Posted on 06/04/2016 5:15:33 PM PDT by Beave Meister
The BBC has warned English football fans not to dress as crusaders when attending the Euro 2016 tournament this summer as they might cause offence to Muslims.
The advice comes via their iWonder website, aimed at a younger audience, which asks such pressing questions as Was Shakespeare a feminist? and How green is my commute?
Posing the question: Is it wrong to dress as a crusader for an England match? the answer appears to be a resounding yes.
Crusaders were the perpetrators of violent attacks across Europe and the Middle East on Muslims, Jews and pagans, the website intones, suggesting that fans may simply want to don the English flag instead, as this has nothing to do with crusaders or what they stood for.
And although it cant help musing: The English flag used to have connotations with far-right nationalism, it is forced to concede that: Today the flag is flown by local authorities and individuals in a purely patriotic sense.
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I’m rooting for Poland in the Euros, I’d love to see Polish fans go as Winged Hussars.
And mussies don’t offend because, well just because.
Hehehehe!
“Eh up, chuck!”
Fun stuff.
“Ennnnggglllllaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnd!”
Unless theyre Sikhs. They are pretty good blokes.
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Agree. They seems to get along and don’t do any harm others.
I just hope the quality of soccer in the Euros is better than what I’ve seen so far in the Copa America, just atrocious.
Th BBC banned Churchill for speaking badly against Nazism.
Had one as a family doc in the UK. Loved the guy. Very caring to us. Looked like a ‘beautiful swami’. Very gentle soul....but I understand they are fierce warriors if need be.
Wait a minute. They wanted to shut down OctoberFest because they considered beer offensive. So imagine telling British soccer fans not to drink beer at the match because the Muslims would be offended. Yeah, that’ll be respected.
Oh, it’ll get ugly.
Has everybody forgotten what the Crusades were in response to?
They might get catcalls.
I think that is the reason they are doing so...
Britain is willingly bowing down in submission to the savages.
If you’re such a pussy that you’re offended over a joke which doesn’t even reference you (the Crusaders were Christians first, not anti-Muslims first), go administer shotgun mouthwash to yourself.
English football fans heading en masse to the continent...and the Beeb is worried about how they dress. Bit ignorant of recent conduct trends.
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