Comments on: 5 Years Long, No Netherlands – Morocco http://themoderatevoice.com/13008/5-years-long-no-netherlands-morocco/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:37:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Culture of Soccer » Blog Archive » What I’m Reading: May 27, 2007 http://themoderatevoice.com/13008/5-years-long-no-netherlands-morocco/comment-page-1/#comment-82533 Culture of Soccer » Blog Archive » What I’m Reading: May 27, 2007 Mon, 28 May 2007 15:18:48 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/entertainment/sports/13008/5-years-long-no-netherlands-morocco/#comment-82533 [...] not schedule friendlies between the two teams for the next five years. Right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders used the incident to promote his anti-immigrant views in suggesting that Dutch-Moroccans be banned from attending Morocco games played in Holland for the [...] [...] not schedule friendlies between the two teams for the next five years. Right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders used the incident to promote his anti-immigrant views in suggesting that Dutch-Moroccans be banned from attending Morocco games played in Holland for the [...]

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/13008/5-years-long-no-netherlands-morocco/comment-page-1/#comment-82012 DLS Wed, 23 May 2007 22:10:54 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/entertainment/sports/13008/5-years-long-no-netherlands-morocco/#comment-82012 That's like a soccer game in Los Angeles where the residents boo the US national anthem, wave the Mexican flag, and shower the US team with insults and debris. That’s like a soccer game in Los Angeles where the residents boo the US national anthem, wave the Mexican flag, and shower the US team with insults and debris.

]]> By: jpe http://themoderatevoice.com/13008/5-years-long-no-netherlands-morocco/comment-page-1/#comment-81972 jpe Wed, 23 May 2007 19:40:35 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/entertainment/sports/13008/5-years-long-no-netherlands-morocco/#comment-81972 A violent melee at a <i>soccer</i> game? Well, that's certainly a shocker. <blockquote>In Spain we have a name for that</blockquote> Is it "British"? A violent melee at a soccer game?

Well, that’s certainly a shocker.

In Spain we have a name for that

Is it “British”?

]]> By: Lynx http://themoderatevoice.com/13008/5-years-long-no-netherlands-morocco/comment-page-1/#comment-81946 Lynx Wed, 23 May 2007 17:38:55 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/entertainment/sports/13008/5-years-long-no-netherlands-morocco/#comment-81946 "All of this gave Dutch politician Geert Wilders a novel idea: young Moroccan-Dutchmen should, for a period of five years, not be allowed to attend matches in which one of the teams is Moroccan" Eeek! Racism, xenophobia! How DARE he suggest that young Morrocan-Dutchmen are liable to be violent...the facts be damned, facts must not stand in the way of diversity celebration! The sad part of it is, you will be vilified for saying things that are obvious to everyone (though they dare not say it) and it shall happen from within your own ranks, by members amongst your own people who derive glee from their "holier than thou" attitude. Street terrorists huh? In Spain we have a name for that. The name, not incidentally, is in Basque; Kalle Borroka (street fight). It has come to be synonymous with street terrorism, usually with a separatist tint. “All of this gave Dutch politician Geert Wilders a novel idea: young Moroccan-Dutchmen should, for a period of five years, not be allowed to attend matches in which one of the teams is Moroccan”

Eeek! Racism, xenophobia! How DARE he suggest that young Morrocan-Dutchmen are liable to be violent…the facts be damned, facts must not stand in the way of diversity celebration!

The sad part of it is, you will be vilified for saying things that are obvious to everyone (though they dare not say it) and it shall happen from within your own ranks, by members amongst your own people who derive glee from their “holier than thou” attitude.

Street terrorists huh? In Spain we have a name for that. The name, not incidentally, is in Basque; Kalle Borroka (street fight). It has come to be synonymous with street terrorism, usually with a separatist tint.

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