeans.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 7:53 AM
Typical South African behaviour...stop the stupid politics and try to win a game. It has been nearly 20 years post apartheid...move on!!!
Ben6/24/2009 7:52 AM
This kids never learn anything except being negative towards others. It has happened b4 and he is repeating it. Severe punishment is necessary to prevent future repeatition. Men n women r trying their best to unite nations n some loosers r too quick to destroy it overnite...Let it rain on him for once...
Anonymous User6/24/2009 7:50 AM
Oh please, black people are far more racist than white people, and they don't even get a slap on the wrist when they show their racism. F*ck should be fined irrespective of who says it, it should be law that the work F*** be fined heavily, but k***** is irrelevant and meaningless in today's world, so please, don't make me laugh. I somehow doubt that word has any meaning in Australia at all, so please, these people should dig a hole, and bury themselves.
Guy6/24/2009 7:49 AM
If the shoe fits........... And Steev, no buddy, it's because things work there, properly, not the africa way. Oh, and the anc aren't anti-white?
Specialk6/24/2009 7:48 AM
@ steev......he's born and raised in Western Australia....assumptions are the mother of all...
Anonymous User6/24/2009 7:48 AM
Typical South African behaviour...stop the stupid politics and try to win a game. It has been nearly 20 years post apartheid...move on!!!
Da Brudda6/24/2009 7:47 AM
@ Steev - how do you know this guy is an ex-pat. The article clearly said "An Australian tennis player".................seems you also a b****** without you even knowing it...........
Elsabe 6/24/2009 7:43 AM
perhaps a 6 month suspension, insults between other teams are common and are never treated as world shattering. what a load of typical british hypocritical nonsense. anyway, there is more to this than meets the eye, although i am irritated that these ex sa's who flee to oz always think they are better than the rest of us and i have no sympathy for him. i also think that this racict stuff is two way and am tired of everyone pretending it is one way.
laz dicas6/24/2009 7:43 AM
Australia has turned to be a second RSA rewinded 25 years back. Whether audible or not the man's believe is cemented in his consciousness and how many others say the same but are not heard.Shame you man, you deserve to be banned from such respectable sporting codes. Black people are equally competent or even more than some of you.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 7:38 AM
what made him say that in the first place? this just means that this dog still has old colonial mentality and he probably calls blacks that name when he is in his dungeon.
Elsabe 6/24/2009 7:37 AM
perhaps a 6 month suspension, insults between other teams are common and are never treated as world shattering. what a load of typical british hypocritical nonsense. anyway, there is more to this than meets the eye, although i am irritated that these ex sa's who flee to oz always think they are better than the rest of us and i have no sympathy for him. i also think that this racict stuff is two way and am tired of everyone pretending it is one way.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 7:37 AM
That was so mean of him... Please ban him permanently!!!
Dave of ex RSA6/24/2009 7:28 AM
As an Ex South African, now living in Australia, I have realised that Australians are way more rasist than South Africans ever were. They like to come across as the opposite, but are indeed very racist.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 7:26 AM
He deserved the punishment he got...does it make white poeple feel better about themselves when they degrade other races. I assume tha the victim is white becuase i dont know any black player in SA whose good in Tennis....point I'm trying to make is it looks like they call everyone who is South African the "Ke" word, so I wonder if the white poeple imigrating to Ozz are really happy over there????
Anonymous User6/24/2009 7:26 AM
ban him from tennis his a racist. people like him dont need a place in tennis
Ruan6/24/2009 7:22 AM
@ steev...got a dyslectic problem spelling your name? IDIOT! It's not bigotry when SA citizens move to Oz...
Anonymous User6/24/2009 7:22 AM
Why is it that it makes world headlines when someone uses "the K-word" or "the N-word" or anything else that's so-called racist, but when a child gets raped on the excuse that it will cure the rapists' AIDS, it barely gets mentioned in local press? If I have to choose, I would much rather be a racist than a child rapist. Wake up people, rather focus your energy on the important things in life, and not the "flavour of the century", ie racism!
Neville howard6/24/2009 7:17 AM
Steev, you're a retard.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 7:16 AM
Why does it have to be heard by everyone? He admits he said it, Ban him anyway...And on top of it he is a aussie...
Krantz6/24/2009 7:14 AM
Storm in teacup
Realist6/24/2009 7:10 AM
Yes ban him and all the other people that refer to Afrikaaners as boere, whiteys and settlers all of these are racially motivated so yes ban them all the malemas of this world ban them.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 7:00 AM
Eish!!
Anonymous User6/24/2009 6:59 AM
At least in Aus there's no K's to rob and kill us. If he call me whitey or boer, that's what he will be called. Racissm will never die, look at the rest of the world.
ash6/24/2009 6:54 AM
oldsoul are you stooopid,? if somebody is racist to u and no body else can hear it and the racist person apologises and admits to it , is that still sensation seeking ?...eish ...
Spoon6/24/2009 6:54 AM
@steev I think you'll find our expats in Oz are from across the board and to paint the whole country as bigots is just showing your ignorance and skewed mindset. Seek help.
ephraim6/24/2009 6:53 AM
that is a tip of an iceberg. he must be hit hard. there is no excuse for racists in sport. he must be stripped of all qualification standings in sport. we know that some sect of our community are currently exporting SA racism to Aus! shame on TA if they treat this with kid gloves.
Brownsuit6/24/2009 6:51 AM
I am glad he is being punnished, there is no place in sport or anywhere else for this sort of behavior.
Simon6/24/2009 6:48 AM
And no doubt were it a black player who was heard to say, "F******Honkey" The crowd would be doubled up in laughter and play would be suspended until everyone stopped giggling. But as we Crackers know only full well, racism only works one way.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 6:41 AM
Oldsoulfive - typical racist SA reply - moron - He got caught using racist language - like most racists. The Aussie must surely have SA roots or 'runaway' SA aussies...
Marty6/24/2009 6:33 AM
@oldsoulfive: This is like saying beating up somebody is fine as long as nobody sees you. Or humiliating somebody in private is ok.
@Steve6/24/2009 6:33 AM
Many of us have family in NZ or Aus, most are highly educated, who during apartheid we're deeply against the dire system. Seeking a less stressful turbulant lives for there children, not entirely for themselves, left. You seem to have a racial undertone to your character when a deeply offensive slur rolls out of your mind so readily. Crime in this country is the major reason for people looking for a better future, not racism.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 6:31 AM
People need to stop being so sensitive, so what if somebody calls you a name...it doesn't define who you are...
C6/24/2009 6:27 AM
Who cares? It's JUST a word, anyway - and way too much is being made of it. Sadly, people generally haven't got the intelligence or moral strength to rise above endless allegations and counter-allegations of racism - and the end result is STUPID incidents like this.
AJ @ steev6/24/2009 6:26 AM
A rather immature statement steev. There are plenty reason why people go there. The article documents a single case which has been dealt with, using it to define an entire country or emmigration pattern is sort of ho you have spelt your name - stupid.
JS6/24/2009 6:15 AM
Re: Steev You seem to be the "b****"... or maybe just jealous you can't get into Ozz!!! Chop
Ian6/24/2009 6:04 AM
HAHAHAHAHAHAH Excellent............
Anonymous User6/24/2009 5:58 AM
Remember its just a word. Anyone can say any other word like "idiot" and mean exactly the same thing or worst without any consequences.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 5:53 AM
agree....he shouldn't have said "f****....
FreddieInAus6/24/2009 5:48 AM
Aus is one of the most racist countries ive been to...For each nationality (eg. Japan, China, Indian, Pakistan, African ect.) they have about 5 racist words. The media and government just smear it so that other coutries dont know about it.Whenever something racist happens, just just say, oh no, thats not racism, im from SA, i know what racism is...AUS IS RACIST...
Anonymous User6/24/2009 5:40 AM
Steev, you are an idiot, the reason people from sa go to Aus is get away from people like you. Crime is out of control in SA and all people want to do is lead a normal life, no 10ft walls, alarm systems, huge dogs etc, burglar gaurds etc. Everyone takes offence with the so called "K" word, WHY, do you know where it comes from and what it means. In some way or another we all K******, we dont believe in something. Why is it not looked down upon when a white person is called a "wit ou" Come on people get over it
Anonymous User6/24/2009 5:35 AM
CALL ME WHAT YOU LIKE,B........O..........E..........R!!!!!!!!!!! IM SOUTH AFRICAN,IM BLACK,IM PROUD AND AT LEAST IM NOT AN IMMIGRANT IN MY OWN COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous User6/24/2009 5:32 AM
ITS WELL KNOWN,MOST OF THE B***** FROM SA FLED TO AUSTRALIA, GOING THERE TO INCREASE THE EXISTING MILLIONS OF NATIVE AUSTRALIAN B******,THS IS NOT THE FIRST INCIDENT BY AN AUSTRALIAN.IT HAPPENS VERY OFTEN IN RUGBY,CRICKET AND SOCCER,LOOK A T THE WAY THEY TREAT THEIR OWN(THE ABORIGINES)
Steph - @ Steev6/24/2009 5:31 AM
Clearly you have a misguided idea about Expats in Oz. I am one, and have also been sworn at by ozzies and called the "K" word several times in the last 3 years. The Ozzies have got no idea in general what the word entails and will call anyone from Africa the "K" word. It is unfortunate that these things are not explained in Oz schools in order to avoid embarresment in future. If you have spent time in Oz, and seen how there school systems work, you will understand the lack of knowledge in this regard. In general teenagers in Oz have no respect for those older and absolutely no discipline of any kind to guide them. These are the new breed of kids the world face, the "cottonwool kids" and I feel very sorry for the future of countries in the hands of these children. Be very glad that SA still allows parents to instill discipline and respect in the home, the alternative is truly frightning. People need to learn to understand different cultures before they make irresponsible statements that just futher fuels hate. And in SA it is definitley a large factor in the current problems that exit.
alan6/24/2009 5:02 AM
Lekker let him suffer!!!! I cant stand them 'people' from down under
Ed6/24/2009 4:42 AM
When are people going to get over 'racist' comments. It sounds as though every *hole wants to report his comrade. getthef****overit ! .............so what.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 4:18 AM
No Steev, all the biggots remain in South Africa. Your comment is quite outstanding given the extent of the racial divide in South Africa!
max olefile6/24/2009 3:52 AM
Dang!! SA expats bring their racist bags to foreign lands ! what a shame !!
nodrogs6/24/2009 3:32 AM
@ steev, You got it wrong MATE, it's because of reverse "racism" we are where we are. I had no part in apartheid and 100% oppose it still but yet I don't "qualify" for certain jobs based on the colour of my skin despite having tertiary education . Why must I be "punished"? What you are implying is that all racists leave SA, geez things must be really swell then in SA then in respect to racial relationships, when are you sending the guys waving the old flag at rugby games? Oh, let me quess, isolated incident, after 15 years, yeah right.
EdwinM6/24/2009 3:06 AM
Such racists words are always said by most of our fellow S.Afrcans to each other but an action that is taken by the law is of no harm or they just apologise and they are forgiven. So I think even him must be forgiven. I don't think he deserve such punishment.
Anonymous User6/24/2009 2:48 AM
Probably the only way we would have ever known of Raven! lol
Anonymous User6/24/2009 2:38 AM
Get over it. If it were the other way around, for example if he were called "White Trash" or something, I'm sure nobody would've cared.
warren6/24/2009 1:45 AM
Klein? I wouldn't be surprised to hear he is an ex south african himself. Where is he learning this word from if not from ex-pats?
Gatvol6/24/2009 1:36 AM
Just another uncultured boer in Oz!
ex sa not racist6/24/2009 1:35 AM
Steev, it is "b****" and "Oz". Now that that part of your education is over, stop generalising about SA expats, plenty racists remain in SA, indeed everywhere in the world.
Jay6/24/2009 1:34 AM
Blacks call white people "crackers" and they must tolerate that? Whiteys need to grow some b**** and stand up for yourselves or else you're doomed.
Aussiebigot6/24/2009 12:29 AM
Oh grow up Steev. There are b**** everywhere. Once again a racial storm in a teacup. South Africans must stop being so sensitive.Comments about ones background, mother, father, children have been part of competitive sport for ever. Why when a comment is classed as "racial" is there such a reaction. The Poms don't mind, the Sheepshaggers dont mind so are we not being a litlle sensitive!!
Gregg Smith6/24/2009 12:21 AM
and the Aussies call us racists!!! they were poisioning aborigionals not so long ago- its easy to appologise- DONT DO IT IN FUTURE!!
lance6/24/2009 12:10 AM
So, oldsoulfive...according to you - if, when I cross paths with my opponent at the net as we head to our respective seats, I whisper, audible only to him 'you are a f()cking kaffir/dutchman/coolie/soutie/whore...', and s/he reports this, s/he is 'seeking sensation'? Does this extrapolate to reporting being raped when it isn’t a gang rape? Interesting stance...where were you when they appointed Jody Kollapen?
steev6/23/2009 11:43 PM
No wonder Ex-SA biggots stream to Ozz
oldsoulfive6/23/2009 11:19 PM
Unless that remarks are audible for everyone to hear, I call it sensation seeking. If it can be heard by everyone, ban him.
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