I don't know why it's so hard for you to grasp that in a different country the word might not be perceived as bad as it is here.
The guy still shouldn't have said it, i have no real problem with him being dqed for it either. With that said there is no reason a piece of garbage like Hawkins should still be allowed to play wsop events.

I've never heard Hawkins making racial slurs (i've heard him use pretty much use every other insult though.) However some in here are saying he has used them. If he did in this case and someone used one back, who isn't even from this country I could easily see how they didn't realize how bad it was.

I'm also kind of shocked by the "It's just one word... Ghez, give the guy a warning" responses.

Whether you care or not it's the A-bomb of words. And again, whether you agree or not, in today's climate the WSOP looks pretty bad if you can just call someone the N-Word and not suffer sever consequences.

What Horus doesn't understand is that in Europe there is no such strong taboo over racism, because there is a lot less racism in Europe then in the USA, its almost non-existant. Therefore, saying the n word in Europe you will get away with it a lot more then in the USA where the blacks are legit targeted by racist groups, white cops etc, we don't have that here, and therefore it is not a such a big taboo, although its extremely rare for someone to say the n word and show any signs of racism, it is not a subject so much in Europe at all as in the USA, where deep racism ecists. Having said that, Italians are probably more inclined to say the n word then maybe Swedish or French, even though the article Horus posted is more about the immigration, southerners are more emotional and less poltically correct i suppose. The point is, we take it much more lightly then americans do, and blacks in Europe would probably take something like this more lightly then blacks in the USA , it would be unlikely to happen in the first place, like very unlikely, blcaks in Europe feel very little racism in their lifes if any, while in the US what i was told by many americans is that racisms is pretty much everywhere..

ive used the N word lots of times, see nothing wrong with it. but i did get thrown out of a poker room before for using it, and also once in the blackjack pits. one of those rooms, i managed to get reinstated 12 yrs later by writing a letter.

This post made me laugh out loud, can say why exactly, maybe because it was so
unlike other posts ITT.

So did you direct it at a player, at staff or just start talking crazy?

i just got mad one time on the east coast years ago when losing heavily at BJ, and once in a now closed casino in north las vegas. i say a lot of funny stuff when im mad, most of which i dont mean literally.

i do think people take words way too seriously nowdays and i hope voting for Trump will end this big liberal PC takeover in all the businesses across the country. its destroying this country and our freedoms and i bet u both Jesus himself and our president use the word too alone in private.

Sick brag

[QUOTE=bombonca;54021760]What Horus doesn't understand is that in Europe there is no such strong taboo over racism, because there is a lot less racism in Europe then in the USA, its almost non-existant. [QUOTE] hahahahahahahaha are you ****ing kidding me? You make monkey chants and throw bananas at black footballers ffs. Yeah, no racism in Europe. You welcome Muslim immigrants with an open heart.

honest question: Does insulting someone amount to a criminal offence in the USA? Is it different with racial slurs?

my initial reaction was thinking that this post was a troll- then i realized tbc wrote it and it makes perfect sense.

Do you know how many people have called me a wigger.

That W word. When they use the W word boy do I get mad.

If he says what’s up ***** with an a end not the er does he still get dqd?

plot twist: the guy who said it was also black

This is extremely disappointing. A clear opportunity has been missed to never have Maurice play another WSOP event again. That is a bad beat for all. However no one should racially abuse him, but I wouldn't care if he got some comeuppance away from the tables.

The penalty is having to continue playing with arsholes like Hawkins, and the WSOP does nothing about it EVER. Never has there been a bigger POS, and someone so deserving of such vileness. One day someone will knock his teeth out, and the blood will be on the WSOP's hand for not addressing this creep for his behavior.

Oh, and I've personally heard his racist rant on Asian's and their perceived lack of penis size. Maurice really thinks this a funny needle, especially in front of females.

Someone check the records. Has a person of color ever been DQ'd for using the word 'cracker' towards a Caucasian?

Whether you like it hate Maurice that's irrelevant, the guy 100% deserves to be disqualified.
Hope Maurice sees all the hate he's getting though and tones down being a huge dick.

This guy Hawkins makes Phil Helmuth look like Pope Francis. When nobody has a good thing to say about the guy, maybe just maybe that should raise some red flags to Effel about him as well.

This is certainly a take.

Maybe people get away with it because there are no black people around and everyone else tends to be kinda racist? The only reason you hear about black people's misfortune in the US is because a considerable amount of people recognize it as a problem, we don't even acknowledge that. Pretty much the only benefit we have is that it's not normal for police to use their guns.

Like currently the #1 threat to the existence of the EU is that a ****ton of people aren't willing to let a fraction of a percentage of the current population migrate in because they're brown.

And to everyone else: It doesn't matter how annoying of a person Maurice is. Nothing warrants this, the fact that you're throwing insane hypothetical scenarios out is kind of a tell.

In your world no one can ever be called out for racism unless they explicitly state: "I am a hateful racist!". The fact that you're trying to excuse him is not a good look. Like when I go to the US and am a foreigner, I will go out of my way not to offend any local people, dropping racial slurs is about the last thing I'd do regardless of how normal it is in my home country.

[QUOTE=gregorio]What Horus doesn't understand is that in Europe there is no such strong taboo over racism, because there is a lot less racism in Europe then in the USA, its almost non-existant.
Most countries actually do if immigration is shared equally among countries.

In any case, the gist of the post is the concept that some words are completely off bounds is indeed foreign in many european countries. This doesnt mean there is no racism but thinking some words are completely offlimits only gives those words more power. America is in regression about this along with the same thing that certain dresses belong to a certain culture, certain hairstyles, etc. If you cannot see this then i am sorry

I am kind of shocked that people would "give kudos" to someone not body slamming someone who didn't harm him. Like it would be justified to just hammer the **** out of someone for saying a or any word.

Little surprise that someone as unlikeable as Maurice is supposedly religious.

Probably thinks that excuses him for being a POS.

By living in them? What might be beyond the pale in the US could be seen as "banter" in Britain, for instance, albeit the kind of banter that would not be acceptable in polite society.
I think we're fairly welcoming to people with different backgrounds, although there's always room for improvement. The democratically elected Mayor of London is Muslim, and the black players in the England, France and Belgium football squads are pretty much national heroes right now.

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**** maurice

He's worse than dumb progressives. Talks all the **** in the world and then cries like a ***** when someone calls him a silly name. Ironically I've definitely heard him use that word before.