Anyone got any in Sheffield, every where is sold out. Any clue who has still got some left

I've not heard anything about these? How will buying one help?

K x

I bet you dont see anyone who isnt white wearing them.

Originally posted by gezmac
I bet you dont see anyone who isnt white wearing them.

Like Thierry Henry for example?

You are 12 aren't you. Go on, own up.

Are you following me sucker? weirdo

I don't quite get the idea here - am I the only one?

Why not make a set of multi-coloured wrist bands with Anti-Racism, anti-sexism, anti-ageism, antitgotabitboring on them.

Whilst you're knitting them together, throw in a freebie: Politically Correct Chav Bore. Ask Blue Peter to promote them, or give a set free with every Big Mac.

bet you dont see anyone who isnt white wearing them.

i have to agree with you though, i have been called alot of racist comments because am white

Try Ebay they are selling them for a fortune & aren't they supposed to cost a £1,same with the anti bullying as well,some greedy sod trying to make more money out of a anti wrist bands.

Originally posted by gezmac
Are you following me sucker? weirdo

Why on earth would I wan't to follow a 12 year old. How strange!

From what I know, the only cities advertised as selling them are London, Southampton and Birmingham.

So whats the point of them, and when will the anti race card abuse wrist band be out.

It's been launched by Nike in response to the recent racist chants at football matches, especially in Spain. Hence why a load of footballers are endorsing it.

JJB will be stocking them.

talk about making yourself a target :hihi:

My Grandson has one, he has also got a Tsunami one, and a pink breast cancer one,the race one is black and white intertwined, a lot of people are making money from these bands ,they are buying them over the internet at something like a £1, and then selling them for £3 a time and not sending the money to the charities concerned. there are many of these bands on the go for various charities.
these bands seem to be some sort of fashion statement,and the idea is to co llect as many as you can,this would be great for the charities if the were receiving the money.

how much and when?

Originally posted by roughy101
My Grandson has one, he has also got a Tsunami one, and a pink breast cancer one,the race one is black and white intertwined, a lot of people are making money from these bands ,they are buying them over the internet at something like a £1, and then selling them for £3 a time and not sending the money to the charities concerned. there are many of these bands on the go for various charities.
these bands seem to be some sort of fashion statement,and the idea is to co llect as many as you can,this would be great for the charities if the were receiving the money.

I know, there was a thread about this recently with the Livestrong bands. People were selling them on eBay for stupid cash. Really is a bit wrong. Having said that, I think the people buying them at that price are equally to blame. The sellers wouldn't sell them unless people were willing to pay.

ebay shouldn't let them list the bands- OR if they do- take a larger cut of the money and send that to charity!!

how much are they normally tho?

The livestrong one's should be £1 - i have seen them going for a tenner on ebay!!

It's a shame it doesn't become a fashion craze when you see footballer wearing a poppy.

The people selling these band on Ebay should be ashamed of themselves, that are laughing in the faces of the people these bands are supposed to be helping.

Don't see the problem in somebody making any money out of selling them on ebay.

Someone has paid for the wristband at some point and that money will go to the charity.

if they didnt want people to sell them on ebay they would have made them available natiowide and never sell out of them. I called jjb in meadowhall and they said they sold out and wont be having any more in, so if someone wants one ebays there only hope and if the seller starts the auction at a penny and it goes for £10 thats not there fault

It just seems wrong to me, paying £1 for a charity item, then flogging it for £10 on Ebay and keeping all the money, I would feel guilty.

Apperently they should be stocked in sports shops across the country from tommorrow.

Originally posted by nick2
It just seems wrong to me, paying £1 for a charity item, then flogging it for £10 on Ebay and keeping all the money, I would feel guilty.

I agree. Anyone buying one from eBay is turning their focus away from the charity, and focusing on the fashion element! :rant:

K x

am sure people want to buy them in shops for a quid but if no one sells them how can they

Think I will get one and wear it with pride LOL

Originally posted by craigmason
talk about making yourself a target :hihi:

Target for what?

I suppose craig would want to have a What Would Hitler Do wristband.

Originally posted by Disco_Cat
Target for what?

craigmason's 'Dronfield Racists' group presumably... it would be funny if it weren't so tragic :(

Hes a good lad is craig talks a lot of common sense.

Originally posted by craigmason
talk about making yourself a target :hihi:

Word of advice for anyone wearing an anti racism wrist band when Craig decides to target you: just run away.

Dronfield’s local neo nazi, allegedly proud racist, and good friend of Roy, isn’t quite what you would call a prime example of the master race.

From the look of him a steady jog would be to fast for him to cathc you up.

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/butiaboy/myhomepage/aboutme.html

LOL dISCO I DONT EVEN KNOW CRAIG,YOU WILL HAVE TO DO BETTER THAN THAT.
STILL HE IS ON THE RIGHT LINES.

there is a asia one aswell out. are they replacing badges?

Originally posted by royjames
Hes a good lad is craig talks a lot of common sense.


Well i obviously don’t have the same personal connection with him that you do but I'm surprised you are endorsing him. Are you aware of his comments on whitestuff.org.uk and of course the site Stormfront which you yourself describe as Nazi. Would you say that his comments posted under slightly more risque usernames are also common sense?

I can only talk about what he puts on here like I said I dont bother with these far right sites like you do.
But he seems to have a love for his country which will do for me.:thumbsup:

So how go you know he is a good lad and talks a lot of sense.
He is a rather nasty piece of work judging by some of his comments on stormfront ( which have mostly been deleted. His original login on stormfront was i8pakis which he was asked to change to something else so he came up with Dronfield Racist.
I think if you have any sense and I do understand what you are trying to do with BNP you should distance yourself and the party from craig as far as possible.

Originally posted by Disco_Cat
Word of advice for anyone wearing an anti racism wrist band when Craig decides to target you: just run away.

Dronfield’s local neo nazi, allegedly proud racist, and good friend of Roy, isn’t quite what you would call a prime example of the master race.

From the look of him a steady jog would be to fast for him to cathc you up.

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/butiaboy/myhomepage/aboutme.html

Nice one disco. I wonder what they discuss in the palm centre disscusion board. :heyhey:

Funny you don't hear about racism wrist bands do you?

Originally posted by max
[B] I wonder what they discuss in the palm centre disscusion board.

It is a bit of a mistake trying to scare people out of supporting anti racism then providing a link to a site which reveals you to be a grossly overweight, unemployed palm tree enthusiast with a collection of what look like cuddly rabbit toys on a shelf in your living room.

Originally posted by big chief
Anyone got any in Sheffield, every where is sold out. Any clue who has still got some left



Why not spend your money on some thing worth while and which will have an effect.

Donate your money to A CHILDRENS charity.

Children suffer racism too so this will be helping children as well. Their are too many people in this world who want to use other peoples skin colour to victimise and harass them. If the sale of these wrist bands is a way of challenging this racism and discrimination, through giving people an opportunity to express openly their opposition to racists then I see that as being extremely worthwhile.

Just like the Clash used the Rock against racism to make sure music couldn't be used as tool for societies most disgusting elements, perhaps football can adopt schemes such as this to ensure that their sport is not seen as vehicle for the terrible behaviour in Madrid last year.

Perhaps if you has suffered the racist abuse the footballers behind this had, you might feel differently about it and appreciate it’s validity.

Originally posted by f_g
i have to agree with you though, i have been called alot of racist comments because am white
Full agreement... You don't see anyone else beeing called a racist ! If you don't look British they call it integration, if you are they call it Racism (wether you are or not).

do they come in black or white

Originally posted by Captain_Scarlet
Full agreement... You don't see anyone else beeing called a racist ! If you don't look British they call it integration, if you are they call it Racism (wether you are or not).

I'm white, british and have never been called a rascist in my life.
I find people who have been, or are sensitive to being called rascist usually are.

All this wristband craze started off last summer when current 6 X Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and his cancer charity www.laf.org along with Nike started selling yellow LiveStrong wristbands to raise money for his cancer foundation.

And now alot of people have jumped on the bandwagon bringing there own colour of wristband out.

Thing that does annoy me abit with theses yellow ones, i wear one but alot of people want one just beacuse they saw a celebrity on the telly with one have have no idea what the wristband stands for and what it is trying to achieve.

Originally posted by robS35
All this wristband craze started off last summer when current 6 X Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and his cancer charity www.laf.org along with Nike started selling yellow LiveStrong wristbands to raise money for his cancer foundation.

And now alot of people have jumped on the bandwagon bringing there own colour of wristband out.

Thing that does annoy me abit with theses yellow ones, i wear one but alot of people want one just beacuse they saw a celebrity on the telly with one have have no idea what the wristband stands for and what it is trying to achieve.

Okey-dokey..I'll say it if nobody else will own up. I wear a livestrong wristband too. And its not about shouting to the world that I have donated to charity - because that is more vulgar than it's intended use. IT IS a fashion accessory. It may be a fashion accessory that gives me a feeling of "i helped something", more than my Nicole Fahri trousers did - but it's still just that.

I await the flaming - but you know I'm right!

The LiveStrong wristband has become a fashion item at the moment. Not sure if thats a good or bad thing but it has raised the profile of the LAF and Lance Armstrong to the non cycling world.

But i do get the feeling some people wear them to say look at me ive donated to charity. I have my own reasons for wearing mine and its nothing to do with fashion or to draw attension to the fact ive donated to charity. I will still be wearing mine in 10yrs time

Originally posted by nick2
It just seems wrong to me, paying £1 for a charity item, then flogging it for £10 on Ebay and keeping all the money, I would feel guilty.

That might be the case but when I’ve looked on Ebay at them the ones going at £10 and above are for multiple lots. The singular yellow ones are going for about £1- £4 which I no is still over and is absolutely disgusting but its not as much as it appears.

The bullying bands however I have seen go for £25 when just a few months ago radio one was giving them for free. People who are buying these are people who are desperate for a bit of fashion.

A lot of people at my college have one, and I would say 70% of them don't know what they are for.

I hadn't heard about these "live strong bands" until about a month ago? A few girls in my lessons wear bright pink "livestrong" bands are these genuine or are these the ones that others are scamming people with?

I wear a bullying band, which I ordered from Radio 1 when they started their campaign however many months ago before these bands became "the big thing"

What I find really remarkable is I wear a bully band because I suffered years and years of bullying but now I see the people that bullied me in secondary school wearing them. The bullies wearing the "beat bullies" band??!?!?!?!

Originally posted by robS35
I have my own reasons for wearing mine and its nothing to do with fashion or to draw attension to the fact ive donated to charity. I will still be wearing mine in 10yrs time

I agree with this 100%, the blue bullying band will stay on till it falls off. Whether its "fashionable" or not!

There are alot of fake wristbands about in all sorts of colours. Someone told me there was a shop somewhere around the bottom of the moor selling fake ones.

Genuine LiveStrong writsbands only come in yellow and have the word livestrong stamped into it any other colour with livestong on it are fakes.

Info on theses bands at nike . com / wearyellow or laf . org

I was brought up in a couple of well known black areas of Sheffield & Sheffield is one of the friendly cities of UK & I don't know any blacks or Pakistanis that aren't racist & I guarantee you you wont see any of them wasting money on the wrist bands not unless they are over paid footballers or over friendly people.

It sounds like a good idea these black and white bands, but what do they do with the money raised from the sale of these black and white bands. I can understand with the Lance Armstrong yellow ones as the money goes to cancer research. Maybe the money goes towards trying to educate people who knows, you could raise millions and millions of pounds but if someone wants to make monkey chants and throw bananas at a football match there going too regardless of if some footballers have a black and white band on.

Originally posted by gezmac
I was brought up in a couple of well known black areas of Sheffield & Sheffield is one of the friendly cities of UK & I don't know any blacks or Pakistanis that aren't racist & I guarantee you you wont see any of them wasting money on the wrist bands not unless they are over paid footballers or over friendly people.

Actualy I'm beginning to think sheffield isn't one of the most friendly places given the fact that 1 in 3 threads has a rascist or sexist element present. In fact I suspect it's people like yourself that keep Sheffield back from being a "proper city", and for that I'm glad my days here are numbered.
Try poking your nose out of your own community and see that in succesfull cities, people are more interested in bettering themselves than running others down.

(I do note the majority disagree with rascist / sexist remarks made).

Originally posted by kilauea
Actualy I'm beginning to think sheffield isn't one of the most friendly places given the fact that 1 in 3 threads has a rascist or sexist element present. In fact I suspect it's people like yourself that keep Sheffield back from being a "proper city", and for that I'm glad my days here are numbered.
Try poking your nose out of your own community and see that in succesfull cities, people are more interested in bettering themselves than running others down.

(I do note the majority disagree with rascist / sexist remarks made).

So i'm in wrong for telling the truth:confused:

Originally posted by gezmac
So i'm in wrong for telling the truth:confused:

the truth or Your truth?...

To back up your statement as a truth as you put it, you will need to know a reasonable sample of black and asian people, have known them enough to assess them as being rascist and for this to count for every one of those individuals.

I think you'll agree that's somewhere short of likely. And as such is a sweeping rascist statement itself. I suspect your like others and are utterly ignorant of different cultures and probably read rascism into those that don't have it. I'm not saying that rascism does not exist within ethnic minorities, but statements like yours are an unhelpfull and unpalatable exauguration.

When you have lived as long as i have so close it's hard not to get to know them so it's the truth i speak, why does the truth wind you up?

Originally posted by gezmac
When you have lived as long as i have so close it's hard not to get to know them so it's the truth i speak, why does the truth wind you up?

try harder...

Originally posted by gezmac
When you have lived as long as i have so close it's hard not to get to know them so it's the truth i speak, why does the truth wind you up?

Christ! Are you back again? What time do your lessons start this morning?

The wristbands were brought out because of the racist chanting that has been going on in football recently. In that situation the chants have only been aimed at black players.

so there ment to be in shops today... which shops?

Originally posted by f_g
so there ment to be in shops today... which shops?

As someone metioned earlier, JJB is probably a safe bet.

as i said earliet i called them up, theyve sold out and wont be getting any more in at all

as i said earlier dont waste your money!

Originally posted by gezmac
as i said earlier dont waste your money!

thanks for that pearl of wisdom!

Originally posted by f_g
as i said earliet i called them up, theyve sold out and wont be getting any more in at all

I'm not too sure in that case then. The internet site only lists shops in Birmingham, London and Southampton. Which isn't too much help.

Originally posted by Andy78
thanks for that pearl of wisdom!
Who gets the money pussy?

Originally posted by gezmac
Who gets the money pussy?

Bless! You and your funny views.

Well observed that my avatar is in fact a pussy cat. Though I must inform you that I am not actually a cat. Don't know if they've taught you yet, but cats can't type.

The money goes to the KBF foundation to support anti-racism initiatives around Europe.

f_g try emailing them for information about stockists. info@kickitout.org.

hey what about the Pink Breast Cancer Wrist Band -SHARE BEAUTY SPREAD HOPE wrist band?

http://search.ebay.co.uk/Breast-Cancer-Wrist-Band_Bracelets_W0QQcatrefZC3QQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZ compareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfromZR2Q QfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsacatZ50637QQsbrf togZ1QQsofocusZbs

anyone know where can get them appart from ebay?

Andy,

Cats can type (and play the piano). It is my failing that I don't understand what

asnkklre[pghj

means...


Grin

Originally posted by kilauea
Okey-dokey..I'll say it if nobody else will own up. I wear a livestrong wristband too. And its not about shouting to the world that I have donated to charity - because that is more vulgar than it's intended use. IT IS a fashion accessory. It may be a fashion accessory that gives me a feeling of "i helped something", more than my Nicole Fahri trousers did - but it's still just that.

I await the flaming - but you know I'm right!

If the bands raise awareness of an issue, then they are a good thing. If you are wearing one and someone asks you what it symbolises (or is for) then they might think about donating to a charity when before they might not have considered it, or they might ask for more information. That is why I have a white band for Make Poverty History.

Originally posted by Litotes
Andy,

Cats can type (and play the piano). It is my failing that I don't understand what

asnkklre[pghj

means...


Grin


:hihi:

Yes i know, They do try to communicate, we just don't understand. Poor kitty cats. :confused:


my kitty cat thinks: cbhyuoghawruo ila

Originally posted by craigmason
talk about making yourself a target :hihi:
Why on earth would wearing an anti racism band make you a target?

Who would want to attack you?:suspect:


I wonder if it works the same for Breast Cancer ribbons? :huh:

anyone got a bulling one in youth size ???

Originally posted by steelcitybab
hey what about the Pink Breast Cancer Wrist Band -SHARE BEAUTY SPREAD HOPE wrist band?

http://search.ebay.co.uk/Breast-Cancer-Wrist-Band_Bracelets_W0QQcatrefZC3QQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZ compareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfromZR2Q QfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsacatZ50637QQsbrf togZ1QQsofocusZbs

anyone know where can get them appart from ebay?

found real ones now http://fundraising.breastcancercare.org.uk/Shop/PWB1

Originally posted by ladyovmanor
anyone got a bulling one in youth size ???

I have - its on Ebay at the moment - all yours for £15

Originally posted by kilauea
Actualy I'm beginning to think sheffield isn't one of the most friendly places given the fact that 1 in 3 threads has a rascist or sexist element present. In fact I suspect it's people like yourself that keep Sheffield back from being a "proper city", and for that I'm glad my days here are numbered.
Try poking your nose out of your own community and see that in succesfull cities, people are more interested in bettering themselves than running others down.

(I do note the majority disagree with rascist / sexist remarks made).

Kilauea, I'm not sure that this board is wholly representative of Sheffield folk, who I find in reality to live up to their reputation for friendliness and hospitality. You will notice that a lot of the (racially, at least) intolerent views come from a hard-core of posters: Mr James, Jonsastar, Don_Killick, and to a lesser extent Delboy3. There are a few others as well. On a site with tens of thousands of registered users, these are not representative numbers.

I am worried however, this site has a high google rating and companies who may be seeking to relocate to Sheff may find these postings on the net and may subsequently choose to move elsewhere. Not everywhere in the UK (and especially not London and the south) will stomach the intolerance (frequently touted as virtue) that is found amongst these postings.

Finally I'm always suprised that the mods ban words like "****" (**** "****" (****) "****" (****) for fear of causing offence but don't ban racially offensive ("Paki" "******" "coon" "yid"), or gender offensive material. Either they should allow all offensive words or none. I'm not overly sensitive to either set of words, but some are banned and others are not... Why I wonder?

I suspect companies would never look at an online forum to make judgements about where they place a company. Most online forums have extremes. At least no one has asked a/s/l on hear yet:suspect:

As for bands. The only people I know who wear them are posers and trendies. None of them give anything to charities or care about the issues. They are a fashion thing and imo a joke. I find people who wear them are a joke too. I'd personally rather donate or do something in order to combat a problem than wear a glorified swimming band.

As for facist words on here. I suppose if you are banning swear words then there is an argument to ban racist words. Then again you'd have an argument against banning blaspemy and where does it all end?

As for racism on here. You get some planctum on here but you get a lot more in real life.

Originally posted by robbie
I suspect companies would never look at an online forum to make judgements about where they place a company. Most online forums have extremes. At least no one has asked a/s/l on hear yet:suspect:

As for bands. The only people I know who wear them are posers and trendies. None of them give anything to charities or care about the issues. They are a fashion thing and imo a joke. I find people who wear them are a joke too. I'd personally rather donate or do something in order to combat a problem than wear a glorified swimming band.

As for facist words on here. I suppose if you are banning swear words then there is an argument to ban racist words. Then again you'd have an argument against banning blaspemy and where does it all end?

As for racism on here. You get some planctum on here but you get a lot more in real life.

Disagree. Smaller companies do a lot of research on the net and as I say a lot of searches on subjects to do with Sheffield bring up posts from this site. You'd be surprised how many individuals and companies do initial research on the internet. Maybe you're not so net-savvy, but a lot of people use it... I guess through laziness!

Yeah I can believe the wristbands are a trendy accessory, but it's a cause worth supporting surely? It's like even if it was considered trendy to give money to the Tsunami victims, you'd still wanna do it anyway, just coz it's right. Right?

I agree with you about banning some words and not others. If only some offensive words are banned then it could lead to accusations of favouritism and not others. If "poofta" and "batty-boy" are banned and not "spastic" or "flid" isn't there some kind of favouritism going on towards sexuality issues against disability issue? Either ban all or none is my view.

And racially offensive words are especially pertinent as they seem to come up with a worrying regularity on this site.

you can get the bands from here www.standupspeakup.com

Does anyone know where I can get “political correctness has gone bonkers” bands from?

Originally posted by coopster1974
I have - its on Ebay at the moment - all yours for £15

Scrub that - its now up to £16.00 - woohoo!!!

should have got more then....even if you got 1000 sold them for £4.99 you would probably sell them all in a day!

i've got 2 "kick wristbands out of football" bands if anyone is interested - all procceeds go to nike.

Originally posted by robbie
As for bands. The only people I know who wear them are posers and trendies. None of them give anything to charities or care about the issues. They are a fashion thing and imo a joke. I find people who wear them are a joke too. I'd personally rather donate or do something in order to combat a problem than wear a glorified swimming band.

Don't think you can generalise too much. I wear a Livestrong band, and without going into the circumstances it's not for poser value.

Originally posted by stevie1957
Does anyone know where I can get “political correctness has gone bonkers” bands from?

Not sure how political correctness fits into this - have you been talking to t020?

Hey people try this web add, its where I got mine from:-

http://www.tpostusa.com , although I warn you it usually takes between 3-4 weeks :)

can you buy these in shops yet??

Originally posted by f_g
can you buy these in shops yet??

The the sports shop at the top of the moor sell them i believe.

In Reading, Allsports got totally slated for telling customers that they had to buy something else in the shop to buy an anti racism wrist band. They were just taking advantage of being the only sports shop selling them.

They are everywhere now though, got Poverty ones in Oxfam.

I'm not going to be wearing one though because I think its just a money making thing although its good to be trying to kick Racism out of football. At the end of the day Theirry Henry, etc appeal to younger kids not me, and if some kid at school has one, everyone wants one.

I would rather just give £1.50 to charity and not have one. I don't need multi coloured bracelets round my wrist and a t-shirt encrusted with the word GREENPEACE to show I am a charitable person!

If anyone is still looking I was told they are also on the Nike website.

My view is that it doesnt matter who wears them or if if they are trendy or not - if the money goes to reputable charities then we shouldnt be slagging the idea off. I do think the worlds gone mad to about political correctness but I suppose if people feel hurt/aggrieved by it then we have to stamp out the problem be it bullying etc. Society is affected by the media and celebrities, whether you like it or not, so if they can discourage these harmful issues then so be it........