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    #31
    Perhaps that's true for the FA.

    The media and politicians (and corporations) use football because it's one of the few ways left to engage with the mass of the population.
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    Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



    May the Lord bless this post.

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      #32
      WorldSoccerEd Gavin Hamilton
      English reaction to FIFA poppy ban helps explain why England lost 2018 World Cup bid, and probably won't host a World Cup for decades
      Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’

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        #33
        Originally posted by Shaggy View Post
        We've played international games on the weekend of Remembrance Sunday before - without a poppy on the shirt in fact without a shred of attention on the issue - and it's never, ever been a problem. So why now?
        The tabloids are making an issue out of it to sell papers and the FA are probally trying to divert attention from the stink bomb that is the Captain of the National Team of England, all around good guy, humanitarian John climbing in your windows Terry
        Anybody who criticizes Klopp ever is a James Blunt. Nov 2015
        #****CITY

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          #34
          Originally posted by Shaggy View Post
          We've played international games on the weekend of Remembrance Sunday before - without a poppy on the shirt in fact without a shred of attention on the issue - and it's never, ever been a problem. So why now?
          Isn't it only the last few years that clubs have started including a poppy on their shirts, I don't remember every seeing it more that ~4-5years ago.
          The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.

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            #35
            Originally posted by Kenneth View Post
            I wonder how Cameron and the tabloids would react if the next time we played Argentina they decided to wear a symbol in rememberance of their dead from the falkland islands war? Not exactly equivalent, but having allowed the display of the poppy it would be hard to stop them even if people wanted to. I actually think this is a sensible decision by FIFA.
            I agree with this.
            The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.

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              #36
              Oh dear, looks like Cameron's going to make a big issue about this.

              It's like asking your mate to borrow a fiver and you expect him to say 'yes' but he says 'no' and you get into a huff about it.

              I agree that there are other ways they could show rememberance. There's even a minute's silence before the game.

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                #37
                Cameron is a cunt of course he is going to make a big deal over this, his Malcolm Tucker would have said to him Billy ****ing DayTime TV and his Girlfriend with 16 kids will think you are Patriotic and Thacther like if you make a Gesture, knowing full well that he has more chance of winning the lottery 5 times in a row than FIFA saying actually you know what your right we are wrong
                Anybody who criticizes Klopp ever is a James Blunt. Nov 2015
                #****CITY

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                  #38
                  It's a useful diversion from the fact his Home Secretary appears to have endangered public safety.
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                  Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



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                    #39
                    yeah it's true, it's all for show

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by MrNice View Post
                      The tabloids are making an issue out of it to sell papers and the FA are probally trying to divert attention from the stink bomb that is the Captain of the National Team of England, all around good guy, humanitarian John climbing in your windows Terry
                      Thanks for reading my post, and then rewording it MrNice
                      *Except Michael, who died.

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                        #41
                        John Terry must be relieved.
                        Brandt - Keita - Van Dijk - Sessegnon

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                          #42
                          Originally posted by MrNice View Post
                          Superb for me its all part of War Porn, Nationalism and a form of control, I don't mean any disrespect to anyone in voicing that opinion.
                          How could that be anything but disrespectful. It's a completely blinkered view and although you might not want it to be, it's very insulting.

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                            #43
                            I actually wear one because the red offsets quite nicely with my suit.

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                              #44
                              Originally posted by Chrono View Post
                              How could that be anything but disrespectful. It's a completely blinkered view and although you might not want it to be, it's very insulting.
                              Can't have the Poppy as War Porn, if that's what Nic..Mr Nice was referring to ?

                              Because as far as i'm concerned it's a symbol of rememberance, a reminder that war is horrible, and not a celebration of war itself.

                              However i've no problem with people who don't want to wear them, each to their own, but there's certainly no need to disrespect it's meaning.
                              Last edited by Vermilion; 09-11-11, 12:50 PM.

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                                #45
                                Originally posted by Vermilion View Post
                                Can't have the Poppy as War Porn, if that's what Nic..Mr Nice was referring to ?

                                Because as far as i'm concerned it's a symbol of rememberance, a reminder that war is horrible, and not a celebration of war itself.

                                However i've no problem with people who don't want to wear them, each to their own, but there's certainly no need to disrespect it's meaning.
                                Absolutely

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