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Author:  AlunD [ Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Police fears over 'Anyone but England' T-shirt
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8533791.stm
Quote:
A company selling "Anyone but England" T-shirts for this year's World Cup has rejected suggestions it is racist after police in Aberdeen visited its store.


:lol: What a load of Bollox :roll:
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fears over 'Anyone but England' T-shirt
If England are ever knocked out of any tournament then I would support any of the home nations. Maybe the English are different from the leek, potato, and haggis munchers? ;)
Author:  Nick [ Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:11 pm ]
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Yeah there is a different attitude.
Author:  jonlumb [ Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fears over 'Anyone but England' T-shirt
I must confess I really don't get the level of anti-English rhetoric from so many sports fans, like Amnesia I would support any of the home nations (assuming they weren't playing England). The only nation I expressly support against is Italy at football, and that's purely because they play with such a dull, negative style (especially for a team with such good players). If they changed that I'd be far happier watching them.
Author:  rustybucket [ Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:19 pm ]
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jonlumb wrote:
I must confess I really don't get the level of anti-English rhetoric from so many sports fans

I do.

It's called nationalism (otherwise known as political xenophobia and/or racism).

I guess racism is fine as long as it's against the ethnic majority. :roll:
Author:  belchingmatt [ Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:33 pm ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
If England are ever knocked out of any tournament then I would support any of the home nations. Maybe the English are different from the leek, potato, and haggis munchers? ;)


+1
Author:  AlunD [ Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fears over 'Anyone but England' T-shirt
Amnesia10 wrote:
If England are ever knocked out of any tournament then I would support any of the home nations. Maybe the English are different from the leek, potato, and haggis munchers? ;)

Well the
Amnesia10 wrote:
leek, potato, and haggis munchers? ;)
support each other against the English. So very similar really :D
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fears over 'Anyone but England' T-shirt
I would say what I'd do if there was a world cup where Scotland had qualified and England didn't but I'm only 40 so I've never had to cross that bridge yet.

Jon
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:41 pm ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
I would say what I'd do if there was a world cup where Scotland had qualified and England didn't but I'm only 40 so I've never had to cross that bridge yet.

Jon

Its ok theres more chance of England winning the world cup than that happening!! :lol:
Author:  Linux_User [ Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fears over 'Anyone but England' T-shirt
The other home nations only feel the need to hate England because they're so insanely jealous. ;)
Author:  JJW009 [ Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fears over 'Anyone but England' T-shirt
Linux_User wrote:
The other home nations only feel the need to hate England because they're so insanely jealous. ;)

Yeah, it's knowing they're foreign that's driving them mad.
Author:  trigen_killer [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fears over 'Anyone but England' T-shirt
There is a bit of a difference in my head at least between being anti-English and anti-England in sports. I am a quarter English, BTW.

I wouldn't dream of discriminating against any individual because of their nationality, even someone who is English. ;)

BUT, when it comes to sport, I support Wales in rugby, England in cricket because we don't have a team and anyone playing England in just about every other sport with the possible exception of the French.

Why?

Because of all the [LIFTED] hype and the fact that the English believe that we should support them just because our (Wales, Scotland, Ireland) teams may not be as good as theirs.

In the week before the Winter Olympics was due to start the only mention I had heard of it was the advert on BBC2, but the fact that the England football captain might be fired before the World Cup which starts in how many months? was headline news.

GET SOME [LIFTED] PERSPECTIVE and then send me one of those T-Shirts.
Author:  AlunD [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:09 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fears over 'Anyone but England' T-shirt
Linux_User wrote:
The other home nations only feel the need to hate England because they're so insanely jealous. ;)


No, more likely we are fed up of being called English, British maybe but absolutely NOT English. :D
Author:  veato [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:48 am ]
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I dont think Wales, Scotland or NI should support England at all. Just as I dont support them.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fears over 'Anyone but England' T-shirt
AlunD wrote:
Linux_User wrote:
The other home nations only feel the need to hate England because they're so insanely jealous. ;)


No, more likely we are fed up of being called English, British maybe but absolutely NOT English. :D

I do not really regard myself as English. I was born in Ulster, rest of the family from England, India, Portugal, Ireland, Scotland, Burma and Australia. So I regard myself equally as European or British. If someone calls me English I do not get angry.
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