posted Jan 3, 2007

JobyJak - i dont want a conversation on the history of british politics but i'll humour you none the less. Yes the british empire did cause unnecessary deaths in the past but so has almost every other form of goverment be it imperialist/communist or theocratic. and to suggest deaths were in the millions is rather exagerated.

But could you not also say the empire helped in the abolition of slavery, promoted education, helped develop trade and allowed migration? Its all about perspective.

would you have it that anything in the UK that could have some minute semblance to past actions should be abolished?

The point of the article is to question the right of a boxer to keep his honourary award, taking into account his behaviour since he was given it.
In this case i think he should have been stripped. I would also add that 'Lord' Archers award should have been taken from him the moment he was found guilty of perjury. However this didnt happen because as i pointed out politics seems to have one set of rules for those in political cirlces, and one for everyone else.

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posted Jan 3, 2007

No idea what this has to do with boxing, but fact is, Naz is a stupid idiot who recklessly endangered peoples lives. Just because we live in a overly PC society we get all the do gooders with nothing else to complain about and probably on full goverment benefits and resenting the hell out of the UK as well jumping on this minor news story. Its really crazy that in this day and age anyone really cares about some daft boxer who doesnt care about anyone but himself and thinks hes above the law, who almost killed two people! what next, a knight hood to smooth things over for the PC posey!

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posted Jan 3, 2007

Well said Proboxer, that just about sums this up I agree totally

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posted Jan 3, 2007

Poor Naz, he never recovered from that beating he got in America. Evidently he is still incomprehensibly arrogant.

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posted Jan 4, 2007

It was a right decision to strip him, name him and shame him. Society can only operate if people are punished for their crimes.

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posted Jan 4, 2007

How come he's not been ordered to pay restitution and compensation?
I mean, the fact that he only did 4 months is an insult to both the guy he almost killed and the entire judicial system, and people are bemoaning how hard-done-by Hamed is.
What a travesty!

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posted Jan 5, 2007

I agree with the comments about Lord Archer and again this is one rule for one and another rule for another but I can't help feeling that Naz only has himself to blame. He should realise that in this country you are on a pedistal tobe knocked off.He should have comeback straight away and proved himself but he sat on his laurals to long.It's alright claiming you are the greatest but eventually you have to prove it.When you don't it gets easier to get knocked off the pedistal.

How about that Josa and Canatona!

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posted Jan 6, 2007

As a fight fan, Naz represents my biggest personal disappointment on a number of levels. I travelled to Vegas to catch his beating against Barrera and still can't watch the fight on video - it still makes me sad. He had the beating of that guy - if he'd been less arrogant about knocking him out. But even though Naz made that awful decision to overtake in his car and thus ruin some poor guy's life (in another show of schoolboy arrogance) I have always felt that his popularity would have crumbled anyway given the political climate soon after his Barrera loss. In the wake of 9/11, I think promoters would have struggled to sell his extremely pro-Islam personality in America. I wish Naz's career had reachd the heights it promised, but somehow I get the feeling he came along at the wrong time anyway and would always have fizzled out, even if he'd kept winning - given the way he broadcast his beliefs and the climate after 9/11...

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posted Jan 8, 2007

HitmanEndymion - couple of very interesting points i must say....

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posted Jan 19, 2007

you dont see wasps like jeff archer losing their awards now do we?take it off him if you must, but take it off other people who've also lost their halo's since getting their gongs.

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