Handoyo said:
Hamed, as I said, although it was a racist remark, it was an accident and a bad joke. Please don't tell me you have never met anyone who tried to be funny but he's actually a bad joker! If Aragones is racist, how would Eto'o, one of the protaganist in the anti-racism campaign in Spain, come out and defend him? Sometimes you don't know what you were saying. Sometimes you speak before you think. I believe it was one of those moment for Aragones. While it is true that Aragones should have just apologised and kill off this things, him not apoligising doesn't mean that he's a racist. Perhaps a jerk or an attention-seeker but no way a racist.
You might be wrong there. The very fact that he blurted out what he said is quite the indication that he has once, or still has, harbored that train of thought. Sure, he might not be very racist in an extreme sense, but to think of someone in that manner and actually saying it tells a lot. He could have referred to Henry as a million other things, but he purposely chose the one remark that he felt would bring about maximum meaning in his point he made, with regards to Reyes.
You live in contemporary society that is well aware that there are such things that are taboo. Aragones knew exactly what he shouldn't have said, and he still used it. Even when i am angry, i would never use a derogatory statement because i know exactly what overtones it had - whether a racist or a bigoted one. To do so would either smack of complete stupidity, which in any case, means Aragones is not mentally fit to be in his position, or that he was somewhat racist and purportedly said what he did.
Of course, it could simply be that Aragones was not thinking right when he said what he did. It could very well be that he isn't a racist at all. However, the situation is clearly leaning toward the latter reason to me. You can't be sure either, can you?
Oh and, if you think he was trying to make a joke, then i can simply tell you that the man has no sense of tact, situational understanding and social graces. Simply put, the man doesn't deserve to be where he is if he cannot comprehend that some jokes cannot be said in public at all.
CIao,
Tim
