It's nonsense on stilts

The question is not whether the original tweet was right/wrong, it's what on earth has it got to do with the FA, 9 years later, when at the time he was a child?

Is the FA setting itself up as some sort of supreme moral tribunal in respect of the whole conduct of a player's life, from childhood?

Why confine itself to tweets? What if there is certain proof of having said lots of racist things publicly? Or held racist attitudes?

And then why confine itself to racism? Maybe a player was a dreadful bully at school? Or consistently treated his girlfriends badly?

Why only the FA? Maybe all employers should conduct a moral audit of their employees' lives?

In China, each person has a 'social credit rating' which depends on how good they've been etc, in all aspects of their lives. Each person's rating affects his ability to gain access to services/work etc. Sounds brillo doesn't it?

Posted By: paulg on September 4th 2021 at 12:38:50

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Now I am fully supportive of eradicating bigotry from football (and life in general) but (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Sep 4, 09:55:30
- What frustrates me is when (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 4, 15:46:29
  - Bran flakes mate. Highly recommended. (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Sep 4, 23:13:18
- Well as a profeshnial footballer your conduct is open to scrutiny (Other Football) - Old Man, Sep 4, 14:25:19
- Why hasn't he removed the offensive post as an adult??? (Other Football) - seminated_woolly, Sep 4, 13:27:46
- Fucking insanity. (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 4, 10:45:10
- I don’t know (Other Football) - APB, Sep 4, 10:38:21
  - Yes address it there and then absolutely. It’s not acceptable. But when you’re 23 without (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Sep 4, 18:19:30
  - 13 year old says some dumb shit (Other Football) - phrankin, Sep 4, 13:09:14
    - He has an offensive post on his social media account (Other Football) - seminated_woolly, Sep 4, 13:28:41
    - Yes it's ridiculous (Other Football) - paulg, Sep 4, 13:21:24
  - It's nonsense on stilts (Other Football) - paulg, Sep 4, 12:38:50
    - It is all a bit Black Mirror (Other Football) - APB, Sep 4, 12:59:33
      - Whether or not he should 'take responsibility' in some sense (Other Football) - paulg, Sep 4, 13:19:10
        
        Your last sentence (Other Football) - APB, Sep 4, 13:47:27
        
        True enough! (Other Football) - paulg, Sep 4, 13:58:39
        
        Probably it’s more about bringing his club into disrepute (Other Football) - APB, Sep 4, 15:01:33
  - It's unacceptable yes,but if he'd committed a crime he'd tried as a child,because he w (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 4, 10:49:29
    - That is the other side of the argument, which I have some sympathy with. (Other Football) - APB, Sep 4, 10:54:56
- It has occurred to me in recent times (Other Football) - paulg, Sep 4, 10:13:35

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