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When something of actual political import happens in Ireland, the Irish people aren't bothered. The banks have robbed the country, politicians are still receiving ridiculous wages(like footballers), families are being thrown out of their homes, natural resources are being sold off to private interests, financially destitute people are committing suicide...and on and on. Does anyone give a f**k??? But when the Irish football team doesn't perform as well as expected......lord above, they're howling for blood on every street corner!
Originally posted by stumason
reply to post by TSOM87
Exactly.... Politics has no place in sport, so it matters not if the guy is a fascist. Besides, he is right, being a fascist doesn't make you a racist.
In fact, fascism as an ideology makes no distinction between races, it merely deals with how the state operates and what is expected of it's citizens, no matter their colour.
Just because some wacky Austrian claimed to be a fascist and murdered millions it doesn't mean the ideology of fascism is unsound.
Originally posted by RAY1990
not only that he is a self admitted Fascist.
Originally posted by illuminnaughty
the royal family love goose stepping about in nazi uniforms as well.
Originally posted by Freeborn
And now we have Brighton fans complaining about 'homophobic abuse', www.bbc.co.uk...
It's football banter and it's gone on for years and adds character and humour to our game and long may it continue.
But I've got to wonder what has happened to the 'beautiful game'?
Originally posted by Sicksicksick
Originally posted by RAY1990
not only that he is a self admitted Fascist.
No, he isn't. Di Canio has DENIED being a fascist.
And, anyway, I don't remember there being all this fuss about him supposedly being a fascist when he was the manager of Swindon Town. So why has all this fuss started now, as soon as he becomes manager of Sunderland?
As someone wrote in a letter in today's newspaper: "A Marxist (such as David Miliband) is nastier, politically, than a Fascist (such as, supposedly, Di Canio) but, for some reason, only one of those is deemed acceptable."
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Originally posted by Freeborn
And now we have Brighton fans complaining about 'homophobic abuse', www.bbc.co.uk...
It's football banter and it's gone on for years and adds character and humour to our game and long may it continue.
But I've got to wonder what has happened to the 'beautiful game'?