One thing is being overlooked here....the word 'gay' is now commonly used to mean something that is rubbish. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with sexuality. And even if it did, there is no malice in the comment.
Definitions of words change over the years. Of course, "gay" used to be used primarily to mean "happy". Since then it, it's meaning has changed. And now it is changing again. I'm stunned that he is being fined, and so heavily. Pathetic course of action by the FA.
Took the words out of my.... fingers. I was about to post this exact point almost word for word.
In fact, I was watching a film last night from the late 40s/early 50s where the words 'gay' and 'queer' were used innocently and literally as they were meant back then.
Who decides what a word means? I'd use the word 'gay' as an adjective to describe something or someone, but never to describe a homosexual. Why would you call someone 'gay' who's
actually gay? That's like saying, "wow... your hair is so.. medium length". For me, the meaning of calling something gay has changed.
One of my mates recently sent his girlfriend a soppy text message while he was in my company, but he accidentally sent it to me instead. I said "you are so f*cking gay". He's clearly not a homosexual though.
People need to get a grip, methinks.
