Comments on: Was Abusing Mido Acceptable? http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/08/28/was-abusing-mido-acceptable/ A soccer blog featuring essays, news and photography exploring soccer around the world Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:48:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mark http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/08/28/was-abusing-mido-acceptable/comment-page-1/#comment-380 mark Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:00:49 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/2007/08/28/was-abusing-mido-acceptable/#comment-380 I think that the chant is a reference to Mido looking like Richard Reid aka the shoebomber... I think that the chant is a reference to Mido looking like Richard Reid aka the shoebomber…

]]> By: Osama Saeed http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/08/28/was-abusing-mido-acceptable/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Osama Saeed Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:33:51 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/2007/08/28/was-abusing-mido-acceptable/#comment-379 When racist abuse based on skin colour was rampant, it would even happen when the team of the fans in question had black players on their side. Glasgow Rangers fans would be singing all kinds of things through the nineties and even to the present day about Catholics, blissfully unaware of the irony of several players on their side being of Catholic persuasion. Cusack's response above is simply pathetic. When racist abuse based on skin colour was rampant, it would even happen when the team of the fans in question had black players on their side.

Glasgow Rangers fans would be singing all kinds of things through the nineties and even to the present day about Catholics, blissfully unaware of the irony of several players on their side being of Catholic persuasion.

Cusack’s response above is simply pathetic.

]]> By: Linda http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/08/28/was-abusing-mido-acceptable/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Linda Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:47:18 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/2007/08/28/was-abusing-mido-acceptable/#comment-378 I really don't see how the abuse Mido was subjected to could be seen as not racist. It's a shame, I'd always assumed that such scenes had been stamped out of English football. I really don’t see how the abuse Mido was subjected to could be seen as not racist. It’s a shame, I’d always assumed that such scenes had been stamped out of English football.

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