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    It’s in the (inter)net! March 24

    Posted March 24, 2008 in Uncategorized by

    Time to catch up on some links, isn’t it?


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    1. papa bear
      March 24, 2008 • 7:13 pm

      that story about Frankfurt changing the jersey is positively shameful. They should be embarrassed that they are changing their shirt to appease a bunch of a-holes in Turkey. The black equidistant cross on white has been a German symbol since BEFORE Christianity ever took hold (yes, crosses were pagan symbols. Yet more ‘borrowed’ culture the Christians took as their own during the ‘convert or die’ campaigns) and long before the Teutonic Knights used it as their coat for the Crusades.
      As someone who is half German (like first generation not 15th) and spent A LOT of time in Germany, it’s an outrage that something that is held so dear to many German peoples is being crapped upon for mere PC appeasement.
      The black cross on white (in one variation or another) has been a part of Germany for over 2000 years. It would be like ripping the stars off of the US flag since they are 5 pointed like pentagrams and could offend Christians.
      If they said they wanted to change it since it looks too much like the national team shirt that’s one thing, to change it so as not to piss off touchy Turks, that’s unacceptable and I’m not even a fan of that club!