If he gave good reasons people would understand, his agent would give him better ones.
FIFA gave good reasons, and you donât understand.
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FiFA didnât give any vaild reasons and youâre correct I donât understand.
Itâs pretty clear, ainât it? FIFA come out and said they donât want any political shenanigans, because that is slippery slope, and they might end up having to take a position on other political hot potatoes like stamping out racism, bribe taking, and World Cup tax avoidance.
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Another Angry Voice has some interesting observations. Heâs mostly handling the May angle.
Another thing to note about Theresa Mayâs display of synthetic poppy outrage is the sickeningly xenophobic tone of her anti-FIFA rhetoric over this poppy debacle. Itâs another example of right-wingers utilising the âhow dare these pesky foreigners tell us what to do?â trope that proved so successful during the woeful EU referendum debate.
The massive glaring problem with this âhow dare they?â mentality arises if we actually take a look at who actually draws up the rules of football, including the rule banning the display of political symbols during international football fixtures.
It only takes a very cursory bit of investigation to find that the rules arenât drawn up by FIFA at all, but actually by a body called the International Football Association Board (IFAB).
It turns out that IFAB is made up of four representatives of FIFA and one member each from the four British football associations (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). So thatâs 50% of the votes for British football officials, and 50% of the votes for the rest of the footballing world combined!
Given that it takes a 75% majority decision to introduce or amend a rule of the game, itâs absolutely beyond doubt that British football officials approved the rule to ban political symbolism from international football fixtures, which makes Theresa Mayâs xenophobic âhow dare these pesky foreigners tell us what to do?â rhetoric look more than a little bit thin.
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With regard to this, and indeed in general, May should just shut the fuck up.
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Has anyone seen any comment on this issue from anybody representing the armed forces? Maybe Iâve been looking in the wrong places, but it feels like nobody has thought to ask them. Which is curiousâŚ
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Originally posted by @Mr_Pharmacist
David Squires from last year
Nice.
Certainly nice enough to embed here.
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She should, but she wonât, and thatâs probably going to be for the best, long term. She reminds me of the old saying:-
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt.
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Holy fuck the wold has gone batshit. Have you seen the headlines this morning in the Mail and the Express over Brexit? The expresss said this was the darkest time for our country since Churchill said weâd fight them on the beaches. Rather pisses all over the sacrifices made. 2016 the year common sense and perspective died
Not sure FIFA could have said anything else to behonest but equally I doubt they will take action if it is ignored, that way everyone keeps what little dignity there is left.
Still find it bizzare that the centre of the Poppy bears the name of the idiot whos tactics caused the intolerable ammount of deaths in the first place. Following the enevitable future thermonuclear holocaust, out great grand mutoids will be wearing pins made by the Trump foundation
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I havenât, Iâve only go The Sun. Their front page is re: Kate Middletonâs legs, trying to accuse Prince Harryâs girlfriend of being a pornstar because thereâs a clip from her TV show Suits on pornhub, and badmouthing the bros who done the appeal against Brexit.
Itâs like theyâve forgotten all about Our Brave Boys!
Back in 1986, on the eve of the infamous quarter final between England and Argentina, our deputy head conducted an assembly with a copy of The Sun in his hands.
The headline, drawing on the recent conflict, was simple.
Itâs War, Senor
Deputy head went mental. Most of it went over our heads, but I still remember him red-faced, shouting âItâs trash!â. Maybe Sfcsim remembers more. Heâd probably get on well in Liverpool. A lot of places donât even stock it anymore.
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Barry, there are plenty of comments on this thread which clearly explain it.
Do you continue to argue because you genuinely donât understand or are you just an objectionable cunt generally?
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Are they mutually exclusive options?
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I just worry that heâs going to pop an artery when he goes off on one.
I obviously donât understand their reasons, its not fucking rocket science.
Canât they deal with corruption, back handers, homophobia, racism, allocation of World Cups and many other things wrong in the World of football?
Oh no theyâve been looking for this, surpirsing they didnât hammer the Irish in March and now are? Its a hollow false argument they want, fuck them, they are everything thats wrong in football and I stand on the side of right not some tinpot junta cunts, you may hate remembrance of people who have died, you may sneer at people wearing a poppy with pride but we are on the side of right not some corrupt shower of cunts.
Enjoy.
Bazza what is your fetish with wearing poppies on the kit . The players can wear poppies to & from the game , they can donate mone, there doesnât need to be a public display of their respect . Do you wear a poppy on Jim jams in bed ?
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Well obviously thatâs your concern addressed.