Re: World Cup 2014
Posted: 2014-07-09 08:14am
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Yes, because a post that begins with "Fixed" and has two smileys was not intended to be facetious.Lord Relvenous wrote: Pedantic comments like this are stupid. Plain and simple. "Football" does not just refer the sport you identify it with. Multiple sports are classified as "football", including rugby, American football, Canadian football, Austrailian football, and what the Americans call soccer. However, soccer isn't an American term. The formal name is association football, and soccer originated as English shorthand for it.
So soccer is actually a correct and more specific term to call association football than the general "football". You correcting him is like if you told me an apple was correctly called "fruit". If you're going to be a pedant, then use "association football" next time, but know you're only rejecting an abbreviation.
On 30 April 2005, while playing for Werder Bremen, Klose refused to accept a penalty given against Arminia Bielefeld due to it being incorrect. He was later given a fair play award for his actions.
At the end of September 2012, Klose scored a goal using his hand for Lazio against Napoli. Klose admitted this to the referee, who then took back his decision for the goal, spared Klose from a yellow card and shook his hand.
It's not that easy to label Klose as German. Here the arguments:Thanas wrote:
He is a German. Only racists dispute that.Irbis wrote:Quick, someone remind him that best German scorer that dethroned Müller is Gastarbeiter!Crown wrote:Do we know if Thanas is still conscious?
That is a classy move.Thanas wrote:Actually, I got to hand it to this guy here:
http://i.imgur.com/OzDvvaw.png
This was the replica he took to all the WC finals (Apparently he is somewhat famous and follows the Brazil team whereever they go). After the semi-finals he gave it to a German fan and said that they deserved it and wished them good luck.
Sportsmanship and class.
Very easy. What does it say in his passport?Welf wrote:It's not that easy to label Klose as German.
Thanas wrote:Very easy. What does it say in his passport?Welf wrote:It's not that easy to label Klose as German.
So tempted to take this out of context and put it in my signature.Spekio wrote:Fuck.
Yeah that doesn't make it any less stupid.Spekio wrote:Yes, because a post that begins with "Fixed" and has two smileys was not intended to be facetious.Lord Relvenous wrote: Pedantic comments like this are stupid. Plain and simple. "Football" does not just refer the sport you identify it with. Multiple sports are classified as "football", including rugby, American football, Canadian football, Austrailian football, and what the Americans call soccer. However, soccer isn't an American term. The formal name is association football, and soccer originated as English shorthand for it.
So soccer is actually a correct and more specific term to call association football than the general "football". You correcting him is like if you told me an apple was correctly called "fruit". If you're going to be a pedant, then use "association football" next time, but know you're only rejecting an abbreviation.
Yeah, in field 'place of birth'. What does it say?Thanas wrote:Very easy. What does it say in his passport?
So, do his Polish roots mean that we should think that his record and goals are somehow worth less, or something?Irbis wrote:Yeah, in field 'place of birth'. What does it say?Thanas wrote:Very easy. What does it say in his passport?I'd also point out the 'Mirosław Marian' part of his name, but that was changed by authorities without his consent. I agree, full Deutsch there.
Also, can you find one place where Klose said he is German, because as far as I am aware he made a point to not do so, at least speaking to Polish press. Hell, he couldn't even speak German at 10, when his family emigrated there, and would have played for Poland if not irrational xenophobia of PZPN at the time (link - "Best if you considered me European, not German citizen").
Though, I must say I like German butthurt at Wikipedia, info he considers himself 'European' instead and speaks Polish at home was there for long time until yesterday when edit war to remove that began
Are you a fucking racist or why are you unable to come to terms with the fact that somebody is German if he is a German passport holder? Is German some sort of category that dictates blood and place of birth is important (and Poles are excluded)? Or skin colour? Or religion? Or first language? Do you mean poles can never become Germans or vice versa? Why not? What makes them unable of becoming Germans? Is there some special trait that makes them unable to become Germans? Same inherent Germanness quotient they fail to fulfill?Irbis wrote:Yeah, in field 'place of birth'. What does it say?Thanas wrote:Very easy. What does it say in his passport?I'd also point out the 'Mirosław Marian' part of his name, but that was changed by authorities without his consent. I agree, full Deutsch there.
I wonder how well European soccer, er I mean football teams promote themselves overseas particularly to countries like China where the sport is not that popular. Anyway congrats to the Germans, I totally did not see that coming.Thanas wrote:China approves
Beats me, the whole thing is beyond surreal.mr friendly guy wrote:And with the controversy over Klose, is there some bullshit ethnicity or nationalistic thing going on here that an Australian from a country which doesn't have "failed multiculturalism" won't get?
Indeed.Because as far as I can tell, he has a German citizenship, then he is German even if he was born overseas. That's like saying Zinedine Zidane isn't French because his parents were born in Algeria.