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If there is one thing I hate about the World Cup...
BillieTheBot
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it's bullshit like this...
Of course things can only get worse. Once England starts playing prepare for the tabloids to start making jokes about the opposition, probably a quick reference to the women of the country in question sporting facial hair.
After Spain I want England to do well but I have to say it sometimes reaches the point when I almost look forward to England being knocked out to shut the fucking tabloids' big mouths and stop the silliness.
Of course things can only get worse. Once England starts playing prepare for the tabloids to start making jokes about the opposition, probably a quick reference to the women of the country in question sporting facial hair.
After Spain I want England to do well but I have to say it sometimes reaches the point when I almost look forward to England being knocked out to shut the fucking tabloids' big mouths and stop the silliness.
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I can go one better there; the tabloids and tabloid-headline-spouters do make me look forward to England being knocked out. The fact that it's being played out in Germany this time is the perfect excuse for thinly-veiled (or unveiled, some might say) jibes and a lot of pathetic, long-term grudges to manifest themselves in shit "journalism" etc.
I wouldn't wipe my arse on The Sun, how anyone could take it seriously when it has a big "UP YOURS" on the front is beyond me...
"Two World Wars and One World Cup...."
Banter, chants and isults are part of football. Most of it aint serious.
Have to agree, I get more narked at Motson/Tyldsley and co, forgetting that it's actually four countries that pay their wages, yet the coverage only seems to suit the one country.
Not really arsed about whether England do well or not, although I hope if they do get knocked out then it's fair and square by a superior team (can see that happening), like happened at the last World Cup, saves a lot of moaning about the penalty spot/referee.
BTW, I don't really care about the fans banging on about 1966 that much. I bang on about when we won the ECWC in 1983 just as much. I just think the commentators go OTT with it (even in a random game with no English interest whatsoever), when a lot of people watching (including some English I'd guess) just want them to shut it.
Don't want them to win or lose any more than I do France, Italy or anybody else, in all honesty.
Why can't we fly the national flag?? Why are people stopping us doing this?? We live in England FFS and if people from different relegions/backgrounds etc. etc. don't like us flying OUR national flag, they should get the fuck out of our country.
It pisses me off, really, its political correctness gone totally off the fucking wall. We see it on a regular basis now, not just with football, and I think its out of order.
I've read quotes from muslims saying they don't mind the flag being flown as it is our national flag and this is the correct way to be but I've also read quotes from muslims saying the flag symbolises war n suffering etc. (this is not JUST from the sun either). People who come and take immigration in our country should just fucking deal with it as they've immigrated here for a better life and they are getting that better life, if they are against England and our flag they should fuck off IMO, but this is just my opinion and some people will probably slate me for it.
Sorry but the over the top political correctness just really fucks me off.
I'm English and proud and should be able to fly the flag whenever and where ever I want and no-one should be able to stop me.
Other times companies and businesses simply don't have a policy of flying flags of any type in their windows or fronts. I don't see anything unreasonable about that.
Workers are entitled to wrap themselves in St. George's flags in their free time if they so want. Nobody is banning them.
As usual this is just another load of bollocks by the tabloid press.
It wouldn't make a difference if truck drivers decided to wrap their vehicles in European Union, Labour Party or gay rights Rainbow flags. If it is not company policy to adorn their property with non-work related stuff, it isn't. And if it presents a hazard to others, it does.
Chances are that the taxi firm and fire station in question would say 'no' to any flag of any type and nationality, not just an English one. Though that doesn't make as interesting headlines for the tabloids of course.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/5036378.stm
What about this story?? Against rules to fly flag at home after world cup??
Sorry but quotes from "non-english" people saying the flag symbolises hatred etc. just really get my back up and quite rightly so I believe.
This is England and everyone in it (english or not) should fucking accept that or get out IMO.
Our children can't sing baa baa black sheep anymore, we're not allowed to call a blackboard a blackboard but its ok having a Whiteboard.
Sorry but this country is slowing going down hill with regards to all the political correctness against people who aren't even fucking english in the first place. Live with it or get out.
Have a good weekend everyone.
Do you actually think that Peterborough city council is discriminating against England flags? It isn't- there is one policy in place for all flags regardless of their colour or nationality.
You're just willingly falling into the S*n's trap.
You wouldn't get this sort of shite from a local council in the US or Scotland.
The Health and Safety one is just pure bollocks. Look along any motorway and there is more debris than just flags lying around, but there isn't any talk about banning anything else.
Ther are cases, and you must accept this Aladdin, where the "multi-culture" excuse is used, again it's bollocks and the people using it should be ashamed. Instead of promoting inclusion they are suggesting the opposite.
Sure the likes of the Sun, Mail and "Diana was murdered" Rag will use this to hype their own xenophobia, but why give then the ammo?
Personally, the thing I hate the most about the World Cup is the massive pre tournament hype by people who really couldn't give a shit about football for more than one month every two years.
Why on earth should a business be forced to display any flags because a number of their workers like footie?
But it only has to happen once and it's a big story for those rags.
Besides, it should be a big story if something is banned on those grounds.
I don't think that they should any more than I think that it should be banned. It's a choice issue really. If a taxi wants to display a flag then why shouldn't it?
What health and safety? The health and safety rules are shit, people just either enforce them wrongly beacuse they are totally meaningless half the time, or they guess at what the law might meant to have said and get it wrong that way.
Personally I'm looking forward to the back of the whole World Cup, the whole country is decked out like a Loyalist Estate in Belfast.
Why try and make this into a Wales/Scotland v England thing? What has the Welsh flag got to do with this story?
I'm not. Im just asking a question because im curious, is the same thing on the front pages in Scotland in Wales cos noone there is going to give a fuck that businesses are "apparantly" stopping people flying England flags but nonetheless shows how Englishness is dominating the papers which are sold throughout the UK.
Fucking football. You can't get away from it. Fucking British public should get a life.