Great story. Thanks for passing it along. Tragic. I could not find a more perfect word.
I had no idea it was that bad in Europe. I am aware of my country's failings in that regard, but I truly believe we are getting better as a culture and as a country. First, I do not understand purposefully psychologically hurting another human being over a sporting match. Why on earth would people do that? Second, I just don't get racism. I can maybe imagine discomfort or dislike for people not like very you (in a xenophobic way, where different is uncomforatble), but cannot imagine having it rise to actual hatred. And I do not get at all how anyone from any given race can feel racially or genetically superior to another race. There are enough examples of people who are smarter, stronger, faster, funnier, more talented, more honorable, more attractive than you are in any other race, how could anyone maintain such a thought? I truly don't understand it. Why would any fan not want Thierry on their team? Thank God for our diversity. All I can do is fall back on a familiar French phrase, Viva la Difference! On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwpO-nnFY9g > > Tragic what these players have to go through. > Even more tragic the people that say oh there's no problem, or this line by > the Spanish coach was classic " It's just like calling someone fat". > except they don't kill people in the streets for being fat. > > Haven't seen anything happen though. And I doubt any fans will be stupid > enough to pull that in Africa ;-) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321597 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
