Is Football Punditry Getting Worse?

[coleio]

Hmmmm.

The word was in use long before WW2.

My main point I came to say in this thread was about G. Neville though.
Completely bonkers saying one of the Liverpool players should go to 'whack' Martinelli.

 

[A_G]

Hmmmm.

Tony Cascarino said that about Armand Traore’s performance in the 8-2 as well

 

[Big Poppa]

The word was in use long before WW2.

My main point I came to say in this thread was about G. Neville though.
Completely bonkers saying one of the Liverpool players should go to 'whack' Martinelli.

This is the problem with cultural appropriation. The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been around for 7000 years and originally meant good fortune but try walking through any western airport today with one on your T shirt and see what happens.

You just have to accept that depending where you are, different cultural contexts apply and we can and all will get caught out from time to time. Shay Given reacted to it well I think.

 

[coleio]

This is the problem with cultural appropriation. The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been around for 7000 years and originally meant good fortune but try walking through any western airport today with one on your T shirt and see what happens.

You just have to accept that depending where you are, different cultural contexts apply and we can and all will get caught out from time to time. Shay Given reacted to it well I think.

The swastika is also turned at a 45 degree angle which separates it from most of the other uses of it.
I don't think that a word should only be used in a certain way though, purely because one religious group said so, as if their lives lost meant more than the others that died. Not on board with that.

 

[SuperGoon]

The swastika is also turned at a 45 degree angle which separates it from most of the other uses of it.
I don't think that a word should only be used in a certain way though, purely because one religious group said so, as if their lives lost meant more than the others that died. Not on board with that.

That word was promised to them 4000 years ago

 

[coleio]

That word was promised to them 4000 years ago

Dare I ask?

 

[albakos]

@A_G @Rex Caudillo check how Teary got properly roasted for his trash hit piece on Martinelli.

 

[SuperGoon]

Dare I ask?

It's an edgy joke about Israel and their relationship with god.