Challenger1978
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twinkletoes said:
To have ringers in the team is wrong IMO BUT every other fucker does it so we may as well to.
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"Plastic Brits"
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To have ringers in the team is wrong IMO BUT every other fucker does it so we may as well to.
Mantel said:If you drink water and piss tea.twinkletoes said:So when is someone English and what is the cut off?
Tea is actually not British.
BoyBlue_1985
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didactic said:BoyBlue_1985 said:Australia and New Zealand would never have competed in an Olympicsdidactic said:America has been guilty of this for years if you stripped them of all medals won by "non born" Americans they would probably lose 80% of them.
I think you are wrong about the US though
You get my point though so many athletes and people are born elsewhere. They should be allowed to represent the country they call home.
No doubt. The ones we are calling "plastics" for the Olympics though dont call the UK home and I think thats the big issue with it all
Unknown_Genius
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moomba said:Not much point allowing people to take on citizenship of a country if it doesn't entitle them to the same rights as every other citizen.
This.
"Plastic Brits"
I agree if they have lived here for some time. However, if it is done in the way it was for Zola Budd then that is just wrong.
moomba said:Not much point allowing people to take on citizenship of a country if it doesn't entitle them to the same rights as every other citizen.
I agree if they have lived here for some time. However, if it is done in the way it was for Zola Budd then that is just wrong.
BoyBlue_1985
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Nigerian basketball team was all Americans born in America im guessing to Nigerian families but if they had the choice you know they would of been playing for USA
Challenger1978
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didactic said:Mantel said:If you drink water and piss tea.twinkletoes said:So when is someone English and what is the cut off?
Tea is actually not British.
And tartan and the bagpipes aren't Scottish, so what's your point ?
So everyone who is having a cuppa/brew is a plastic?didactic said:Mantel said:If you drink water and piss tea.twinkletoes said:So when is someone English and what is the cut off?
Tea is actually not British.
twinkletoes
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So now it depends on what you consume?