KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum clattenburg reputed to have said this............

Why do you need to call them anything in the first place? Why do you need to use someone's origin in an insult?

Under what what circumstance can you think of is it acceptable for a ref to call someone a "spanish tw@t"? IF he has that is, I'll save judgement until there has been proof.

I certainly find that in my life I've never found a reason that I'd had to say something similar, no matter how aggrieved I am with them or how much they've wronged me/ how heated the discussion is.

I don't think he should have called him any names - he's not at school! But that said, I don't think any grown man should be telling tales on name callers either.

It's either call for an enquiry and get an offender punished within the laws of whatever regulatory body, or deck them (as I would if I were in their shoes) and lose their career.

It is pathetic. Besides, I seriously doubt it's true. Chelsea did this with another ref and it was thrown out. I don't believe it.

Its sour grapes.

Bit rich to be complaining about name calling when your captain is sitting in the stand serving a suspension for racially abusing an opponent

Zombie I agree but if you are aiming to eliminate all insults from the world then the best of luck to you. Until you suceed in your quest the world should grow up.

I agree with CarheeX. I don't understand why anyone would be that upset. He doesn't need to bring his nationality into it, but what's the offensive word - Spanish or T**t?

Spainish isn't a race, so it's not really racist. Unless it's negative to call someone Spanish. Paki is very different due to the historic use of the word in this country. It's all about context surely.

Plus I doubt he said it and Chelsea should be docked points if found non-guilty. Obviously very bitter (fari enough...).

People said this would happen after the Suarez debacle.

I was told once that 'p@ki' has only recently been adopted as an offnsive term, due to the context in which it gets used more than the word itself.

"....stan" means Land. Therefore the word 'p@ki' is no different to calling a scottish person a "scot". Apparently.

I know what you mean and it's all getting out of control. It seems just as racism is dying out, the anti-race industry tries to drag it back into the limelight.

Paki is more offensive though, it's more of a slang term and an obvious insult than 'Scot'. Context again. I really don't care about any of it.

It is context, in and when these words are used they're almost always used in a derogatory sense.

I'm willing trying to rid the world of insults, I'm not some soft [oops]. I'm not on a vendetta for political correctness.

I just don't have time for racism. It's pathetic, and the mindset of this country needs to change.

Also no time for the obligatory, I'm not racist but....

...which is always followed by something racist.