>>>> The biggest talking point so far is the Leeds fans ruining the minutes silence for the war dead. I can only think that it was supporters either coming into the ground or outside that caused the noise ? Hope so anyway. --- Hope not! I would be proud of any Leeds fans who made a stand against all the ridiculous poppy fascism which consumes this country every November. <<<<
On the FA broadcast, anyone notice that the crowd noise appeared to get tampered with in the second half? It changed to a kind of permanent buzz. I was thinking maybe a Mexican Wave had started up, perhaps a streaker had appeared, or was it just static on my PC speakers. In the end, I reckoned they (the FA I presume) had decided they needed to drown out the profanity previously clearly audible in the Leeds' fans chanting eg "Shoot the Chelsea Sc*m"; "You Oldham b*stards" in the White Flag song, "You Sh*t B*stard" to their poor keeper when taking goal kicks. Censoring our bad language? Not happy with that, if that indeed was what was going on, but maybe we deserved it for our earlier bad manners during the minute's bugle thing. Onto poppy fascism: I have some sympathy for Rob's comment, although I think he was going for a "stir it up" moment and succeeded. I often watch the Remembrance Day parade and will always get a little emotional seeing the survivors from wars past marching along. I do get uncomfortable with the poppy concept though. Appreciate the sacrifices they've made - yep I get that. Does it also mean condoning or supporting the war they fought in. Falklands? Iraq? Sorry, I don't think I can. JB _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist http://www.worldnet.org.uk WorldNET2009
