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| Netherlands to host Gay-vs-Moslem soccer match |
| 2006-03-17 |
| This is not Scrappleface, though it is the AP. A Dutch multicultural group is organizing a soccer tournament between gays and Muslims, hoping to counter what a study published on Thursday said was a rising tide of fear among gays. What about cartoonists? A nationwide survey by the Police Research Academy said that most gays questioned feel unsafe and reported experiencing verbal attacks in the last year. Of the 776 homosexuals who responded to an internet questionnaire, 80 percent said they believed their safety was threatened at some time during the year, said academy director Frits Vlek, who commissioned the research. Only 3 percent said they were physically assaulted, Vlek said in an interview, but some 40 percent claimed they had been insulted or verbally abused. Youths from Moroccan and Turkish backgrounds often were blamed for the incidents, Vlek said, since homosexuality is not widely accepted in many Muslim cultures. "Parts of the Muslim community still resist homosexuality and receive little education about it," he said. Muslim-gay tension is the theme of the soccer tournament organized by the Institute of Multicultural Development, to be held next week. An organizer of the group, Suzanne Ijsselmuiden, said she hoped the competition will "help ease these tensions so that people can openly talk about homosexuality." Gay Muslims can take their choice of teams, she said. "People can have many identities." A Latin team along with a team of all-women players has also been assembled for the government-sponsored competition. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #18 And I remember a lot of long and unwelcome handshakes. Listen to Dogs, I only meant to tease you a little. I've had my hand kissed a few times, but nothing like that kind of handshake. Of course, I'm oblivious enough that I've several times had to be informed afterwards that someone tried to pick me up. It's prob'ly just as well it was you in that part of the world, and not I. On the other hand, I weigh considerably less than the Egyptian ideal of 100kg and have only borne daughters, so no doubt you are much more attractive anyway. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-03-17 22:01 |
| #17 Wellcome back, Besoeker. Missed you. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-03-17 19:55 |
| #16 "Insensitivity" is a halmark of the realist. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-03-17 19:54 |
| #15 You're so insensitive TW. My hat is off to you. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-03-17 19:49 |
| #14 I predict a slaughter. Or at least threats of decapitation. |
| Posted by: Scott R 2006-03-17 17:43 |
| #13 Watch out for them headers. |
| Posted by: fg 2006-03-17 17:09 |
| #12 If only the Nazis had played a soccer game with a Jewish soccer team before the war, that whole holocaust thing could have been avoided no doubt. |
| Posted by: ryuge 2006-03-17 16:00 |
| #11 Ball-bearing soccer players -- who knew? |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-03-17 15:45 |
| #10 Everyone is happy! Losers will be sodomized then beheaded. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2006-03-17 11:49 |
| #9 Only 3 percent said they were physically assaulted, Vlek said in an interview, but some 40 percent claimed they had been insulted or verbally abused. Wonder if this counts insults or abuse from their "partners"? Although, this ought to be a hoot to watch. And, I've gotta wonder, if the gays play the girls, will they both have pink uniforms? |
| Posted by: BA 2006-03-17 09:53 |
| #8 If the muzzies con the gays into showering before the game, most of them will be so drained, they won't be able to run. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-03-17 09:46 |
| #7 Okay, we know what will happen if the muzzies win, but what if the gays win ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-03-17 09:42 |
| #6 betta check theres nothing explosive about the ball eh..... |
| Posted by: ShepUK 2006-03-17 09:34 |
| #5 trailing wife: I have been to their countries. If they prolong a handshake for over 10 seconds, then you know they are gay. And I remember a lot of long and unwelcome handshakes. |
| Posted by: Listen To Dogs 2006-03-17 08:23 |
| #4 What would humiliate the Muslims more, losing to the chicks or the gays? |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2006-03-17 07:57 |
| #3 Listen to Dogs, you are bringing your cultural judgements to bear here. To them, only the one at the receiving end is homosexual -- the other guy is just doing what guys do when they find an available orifice. Do stop being so judgemental. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-03-17 07:15 |
| #2 " Gay Muslims can take their choice of teams," she said Because members of a culture that at best harasses those openly homosexual are going to parade that aspect of themselves in front of the entire world? Some people are so clever that if they were a knife they'd cut themselves. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-03-17 07:12 |
| #1 Actually, I heard that they separate the Arab men from the boys, with a crowbar. |
| Posted by: Listen To Dogs 2006-03-17 06:21 |