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Great stuff...keep them coming, much appreciated

Thank you, much appreciated. It's a complex issue and I've had an unbelievable response so far. Hoping I get a lot of responses from Wolves fans so that the data is viable.

Dear Pack, I’ve been a Wolves fan for over 50 years and many of you will have completed a questionnaire for me on homophobia three years ago. I wrote a paper on the findings which is due for publication next year. I’m now looking to expand and update my data. I’m a Senior Teaching Fellow at...

I'm fully aware of their guidance, that's the entire point - what do we consider trivial, irrational, banter, etc)? What further clarity can we add to the guidance? I favour education over a criminal record.

I'm aware that there isn't a one-size fits all monoculture, there are multiple dynamics at play - the research is all about how to categorize different levels of language that is potentially homophobic - the entire spectrum of homophobic language surely can't be prosecuted?

Banter is used and misused widely, in academic terms its used to understand social coercion and cohesion. One of my concerns is that hate crime is legally described in fairly nebulous form. Andy - I'm not trying to be a language guru, or a football one - I simply want to provide insight...

It's is 'hate crime' that is legally defined, even though it remains subjective especially if used without an intensifying word (such as f**k). My research identifies whether language that has been the cause of an arrest is considered as banter by a sample population or whether it should be...

I think it does impact some people. I'm middle aged and it did resonate with me and act as a deterrent- I did learn something but there were several repeat offenders there. As football fans we all have to be aware that some terrace language that has been embedded over decades is now regarded as...

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Perhaps that is the case but what I'm trying to get to is at what point does it become criminal? If you do 35 in a 30 you get education not a criminal record....

The police and CP have to decide what language constitutes criminal behaviour....some language, in my opinion, should be dealt with through education rather than prosecution

Thanks Jonzy. I'm trying to matrix what is generally regarded as banter and what has (pernicious) intent and therefore what constitutes hate...

I'm a Wolves fan doing research on homophobic language vs banter at football games. Anybody know what was allegedly said by the Wolves fan arrested at Forest?