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2005-11-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Politician Offers to Send Russian Soccer Fans to Quell Riots in France

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Posted by Steve 2005-11-09 11:06|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Send in English soccer fans; 24 hours tops.

Posted by Raj 2005-11-09 11:33|| 2005-11-09 11:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh dear *wipes eyes* I was not expecting that at all. But my chair is upright again, and nothing got on the keyboard, so no harm done.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-11-09 11:39|| 2005-11-09 11:39|| Front Page Top

#3 We all remember who this Vladimir Zhirinovsky is, right? He's a neo-nazi. Geeez....

A stopped clock is right twice per day...

Posted by BigEd 2005-11-09 12:00|| 2005-11-09 12:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Zhirinovsky is a scumbag, but funny is funny, lol.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats">Laurence of the Rats 2005-11-09 12:15|| 2005-11-09 12:15|| Front Page Top

#5 I would send Millwall, Chelsea, Cardiff, Swansea and Leeds

Posted by Wayne Bin Rooney 2005-11-09 14:36|| 2005-11-09 14:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Wrong again. I've got to stop assuming ScrappleFace when I see headlines like this.

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-11-09 15:10|| 2005-11-09 15:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Amusing, yeah, but it *might* hide a piece of nasty truth behind it -- I've sometimes have had the feeling that soccer hooliganism in *certain* nations (including Greece) has been used as sort of recruiting and training grounds for "fascist youth" organizations. I could tell you several indications that point to that direction, though not anything which is particularly definitive by itself.

Until now. That Zhirinovsky, himself a neofascist without a question, proposes putting "special units of football fans" in the same category and use as his own "party activists" (aka fascists trained in violence) shows that this may be true in Russia as well.

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2005-11-09 15:56|| 2005-11-09 15:56|| Front Page Top

#8 One ball in the head too many, Aris?

Posted by Edson Arantes Do Nascimento 2005-11-09 16:11|| 2005-11-09 16:11|| Front Page Top

#9 I think Aris may have a point. Wasn't Arkan (IIRC) involved with football teams/hooliganism in Serbia during the war there?

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-11-09 16:38|| 2005-11-09 16:38|| Front Page Top

#10 Aris is right. Zhirinivsky is funny, yet not.

Posted by Secret Master 2005-11-09 17:48|| 2005-11-09 17:48|| Front Page Top

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