KSM I appreciate the work that you do for our football and thanks for a well-thought out thread. I sorry that it get derailed and will tell you not to take it too hard becaus eit happens. Oli re-posted the thread and I made my contribution there.
I just wanted to respond to your latest post because I feel that you might be drawing to much from what you read in this thread.
When I saw the number of views and replies, I really thought I'd hit a nerve and would find a constructive debate on the pros and cons of Jack Warner.
But instead I see that, as usual (it appears to me) the Warner distraction trick has been implemented.
I don't know what the trick is unless Jack Warner joined the UNC specifically to distract detractors with political debates.
I can't profess to understand how a truly multi racial nation can carry forward such disgusting racial prejudice as I have seen on this post.
You all should be ashamed of yourselves, both the posters and those who haven't shut them up.
It is very easy to understand as the citizens of all nations have associations to different subsets of the society. Whether along ethnic, political or monetary lines. What you have seen here is also not an indication of anything other than SOME of the people having a dispute about race.
The only shameful thing is that it degenerate to namecalling, although you will notice no racial slurs. It is more about people trying to take personal digs at each other, most of it based on pre-formed opinions.
You can't make generalisations about TnT society based on that any more than you could say that the handful of lager louts and hooligans (that still exist) is a reflection of the wider society. You especially can't generalize when the majority of threads on this board are examples of Trinbagonians of all different races getting along very well.
And yes, I now expect you now to tell this white Englishman to fack off.
I always thought that we were bad enough. I lived through the National Front marches and the skinhead fights at Specials gigs and saw bananas thrown at John Barnes. But you know what? That was mainly caused by politicians using race as a reason to recruit ignorant unemployed thugs.
But, pretty much, we're done with those days. And please, lets not go back to the white slavemaster jibes. Yes it was unforgivable, yes, we should not forget, but you know what? I wasn't there 200 years ago, so I'm not taking the blame.
I have had several black girlfriends (some of them redskins) and proudly walked down my predominantly white streets with them.
I don't know where this is coming from.
If anybody on this site ever referred to your race as a means to refute one of your posts then I am sorry but that is not the general style on this board. If it did happen it is definitely a minority as most people would address what you say and not saddle you with the crimes of slavery, or mention your race to make a point. TBH I had no idea that you were white, and no interest either.
But you guys, of African and Asian descent have built your country together. Side by side. How the hell can you lot be racist towards each other. Isn't Warner in the Asian party? Isn't Hunt in the PNM?
I'm disapointed in this post, but I can see why Warner gets away with so much. You guys are too busy with your grudges and the chips on your shoulders and your petty hatreds.
Again, drawing too many conclusions from one thread. Last time I checked the criticism of Warner has always been by football fans of both parties, both races so petty hatreds cannot be the cause of Warner's success. Especially when you consider that he gets away with so much in Concacaf and FIFA as well. You could hardly blame that on racial divisiveness and if there were no racial issues in TnT tomorrrow it would not have an effect on Warner's success.
So stop fighting each other and unite for the love of your national team.
I agree that Trinbagonians need to unite because we have a lot of problems to solve. I'll be honest though the national football team is the least of them. I assume that your main link to TnT is through football but for people in TnT there really are much bigger problems than football and rightly so.