Why do we pander to Africa?

[Lmarkham-blueblood]

It's not racist to choose not to hold a World Cup in a crime filled, scum filled, dangerous, poor country.

When will people get this into their thick skulls.

I for one will not be taking my kids to the World Cup this year, and it pisses me off.

have you been to south africa?

 

[mackenzie]

Well, there was none of this outrage when USA held the Olympics and then some git blew several people up at an associated event was there?

You really cannot tell where, when or how trouble will surface.

Look at the Munich Olympics too.

Good luck to SA. I hope it's a trouble free WC event but there are people wanting to make a statement in every country these days.

 

[bluespana]

Would people please refer to things correctly as to avoid sweeping generalisations?
Africa is the Continent. South Africa is a Country on said Continent. Thank you.

The ignorance is shocking at so many levels on this thread. Best to stay away.

 

[Helmet Cole]

When the jews blew the olympics up it was not even in their country - so it just goes to show it doesn't matter where you are.

 

[jimharri]

When the jews blew the olympics up it was not even in their country - so it just goes to show it doesn't matter where you are.

When did the jews blow up the olympics?
1. Nothing was 'blown up'.
2. 12 members of the Israeli olympic team were killed by the Palestinian terrorist group "Black September.

You've got your facts badly mixed up. Read this;
<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre</a>

 

[BimboBob]

I am personally astounded that the terrorist Mandela is lorded as some kind of hero to the hand wringing liberal sycophants I’m sick of seeing football teams ‘celebs’ banging on what an honour it was to meet him etc the man is as bad as the terrorist leaders of Al Queda, this is a man let us not forget who admits he ‘signed off’ the church street bombing in 1983 from his prison cell…..

BB2.If you are going to carry on posting statements that i agree with i'll get upset.I can't stand the terrorist.Because that is what he is.Pure and simple.Ghandi didn't resort to blowing up things,carrying out killings and terrorising the population to vote for him.

 

[Challenger1978]

I am personally astounded that the terrorist Mandela is lorded as some kind of hero to the hand wringing liberal sycophants I’m sick of seeing football teams ‘celebs’ banging on what an honour it was to meet him etc the man is as bad as the terrorist leaders of Al Queda, this is a man let us not forget who admits he ‘signed off’ the church street bombing in 1983 from his prison cell…..

BB2.If you are going to carry on posting statements that i agree with i'll get upset.I can't stand the terrorist.Because that is what he is.Pure and simple.[b]Ghandi [/b] didn't resort to blowing up things,carrying out killings and terrorising the population to vote for him.

If any foreigner was going to get a statue on one of the plymths in London it should of been Ghandi.

 

[goose72]

When the jews blew the olympics up it was not even in their country - so it just goes to show it doesn't matter where you are.

When did the jews blow up the olympics?
1. Nothing was 'blown up'.
2. 12 members of the Israeli olympic team were killed by the Palestinian terrorist group "Black September.

You've got your facts badly mixed up. Read this;
<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre</a>

Black September, meanwhile, wee acting in large part on behalf of the Baader-Meinhoff group to attempt to secure the release of a number of leading members, so really the Germans 'blew up' their own Olympics.

 

[mcfc1996]

I have faith in SA to put on a decent World Cup. They have put together other tournaments in other sports and done a decent job of it. Admittedly nothing as big as the World Cup but its a very blinkered view tarnishing SA with what happened to Togo's bus.

Now playing a tournament in Angola now that is f*cked!

 

[Swales lives]

Would people please refer to things correctly as to avoid sweeping generalisations?
Africa is the Continent. South Africa is a Country on said Continent. Thank you.

The ignorance is shocking at so many levels on this thread. Best to stay away.

Tend to agree... Mandela a terrorist, Jesus wept. The level of bigotry on here is shocking.
They'll be calling Bobby Sands a terrorist next.