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If I may go off topic for a wee bit, there is an incident in world soccer that is going on at the moment and is controversial.

Two soccer players. A guy from Uruguay called Suarez, one of the best soccer players at the moment and scores tons of goals for Liverpool.

And a french man called Evra who is a person of Color and plays for Liverpool's fiercest rivals, Manchester United.

An incident happened during a derby match between both sides in which the word "Negrito" was used by Suarez to Evra.

An official complaint was filed after the match by Evra against Suarez for racism and eventually, after investigations, Suarez was handed a 8 match ban and didn't appeal the punishment despite the fact he claimed consistently it was normal in his country to call a person of color that word and that it was acceptable and alright.

Now, you have a uruguyan and his counterparts stating it is a norm in their country against europeans who were outraged he would even try to justify that it was alright to call another person such a word in this day and age and put it down to stupidity and a lack of common sense.

Public opinion has been against Suarez except if you're from Liverpool and a scouser who seem to think Suarez did no wrong.

So, Liverpool play Manchester United again last night and as the teams line up to shake hands, Suarez purposely walks past Evra and doesn't shake his hand causing yet another flash point as it seemed Evra had put his hand out to shake hands perhaps to get past this incident....and it has become a hot topic all over again.

Does the use of the word constitute a norm culturally that is acceptable to some, but not to others?