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Adidas bans German football fans from customising jerseys with the number 44 amid claims it bared striking resemblance to Nazi SS logo
UK Daily Mail ^ | April 1 2024 | KATHERINE LAWTON

Posted on 04/01/2024 12:22:57 PM PDT by knighthawk

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1 posted on 04/01/2024 12:22:57 PM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

Now cancel culture is coming for numbers.


2 posted on 04/01/2024 12:28:54 PM PDT by packagingguy
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zo! zeh cancel culture ist alles zeroes, jah?


3 posted on 04/01/2024 12:38:06 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: packagingguy

Hank Aaron and Willie McCovey’s numbers.


4 posted on 04/01/2024 12:38:11 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: knighthawk

Is the band “Kiss” banned too?


5 posted on 04/01/2024 12:40:12 PM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die.)
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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2008/10/14-and-88-why-white-supremacists-love-the-numbers.html


6 posted on 04/01/2024 12:41:30 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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Not that I’m for banning numbers, but based on the picture in the article, if you slanted the number slightly it would resemble the Nazi SS logo.


7 posted on 04/01/2024 12:42:51 PM PDT by srmanuel ( )
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To: knighthawk

Adidas can ban?


8 posted on 04/01/2024 12:44:16 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: knighthawk

Much like illiterate muslims saying the Air Jordan flame logo blasphemed Mohammad.


9 posted on 04/01/2024 12:46:51 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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88 is already verboten.


10 posted on 04/01/2024 12:55:32 PM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: knighthawk

But did Adidas ‘playfully’ change the German flag to something completely different as Nike did to the English flag?


11 posted on 04/01/2024 12:57:17 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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These fours are gay


12 posted on 04/01/2024 1:00:13 PM PDT by xp38
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To: srmanuel
if you slanted the number slightly it would resemble the Nazi SS logo.

Who cares?

Perpetually offended professional victims can, one and all, bugger off. Quit pandering to them.

13 posted on 04/01/2024 1:02:35 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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They could easily have changed the shape, or “font” of the 4. It looks kind of silly anyway.


14 posted on 04/01/2024 1:03:13 PM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: knighthawk
I don't see it.

I find this attitude sillier for the first time in history, the kit's colour is bright pink - with supporters claiming the colour was picked to represent the country's diversity, the BBC reported.

And then there's Nike, Outraged fans demand Nike recalls England's official kit for Euro 2024 after it changed St George's Cross from red to light blue and purple - as manufacturer claims 'playful update' will 'unite and inspire'


15 posted on 04/01/2024 1:03:45 PM PDT by SJackson (In a war of ideas it is people who get killed, Stanislaw Jerzy Lec)
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I don’t care, it’s just interesting to read about, supposedly it’s illegal in Germany to give the heil Hitler salute, it just stands to reason that in Germany they don’t want a bunch of German Soccer fans wearing what appears to be Nazi SS shirts.

It may not be illegal in the USA, but what would the reaction be if some company started selling a shirt that appeared to show KKK logos.


16 posted on 04/01/2024 1:05:40 PM PDT by srmanuel ( )
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Triple K magazines:

My only objection is that they are poorly manufactured.

17 posted on 04/01/2024 1:08:20 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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Wow! In less than 3 minutes you found a response to 3 Ks.
How does FR always amaze?!!


18 posted on 04/01/2024 1:15:15 PM PDT by RCFlyer
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Just wait until they see the Columbia logo on their socks!

https://www.amazon.com/ask/questions/Tx26CX2FRPGYVCO


19 posted on 04/01/2024 1:17:48 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: RCFlyer

I have been aware of their existence since approximately 1990 ...


20 posted on 04/01/2024 1:19:07 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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