In England and Scotland, sport has essentially replaced warfare as a means of dealing with local tensions and aggressive attitudes. A lot of the hooliganism associated with English Premiership games occurs outside of the game when rival gangs gather simply to fight. From an observer's point of view, that never happened in the States because sport has always been something of a family affair on that side of the Atlantic. In Europe, attendances are generally male-dominated so there's a greater tendency towards violence.

And yeah, a lot of my information comes from the same documentary as sparky mentioned - it was very informative.

something tells me linus sat in the front of all his classes growing up and raised his hand a lot. i believe he also tended to eat lunch alone and frequently was suckerpunched in the hallways.

stewie wrote:I'm going to get a $40 hoodie made with the word "hooliganism" on it.

I'm in for one.

As long as it doesn't say Slint on it anywhere.

waltermalling wrote:something tells me linus sat in the front of all his classes growing up and raised his hand a lot. i believe he also tended to eat lunch alone and frequently was suckerpunched in the hallways.

Nothing wrong with that.

waltermalling wrote:something tells me linus sat in the front of all his classes growing up and raised his hand a lot. i believe he also tended to eat lunch alone and frequently was suckerpunched in the hallways.

Nice to see the big jock bully defense against coherant and intelligent argument is still in circulation.

waltermalling wrote:something tells me linus sat in the front of all his classes growing up and raised his hand a lot. i believe he also tended to eat lunch alone and frequently was suckerpunched in the hallways.

Something tells me you're trying way too hard. Linus is good people, stop being a dick.

i'm not being a dick any more than linus is when talking to me.
sometimes i think he's funny. not as funny as the angry dragon
though.

Hehe! Is there going to some sports violence here? Maybe some of the Red Star Belgrade fans here should pitch in...

waltermalling wrote:something tells me linus sat in the front of all his classes growing up and raised his hand a lot. i believe he also tended to eat lunch alone and frequently was suckerpunched in the hallways.

Correct,
Correct at first and later less so,
Incorrect,
Pretty much correct.

But of course, this line of argument says a lot more about you than it does about me (as others have quite kindly pointed out).

it was more of a joke than something literal. i'll work on my humor. or lack of it.