well it's only half his home country
and i think people have been quite quick to point this out in very nasty ways over the years.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:28, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Yeah, and cheering against the home sports team
is definitely the way to get back at them.
( Kroney, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:29, Reply)

Because everything someone does should be with the sole intention of garnering the approval of others?

(Bazongaloid, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:32, Reply)

What?

( Kroney, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:33, Reply)

Do you really need this explained?
Swipes ex is racially abused, he also doesn't support england for some reason, I don't know if the two are connected. You suggest that he is really sticking it to the racists by cheering against their team, and I point out that it's possible for people to do things for reasons other than the need to get approval from other people.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:36, Reply)

I do enjoy how you can adopt a condescending attitude at the drop of a hat
whilst simulaneously jumping to a conclusion with no basis in the reality of what was said.
( Kroney, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:37, Reply)

I know how he can do so
I suspect you do too
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:38, Reply)

Hang on, I think I might know this one.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:39, Reply)

Is it because this is the internet?
Or is it because I frequently point out when people I know say things that are entirely indefensible?
(Bazongaloid, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:40, Reply)

A little from column A, a little from column B
and a lot from mystery column C, helpfully marked "Al is a prick". Although I suspect there may be some crossover with column A. If only The Mighty Badger was here.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:44, Reply)

Awwww, I love how you still think I'm a prick.
I think you're a lovely chap, even if you did unfriend me on facebook. I like your red braces BTW. You look like the chap that does the business news on the BBC Breakfast.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:46, Reply)

I'm assured you're a lovely chap IRL, hence my column A/C crossover concession above
As it stands I have nothing to base my opinion on save your internet prickishness
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:48, Reply)

it's not the team he doesn't like, it's the fans
he has a point about football fans. a lot of them really are cunts.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:33, Reply)

Best cheer against them, then. That'll change their minds AND their behaviour.

( Kroney, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:34, Reply)

Yes, it is clearly never worth doing anything as just a point of principle.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:39, Reply)

If you're going to do something as a point of principle
it'd probably be a good idea to do something that isn't petty and pointless.
( Kroney, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:40, Reply)

Why? Why shouldn't people do anything they want to as a point of principle?
I have never had a Big Mac, and I intend never to eat one, simply because I can. That is an entirely pointless thing, but I'm still going to see it through.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:43, Reply)

Whether this is a reasonable comparison based on your reasons is moot
My issue with Swipey's Bent Cunt Ex (SBCE please, I'm lazy) is that he's spending a shitload of money on indulging his bitter pettiness. Not buying Big Macs costs you nowt, which I assume is part of your reasoning.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:45, Reply)

I daresay SBCE likes cricket and so would enjoy being at a game regardless of who won
I certainly get the impression that cricket fans really enjoy the event more than the result, so it's not a waste of money to indulge his petiness, it's spending money on an even he enjoys, and while he's there he gets to cheer on the team that are currently winning (assuming they are, I haven't looked at the score). But even if the team he likes lost, he would still have seen a (hopefully) world class cricket match.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:48, Reply)

Good point
I suppose it depends on whether he goes to see a great game or goes to a great game in order to cheer against the English.

More amusingly, I accidentally typed "biter pettiness" in my post above, appropriate as the man is so gay he makes me look like Oliver Reed by comparison.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:55, Reply)

Good luck to you, Al.
Where did I say that you, or he, shouldn't? What I did do was strongly suggest that I had no respect at all for it. Which I don't, on account of it being, in my opinion, facile and motivated more from spite than principle.
( Kroney, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:46, Reply)

Taking it out on the national sports team is no way to get back at the actions of a few pricks
I can see his refusing to support England on account of the English but going to expensive lengths to decry them seems excessively twattish
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 12:35, Reply)