Kicking off in Leicester

[PragueBlue]

We are not talking about you though are we? We are talking about two groups of people who are attacking each other because they are probably racists.

That needs to stop.

I was responding to FI's post about patriotism in general (as that was the direction the thread seemed to be heading) rather than any specific incident.

 

[mexico1970]

I was responding to FI's post about patriotism in general (as that was the direction the thread seemed to be heading) rather than any specific incident.

Yes it was derailed, but back on thread we should all be appalled by the streets of Leicester being taken over by violent racists.

 

[Corky]

From Wikipedia

"The cricket test, also known as the Tebbit test, was a controversial phrase coined in April 1990 by the British Conservative politician Norman Tebbit in reference to the perceived lack of loyalty to the England cricket team among South Asian and Caribbean immigrants and their children. Tebbit suggested that those immigrants who support their native countries rather than England at the sport of cricket are not significantly integrated into the United Kingdom"

It was a bit pathetic, most people don't realise England is supposed to represent England and Wales, even though Wales also competes as a minor county, and people in Scotland and the part of Ireland that is politically in the UK have their own teams. So why should everyone support England in the UK?

A bit like Matt Le Tissier stating people not from England should not play for England at football, whilst he was not even from the UK and played for England himself.

 

[blueparrot]

We are not talking about you though are we? We are talking about two groups of people who are attacking each other because they are probably racists.

That needs to stop.

That's completely different to the argument about people supporting teams from countries other than their birth country.One is illegal, caising a disturbance and violence, the other one one isn't and is and thinking anyone should support their country of birth in sport is a complete nonsense argument..

 

[mexico1970]

That's completely different to the argument about people supporting teams from countries other than their birth country.One is illegal, caising a disturbance and violence, the other one one isn't and is and thinking anyone should support their country of birth in sport is a complete nonsense argument..

This thread is about that, in fact it's very much about that. Imagine if those people didn't support a country they weren't born in and supported this one?

That being said, they would probably still do what they are doing because they would be still racists.

 

[blueparrot]

This thread is about that, in fact it's very much about that. Imagine if those people didn't support a country they weren't born in and supported this one?

That being said, they would probably still do what they are doing because they would be still racists.

Yes the thread is about that but it's been blown off course by the daft supporting the sports team in the country of birth argument, maybe best leave that part of the argument now though.

 

[mexico1970]

Yes the thread is about that but it's been blown off course by the daft supporting the sports team in the country of birth argument, maybe best leave that part of the argument now though.

It should be purely about the violence and how it shouldn't happen, nobody wants to deal with the uncomfortable truth that it isn't solvable though mate.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

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I think a few of the people on here are already looking at trains to Leicester to beat sense into both sides, whilst knocking on Xerox’s door to check he’s ok.

 

[FantasyIreland]

So should I be deeply suspicious of my daughter's 13 year old friend who supports france because her mum and dad are french, or

So should I be deeply suspicious of my daughter's 13 year old friend who supports france because her mum and dad are french, or is it just brown people we need to worry about?

If she grows up to be a religious fanatic hell bent on causing society harm,then yes,most definitely.

Genuinely I worry at the fucking naivity of some of you on here,not to mention the obvious fact we'd be fucked if there was a call to arms....I wouldn't want any of you lenons watching my back that's for certain.