tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216137769257949377.post2105729126402992430..comments2024-03-21T09:05:13.328+00:00Comments on Neal and Pray: Pick your bloodbath: London 2012 or South Africa 2010... read the stats, make up your mind. Feel free to commentAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17261430301579380843noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216137769257949377.post-11261658957166920982010-05-24T07:17:59.099+01:002010-05-24T07:17:59.099+01:00You are much too sensitive Neal. Your original rep...You are much too sensitive Neal. Your original report created the distinct impression that you were the only white guy at the match. That was not true. Now you slip in the proviso "that I could see". Why didn't you say that originally ? <br />You even insinuate that because nobody disputed the facts in your article, then it must be true. It's also possible that nobody read the Iwastherenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216137769257949377.post-90423407078060598842010-05-23T13:50:26.253+01:002010-05-23T13:50:26.253+01:00...and I walked around the whole ground, I'm n......and I walked around the whole ground, I'm not "creating a misleading impression" I'm telling the truth... I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it, just making the point white guys don't often go to Amazulu games and when they do, they are generally well received... what's the problem? As for "a trait I picked up in the UK", that's just a Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261430301579380843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216137769257949377.post-21648767668203104192010-05-23T09:10:49.571+01:002010-05-23T09:10:49.571+01:00Ah o.k. Neal, not another white fan "that I c...Ah o.k. Neal, not another white fan "that I could see." That's a bit different to categorically saying you were the only white fan watching the match. There were most definitely other white fans watching in the stadium. I'm sure you don't make things up but,like an awful lot of journalists, you can create a misleading impression. Must be a trait you picked up in the U.K.Iwasthere.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216137769257949377.post-68769835143042911582010-05-21T16:31:57.931+01:002010-05-21T16:31:57.931+01:00Erm... yes Mr Iwasthere. Two first aid blokes and ...Erm... yes Mr Iwasthere. Two first aid blokes and a couple of television technicians but not another white fan that I could see... unlike other reports you might read about South Africa, I don't make these things up!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261430301579380843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216137769257949377.post-46304147727727338852010-05-21T14:18:43.258+01:002010-05-21T14:18:43.258+01:00Have to agree with Anonymous. But come on Neal, do...Have to agree with Anonymous. But come on Neal, do you HONESTLY believe you were the only white guy in the stadium ?Iwasthere.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216137769257949377.post-60090722851497152972010-05-21T13:17:37.817+01:002010-05-21T13:17:37.817+01:00Take your point, sorry if that offended both of yo...Take your point, sorry if that offended both of you. Same piece appeared in Natal Mercury in Durban today, be interesting to see it anybody makes a similar point.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261430301579380843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216137769257949377.post-79643852015057535622010-05-21T11:35:50.630+01:002010-05-21T11:35:50.630+01:00You are pressing this "being a champion for b...You are pressing this "being a champion for black people" too much. It reads as patronising and as if they should be honoured with your presence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216137769257949377.post-67131866969047848722010-05-20T08:26:20.285+01:002010-05-20T08:26:20.285+01:00"I was the only white guy watching Amazulu pl..."I was the only white guy watching Amazulu play Sundowns in the big semi-final at the ABSA Stadium last Saturday." .... Come on now Neal, you are going to lose credibility with nonsense like this.Iwastherenoreply@blogger.com