David Henen

[Lee Smith]

I'd imagine every race finds it harder to tell people from other races apart, compared to telling their own race apart.

I defy anyone to tell me they don't think there seems to be a less broad range of facial features in Korean/Chinese/Japanese folk compared to European folk.

 

[The Cowboy]

He he, how times have changed, that was such a common rhyme on the playground when I was a kid and no-one batted an eyelid (pun intended).

 

[bizzaro]

Oh got course we did. Sorry that was a bit thick. Is that not historically a bit unusual? I guess it just shows how much bobby trusts the young ones. I also suppose that if you take a young player from another club they will hold out for a longer deal. McAleny only got 3 years I think.

For those wanting to know why we can only offer a player in the youth team a 3 year maximum contract

Whilst players we sign from other clubs with training compensation can be up to 5 years duration.

Its to do with the different systems in place and rules on academies.

Such as training compensation to other academies.

 

[allen]

I defy anyone to tell me they don't think there seems to be a less broad range of facial features in Korean/Chinese/Japanese folk compared to European folk.

That's completely untrue - it's just your perception.

Have a read: http://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2011/aug/15/people-other-races-look-alike

 

[orchard]

Everyone in my village in Wales looks the same like. Nea.

Has the lid signed yet please?

 

[Jxg]

That's completely untrue - it's just your perception.

Have a read: http://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2011/aug/15/people-other-races-look-alike

No, it is true.

You can have a white man with (naturally) blonde, brown, black or red hair. He can have extremely different facial features.

A Chinese man will always (unless he's old) have black hair and, because of the uniformity of China, it is usually in a similar style. Similarly, because they all have black hair, they share the same phenotypes for other characteristics, such as skin tones. White men have wide variations in this area too (i.e. red hair and freckles, or brown hair and no freckles).

 

[The Hairy Splinter]

Agent will know he'll be in line for highest earner soon. 4 years means we'll have to renegotiate sooner.

That makes perfect sense.

 

[allen]

No, it is true.

You can have a white man with (naturally) blonde, brown, black or red hair. He can have extremely different facial features.

A Chinese man will always (unless he's old) have black hair and, because of the uniformity of China, it is usually in a similar style. Similarly, because they all have black hair, they share the same phenotypes for other characteristics, such as skin tones. White men have wide variations in this area too (i.e. red hair and freckles, or brown hair and no freckles).

It's strange how scientific study disagrees with your simplistic point of view. Go read up on it.

 

[Thuck ma Baws]

No, it is true.

You can have a white man with (naturally) blonde, brown, black or red hair. He can have extremely different facial features.

A Chinese man will always (unless he's old) have black hair and, because of the uniformity of China, it is usually in a similar style. Similarly, because they all have black hair, they share the same phenotypes for other characteristics, such as skin tones. White men have wide variations in this area too (i.e. red hair and freckles, or brown hair and no freckles).

Without wanting to get into a big debate about this, you're mistaking race with country of origin. You're saying white people can have different coloured hair for example, which is completely true, but you'd put Italian men and Scandinavian men in that "white" category. But you're comparing them with just Chinese people. Compare the features of someone from China with those of someone from Thailand. They don't all look the same, far from it.

 

[allen]

Without wanting to get into a big debate about this, you're mistaking race with country of origin. You're saying white people can have different coloured hair for example, which is completely true, but you'd put Italian men and Scandinavian men in that "white" category. But you're comparing them with just Chinese people. Compare the features of someone from China with those of someone from Thailand. They don't all look the same, far from it.

Right. Different races look at different facial characteristics to distinguish each other.

White people, especially those living in predominantly white societies, are hardwired to be better at distinguishing between different white people than different East Asian people.

People disagreeing with that are taking their own experiences and skills and extrapolating them to the entire human race. That's unscientific and incorrect.

 

[nosejam]

That's completely untrue - it's just your perception.

Have a read: http://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2011/aug/15/people-other-races-look-alike

To be fair to The Cowboy that's exactly what he was saying!

Anyway, back on topic. Are we dragging out the announcements of some of these signings purely to get media awareness spread out rather than all of it on one day? Surely better to sign a player a day and have an article for each of them (I admit we won't get much press with such an unknown who won't be going into our match-day squad) than one article mentioning all our signings.

 

[allen]

To be fair to The Cowboy that's exactly what he was saying!

Well if that's true, then he badly worded this:

I defy anyone to tell me they don't think there seems to be a less broad range of facial features in Korean/Chinese/Japanese folk compared to European folk.

Because 'anyone' includes the people of those races - and they wouldn't agree.

 

[The Cowboy]

Well if that's true, then he badly worded this:



Because 'anyone' includes the people of those races - and they wouldn't agree.

'seems' and 'think' are the operative words. It's a combination of exposure and perception. It's very different to say 'they all look alike' and 'there is less range of features'.

Anyway, it was a throwaway comment, not trying to bait anyone on a Sunday morning!

 

[nosejam]

Well if that's true, then he badly worded this:

Because 'anyone' includes the people of those races - and they wouldn't agree.

You keep missing out his first sentence: I'd imagine every race finds it harder to tell people from other races apart, compared to telling their own race apart.

So he was probably assuming that he was talking to people of European descent?

Just seen he's replied, ignore me.

 

[neil999]

Btw theres no race thing as human 'races' the differences are too small, carry on