If Sol Campbell wants to know just how easy it is to offend someone with a heat-of-the-moment outburst, his own invocation of the concept of human rights in this issue can serve as a convenient example. Human rights is a concept that is already under fire from the general public thanks to the extremely misinformative coverage it receives in the tabloid press. It's deeply disappointing to see a man as articulate and intelligent as Campbell use the term in this context. On the same day that Campbell made his call to the BBC, two other news items caught my eye: three British men were released from Guantanamo Bay after spending four years in captivity without facing a single criminal charge; and Watford player Al Bangura lodged an appeal against a government decision to deport him back to Sierra Leone, from where he had escaped horrific fighting in the civil war. Perhaps, when seen in this light, Campbell might want to think again about whether the protection of human rights really means censuring the language of football fans so as to not hurt players' feelings.