Do you care to qualify that comment?..........
Posted on 06/04/2002 6:18:25 PM PDT by jordan8
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:40:21 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
YOU WOULDN'T know it from watching network television, but millions of U. S. residents will go into virtual suspended animation during this month's World Cup. Dramatic stories and images from the tournament will cover the front pages of Chinese, Vietnamese and Irish community newspapers for the next 30 days. Spanish-language broadcasts will fill the air of Latino neighborhoods with the fever of futbol.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
If I had a choice between watching soccer and watching something else, I'd rather watch my cat hack up a furball.
"Though not from Mexico, Sagastizado is well aware of the Mexican team's strengths, and of Mexico's troubled history with the United States. From the 1848 Mexican-American War to today's border battles over water, Mexico is often on the losing side of U.S.-Mexican conflicts. The Tricolores can offer a much-needed national victory over the northern giant. "...
"It'd be nice for a Latin American country to beat the United States. It would be like payback."
"These desires to see the United States lose do not signify immigrant hatred toward America. "
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This writer is internally inconsistent. Pushing a story, he ignores the deceptive reponses. No problem, he probably thinks the same, as shown by this pathetic apologia. Currently our schools and culture teach the "immigrants" not to integrate and accept America, so it shouldn't be a surprise he wrote this piece, being a product of that system.
Don't worry, Mr. Sagastizado. This country won't suffer after a loss of a stupid soccer game. We're suffering from unchecked mass (illegal) immigration. And that's a game we can't afford to lose.
If it's so dissatisfactory here, and the home-country fills you with such pride, then please exercise the FReedoms you enjoy here, and exit through the nearest convenient border crossing.
Actually, I think this is just the author's take, and not a true representation of the thoughts of the soccer fans. I was born and raised on Long Island, and moved to Dallas later in life. While it was risky to my health in the classroom (mostly joking), I did root for the Giants over the 'boys. It had to do with the team I was raised with, not with an opinion of where I currently lived. Most people are fans of a praticular team because of their family, the favorites of their youth, and the proximity of the team (their first game attended, etc). It has little to do with regional preferences outside of the sport.
Payback for what?
Look Javier, if you think the US somehow "owes" you for something, no one is going to hinder your return to wherever you came from.
Then again, most Cuban Americans won't be rooting for the U.S. soccer team. That would entail sitting through a soccer game without falling asleep. There are limits to patriotism.
Do you care to qualify that comment?..........
As Americans, we think soccer is a bit of a joke....
these foreigners are just following suit
And sometimes you just pick teams for the hell of it. Some of my favorite teams are from places I've never even been to, I like the way they play the game, the way the organization is run. To try to pin this on anything having to do with patriotism or politics is just silly.
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