Virtually every time an American or Canadian team wins a professional sports championship, the celebration is tempered by the inevitable stories about a small percentage of idiots who use the victory as an excuse to set fires, loot stores and occasionally beat each other silly.
The media often refer to these outbreaks of stupidity as “rioting.”
We read the stories and see the footage of so-called fans tipping over cabs and smashing windows and punching each other in Vancouver or Detroit or New York and we shake our heads. What does the world think of us?
Not that most other spots in the world have room to talk.
Have you seen the footage of the insanity in Cairo, where soccer fanatics stormed the field after the local underdogs scored an upset over Egypt’s top club?
As of this writing, some 74 people are dead and more than 1,000 injured in the deadliest soccer violence in 15 years.
All because one team kicked the ball past the goalie three times, while the favored team kicked the ball past the goalie just once.
The media often refer to these outbreaks of stupidity as “rioting.”
We read the stories and see the footage of so-called fans tipping over cabs and smashing windows and punching each other in Vancouver or Detroit or New York and we shake our heads. What does the world think of us?
Not that most other spots in the world have room to talk.
Have you seen the footage of the insanity in Cairo, where soccer fanatics stormed the field after the local underdogs scored an upset over Egypt’s top club?
As of this writing, some 74 people are dead and more than 1,000 injured in the deadliest soccer violence in 15 years.
All because one team kicked the ball past the goalie three times, while the favored team kicked the ball past the goalie just once.
