<!--QuoteBegin-Spacer+Feb 6 2005, 01:24 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Spacer @ Feb 6 2005, 01:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Our problems? So, uh.. How's that gun crime working out for you? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> "Pardon me sir, but could please stop robbing that bank?"
"No."
"Oh dear...we weren't trained for this...someone get the manual."
You know, our policemen do actually take guns into situations like bank robberies.
I also like how when you turn on Street Crime UK, the average situation is that someone got drunk and parked a car across the middle of the road and the police have to get him to move it, whereas when you turn on an American equivilent, it's a high speed chase or a gun battle. We seem to be preventing crime pretty well, eh?
<!--QuoteBegin-Spacer+Feb 6 2005, 08:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Spacer @ Feb 6 2005, 08:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You know, our policemen do actually take guns into situations like bank robberies.
I also like how when you turn on Street Crime UK, the average situation is that someone got drunk and parked a car across the middle of the road and the police have to get him to move it, whereas when you turn on an American equivilent, it's a high speed chase or a gun battle. We seem to be preventing crime pretty well, eh? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> But everyone knows that a high speed chase and gun battles are cool!
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<!--QuoteBegin-Spacer+Feb 6 2005, 01:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Spacer @ Feb 6 2005, 01:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You know, our policemen do actually take guns into situations like bank robberies.
I also like how when you turn on Street Crime UK, the average situation is that someone got drunk and parked a car across the middle of the road and the police have to get him to move it, whereas when you turn on an American equivilent, it's a high speed chase or a gun battle. We seem to be preventing crime pretty well, eh? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Last I checked UK gun crimes were on the rise.
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<!--QuoteBegin-Jezpuh+Feb 6 2005, 01:36 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jezpuh @ Feb 6 2005, 01:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Spacer+Feb 6 2005, 08:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Spacer @ Feb 6 2005, 08:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You know, our policemen do actually take guns into situations like bank robberies.
I also like how when you turn on Street Crime UK, the average situation is that someone got drunk and parked a car across the middle of the road and the police have to get him to move it, whereas when you turn on an American equivilent, it's a high speed chase or a gun battle. We seem to be preventing crime pretty well, eh? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> But everyone knows that a high speed chase and gun battles are cool! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> We sorta encourage it. j/k
<!--QuoteBegin-UZi+Feb 6 2005, 01:37 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UZi @ Feb 6 2005, 01:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Last I checked UK gun crimes were on the rise. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> I couldn't find any gun-crime specific figures, but British crime overall has increased by %1. I was gonna compare this to American crime, but I can't actually find a report for last year on American crime that gave specific figures. FBI's site was a load of pance when it came to that :|.
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<!--QuoteBegin-reasa+Feb 6 2005, 07:34 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (reasa @ Feb 6 2005, 07:34 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Aww look they even put a tarp on the road so he won't get his Sunday best all dirty. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Uh, that picture is hosted on a site for an american university.
And the redneck and donutcop kinda looks american as well.
Some of you say that high-scoring and instant gratification is what makes American football more fun to watch. WTH? American football is easily one of the most boring sports to watch. The plays will last 10 seconds and then you're off for 2 minutes of commercials. If you want the same amount of scoring, watch rugby. At least they only stop when somebody dies or something. American football is a pain to watch, just like baseball... They're both pretty amusing to play but watching? No.
<!--QuoteBegin-Jezpuh+Feb 6 2005, 09:17 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jezpuh @ Feb 6 2005, 09:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Real <i>foot</i>ball (I refuse to call it soccer from now on) is without a doubt the biggest international sport. How did American Football even got its name? I think it should be called American Handball. /me runs <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> You are stupid and your mother smells.
<!--QuoteBegin-Wheeee+Feb 6 2005, 09:46 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Wheeee @ Feb 6 2005, 09:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Jezpuh+Feb 6 2005, 09:17 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jezpuh @ Feb 6 2005, 09:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Real <i>foot</i>ball (I refuse to call it soccer from now on) is without a doubt the biggest international sport. How did American Football even got its name? I think it should be called American Handball. /me runs <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> You are stupid and your mother smells.
Everyone thinks so. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> You know it. Now go back to being a sneaky christian.
<!--QuoteBegin-reasa+Feb 6 2005, 09:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (reasa @ Feb 6 2005, 09:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Someone lock this topic before the discussion forums get closed...again.
There just aren't enough Americans in this forum to have a fair debate without someone over reacting to the deluge of anti-American snipes. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> So you're basicly saying you can't defend your arguement and you need people to back it up?
<!--QuoteBegin-Jezpuh+Feb 6 2005, 03:21 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jezpuh @ Feb 6 2005, 03:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> So you're basicly saying you can't defend your arguement and you need people to back it up? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Wrong. What I'm saying is there is no argument what so ever, nether sport is better then the other. You can't "win" soccer vs. football debate, you can only out number as is the case here.
Sorry for intruding upon the European circle jerk.
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<!--QuoteBegin-Spacer+Feb 6 2005, 01:56 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Spacer @ Feb 6 2005, 01:56 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-UZi+Feb 6 2005, 01:37 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UZi @ Feb 6 2005, 01:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Last I checked UK gun crimes were on the rise. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> I couldn't find any gun-crime specific figures, but British crime overall has increased by %1. I was gonna compare this to American crime, but I can't actually find a report for last year on American crime that gave specific figures. FBI's site was a load of pance when it came to that :|. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Well since im in law enforcement, I can say our crime rate has satistically gone down since the 70's.
Wow. Just, wow. An e-**** fight conducted by mostly nerds who've probably never played most of these sports, and probably suck at the ones they do play, about what to call a sport that only one side ever plays, and both sides have now resorted to "Your momma" cracks. What in God's name is this doing in the Discussion forum? Oh, but first a shot at Spacer's reply to my post:
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Second of all, you're assuming Americans want everyone else in the world to call football "soccer" and American football "football", which is SO not true.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Oh, what. You're just doing it to annoy us then? Or just to be awkward? I'm glad we got THAT cleared up.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> No, it's named that way because 1) it's descended from the same game as football and rugby, so it's perfectly fine for it to be called "football", and 2) communication across the Atlantic probably wasn't very good back when American football was named; I doubt whoever named the sport knew how widespread football already was in other countries.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> We would much prefer the rest of the world just does its own thing and leave us be. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Damn, that's a first .<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Zing. Listen, you want to base your statements on anti-American sentiments, power to you, but that's not how you win a debate and it's certainly not welcome in this forum, capiche?
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You are the ones trying to impose your terms on us. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Then why do you insist on calling it football, and calling football itself soccer? It seems to matter not to you that the REST OF THE WORLD calls it football, just as long as you get to call a sport that's actually probably more connected to rugby than football whatever you want. You can't just... call something an existing name. Like if I got up and decided one day that hey! I don't want to call Marks and Spencers Marks and Spencers any more! Let's call it Burger King! Yeah!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Except Burger King is copyrighted, whereas "football" is not. That's a huge difference. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> Like I said, it'd be more akin to calling a "hamburger" a "meat pie", which I doubt any American would lose sleep over. Let me reiterate: you're being waaay too frickin sensitive about this.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> As you all said yourself, it's only played in America, so why the hell do you all care what we call the game? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> See above<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> See above
This is the same thing as kickball. Why's it called kickball? Because you kick a ball once, and then it's a bunch of running and throwing until there's a single kick again. You need something to call it.
I think the pads are warranted with professional players, because you end up with some very violent tackles sometimes, ending up in peope spinning in mid air, or being thrown into sideline benches. However, when people just get together and play they never have pads, and they still do full tackling.
Then again, I don't know why 'European Football' is called soccer either (as unique a name as that is), it really doesn't have a logical basis. The same way Fußball is that one game you play on a table with the spinny knobs (like soccer in a bar), and it's the German equivalent of 'football'.
As long as you use the respective names right in countries that use it, I don't really see what the problem is <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> .
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Wow. Just, wow. An e-**** fight conducted by mostly nerds who've probably never played most of these sports, and probably suck at the ones they do play, about what to call a sport that only one side ever plays, and both sides have now resorted to "Your momma" cracks. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This post annoys me the most. Not everyone who uses the internet on a regular basis is a very fat or very skinny nerd with a tiny **** and too much hair. Stop acting like you're the man for keeping "the geeks" in check on this topic.
And seriously guys, speaking as an arrogant American, I could care less about European's making a deal out of something as stupid as a name. Who cares? I call it soccer, you call it football, it's still the same damn game. So what if we call something else "football." I don't expect you to call soccer "soccer" when you already call it football. Face it, crying about how "real football" is better than "American football" isn't going to really make you feel any better, nor is it going to change the fact that tomorrow morning, "real football" is still soccer and "American football" is still football in my mind. Why argue about it?
Let's just go back to discussing how much you guys hate Bush again, that way you guys can at least argue about something worthwhile, even if you're wrong.
<!--QuoteBegin-illuminex+Feb 6 2005, 07:29 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (illuminex @ Feb 6 2005, 07:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Wow. Just, wow. An e-**** fight conducted by mostly nerds who've probably never played most of these sports, and probably suck at the ones they do play, about what to call a sport that only one side ever plays, and both sides have now resorted to "Your momma" cracks. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This post annoys me the most. Not everyone who uses the internet on a regular basis is a very fat or very skinny nerd with a tiny **** and too much hair. Stop acting like you're the man for keeping "the geeks" in check on this topic. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Obviously not all people who use the internet often are fat, skinny, or weak; I use it. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> No seriously, it's not about who they are, it's what they're acting like, because I can't judge their physical appearances but I sure as hell can judge based on how they act online. And right now, almost every single person in this thread has been acting like a whiny ****-y nerd, including myself. And at least I haven't made a "Your momma" joke. That's just sad. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Everybody is using cricket as a prime example of a misnomer sport are clearly wrong. The inventor of the game obviously realized what a plague of indescribable boredom had just been released upon the innocent world.
Firstly American Football as far as I am aware is called Football because the the ball is a foot in length. Dunno if that's the reason but there you go.
English/real football whatever is actually known as Soccer:Football, that's a fact go look it up.
I'm from the UK and I personally like Football (soccer) I enjoy playing it and enjoy watching it sometimes. I don't like the play acting that goes on in the game or the fact that in some countries it's encouraged. I dislike even more how much some players get paid, especially considering how thick some of them are *cough* David Beckham *cough* the blokes a muppet he has the intellignece of a turnip and if he couldn't kick a ball he would be stacking shelves in a supermarket.
I prefer Rugby a hell of a lot more; it's a much more physical game and much more entertaining, a mans game tbh.
With regards to American Football, I don't hate it I just fail to see the appeal of it; I find it really boring to watch with all the stopping and starting that goes on. Plus all the padding and helmets while they are there for a reason just seem daft to me because Rugby with all it's rucks, mauls and scrums is a lot more physical yet they don't have anywhere near the protection.
btw here's a quick bit of trivia for you peeps, who is the current Olympic champions at Rugby?
Lastly although this is off topic, how come Cricket is refused application to be added as an Olympic event because not enough nation play it yet Baseball is in the ###### Olympics??? Baseball in the Olympics is just a free Gold medal to the US cos only the US Cuba and Japan really play it :/
America thinks it's better than everyone, everyone thinks they're better than America. The US is full of seperatists that left their respected countries because there was somthing that they disliked about it (Soccer maybe? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->) The Americans wanted to be different than Euroland so they invent Foorball. It catches on in the US, Soccer looses popularity, it causes a sports war.
I think it's safe to say however, that people hate Football because it's called Football, it's American, and they aren't exposed to enough of it. Same with Americans and Soccer, except in reverse order.
BTW, since this thread has been shot to **** I am requesting lockage.
That's a silly statement, Americans don't hate soccer. At worst they're indifferent. Except we don't post on internet forums whining about how Europeans should speak their own friggin languages.
Soccer is a barbaric sport... I mean, the first cave man who kicked a rock between two other ocks invented soccer... and after he did that, he got a couple thousand other cave men to run into the streets, burn down all thier cars and buildings, go get drunk , and wake up the next day and wonder what happened
for reals. soccer is a out of date sport. lets look at all the great Football movies
1- Radio 2- Remember the Titans 3- Friday night lights 4- varsity blues
just to name a few and lets look at what movies soccer has...
1- bend it like beckum (the worse movie I've ever seen) 2- the big green (it might entertain you if your under 6)
football is a game of stradagy
soccer is a game of chaos
Football is just a better game... thats all there is
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So, uh..
How's that gun crime working out for you? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
"Pardon me sir, but could please stop robbing that bank?"
"No."
"Oh dear...we weren't trained for this...someone get the manual."
So, uh..
How's that gun crime working out for you? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
"Pardon me sir, but could please stop robbing that bank?"
"No."
"Oh dear...we weren't trained for this...someone get the manual." <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
<img src='http://www.bridgew.edu/Police/images/nadyacuffing.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
I know,
"HANDS ON THE GROUND SPREAD EM!"
I also like how when you turn on Street Crime UK, the average situation is that someone got drunk and parked a car across the middle of the road and the police have to get him to move it, whereas when you turn on an American equivilent, it's a high speed chase or a gun battle.
We seem to be preventing crime pretty well, eh?
I also like how when you turn on Street Crime UK, the average situation is that someone got drunk and parked a car across the middle of the road and the police have to get him to move it, whereas when you turn on an American equivilent, it's a high speed chase or a gun battle.
We seem to be preventing crime pretty well, eh? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
But everyone knows that a high speed chase and gun battles are cool!
I also like how when you turn on Street Crime UK, the average situation is that someone got drunk and parked a car across the middle of the road and the police have to get him to move it, whereas when you turn on an American equivilent, it's a high speed chase or a gun battle.
We seem to be preventing crime pretty well, eh? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Last I checked UK gun crimes were on the rise.
I also like how when you turn on Street Crime UK, the average situation is that someone got drunk and parked a car across the middle of the road and the police have to get him to move it, whereas when you turn on an American equivilent, it's a high speed chase or a gun battle.
We seem to be preventing crime pretty well, eh? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
But everyone knows that a high speed chase and gun battles are cool! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
We sorta encourage it. j/k
I couldn't find any gun-crime specific figures, but British crime overall has increased by %1. I was gonna compare this to American crime, but I can't actually find a report for last year on American crime that gave specific figures. FBI's site was a load of pance when it came to that :|.
Uh, that picture is hosted on a site for an american university.
And the redneck and donutcop kinda looks american as well.
You are stupid and your mother smells.
Everyone thinks so.
You are stupid and your mother smells.
Everyone thinks so. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You know it. Now go back to being a sneaky christian.
There just aren't enough Americans in this forum to have a fair debate without someone over reacting to the deluge of anti-American snipes.
You there! Freeze! Take your cursor from the submit button!
There just aren't enough Americans in this forum to have a fair debate without someone over reacting to the deluge of anti-American snipes. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
So you're basicly saying you can't defend your arguement and you need people to back it up?
Wrong. What I'm saying is there is no argument what so ever, nether sport is better then the other. You can't "win" soccer vs. football debate, you can only out number as is the case here.
Sorry for intruding upon the European circle jerk.
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I couldn't find any gun-crime specific figures, but British crime overall has increased by %1. I was gonna compare this to American crime, but I can't actually find a report for last year on American crime that gave specific figures. FBI's site was a load of pance when it came to that :|. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well since im in law enforcement, I can say our crime rate has satistically gone down since the 70's.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Second of all, you're assuming Americans want everyone else in the world to call football "soccer" and American football "football", which is SO not true.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Oh, what. You're just doing it to annoy us then? Or just to be awkward? I'm glad we got THAT cleared up.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No, it's named that way because 1) it's descended from the same game as football and rugby, so it's perfectly fine for it to be called "football", and 2) communication across the Atlantic probably wasn't very good back when American football was named; I doubt whoever named the sport knew how widespread football already was in other countries.
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We would much prefer the rest of the world just does its own thing and leave us be. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Damn, that's a first .<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Zing. Listen, you want to base your statements on anti-American sentiments, power to you, but that's not how you win a debate and it's certainly not welcome in this forum, capiche?
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Then why do you insist on calling it football, and calling football itself soccer? It seems to matter not to you that the REST OF THE WORLD calls it football, just as long as you get to call a sport that's actually probably more connected to rugby than football whatever you want. You can't just... call something an existing name. Like if I got up and decided one day that hey! I don't want to call Marks and Spencers Marks and Spencers any more! Let's call it Burger King! Yeah!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Except Burger King is copyrighted, whereas "football" is not. That's a huge difference. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Like I said, it'd be more akin to calling a "hamburger" a "meat pie", which I doubt any American would lose sleep over. Let me reiterate: you're being waaay too frickin sensitive about this.
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As you all said yourself, it's only played in America, so why the hell do you all care what we call the game? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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I voted Robocop.
I think the pads are warranted with professional players, because you end up with some very violent tackles sometimes, ending up in peope spinning in mid air, or being thrown into sideline benches. However, when people just get together and play they never have pads, and they still do full tackling.
Then again, I don't know why 'European Football' is called soccer either (as unique a name as that is), it really doesn't have a logical basis. The same way Fußball is that one game you play on a table with the spinny knobs (like soccer in a bar), and it's the German equivalent of 'football'.
As long as you use the respective names right in countries that use it, I don't really see what the problem is <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> .
This post annoys me the most. Not everyone who uses the internet on a regular basis is a very fat or very skinny nerd with a tiny **** and too much hair. Stop acting like you're the man for keeping "the geeks" in check on this topic.
And seriously guys, speaking as an arrogant American, I could care less about European's making a deal out of something as stupid as a name. Who cares? I call it soccer, you call it football, it's still the same damn game. So what if we call something else "football." I don't expect you to call soccer "soccer" when you already call it football. Face it, crying about how "real football" is better than "American football" isn't going to really make you feel any better, nor is it going to change the fact that tomorrow morning, "real football" is still soccer and "American football" is still football in my mind. Why argue about it?
Let's just go back to discussing how much you guys hate Bush again, that way you guys can at least argue about something worthwhile, even if you're wrong.
This post annoys me the most. Not everyone who uses the internet on a regular basis is a very fat or very skinny nerd with a tiny **** and too much hair. Stop acting like you're the man for keeping "the geeks" in check on this topic. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Obviously not all people who use the internet often are fat, skinny, or weak; I use it. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> No seriously, it's not about who they are, it's what they're acting like, because I can't judge their physical appearances but I sure as hell can judge based on how they act online. And right now, almost every single person in this thread has been acting like a whiny ****-y nerd, including myself. And at least I haven't made a "Your momma" joke. That's just sad. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Go All Blacks.
English/real football whatever is actually known as Soccer:Football, that's a fact go look it up.
I'm from the UK and I personally like Football (soccer) I enjoy playing it and enjoy watching it sometimes. I don't like the play acting that goes on in the game or the fact that in some countries it's encouraged. I dislike even more how much some players get paid, especially considering how thick some of them are *cough* David Beckham *cough* the blokes a muppet he has the intellignece of a turnip and if he couldn't kick a ball he would be stacking shelves in a supermarket.
I prefer Rugby a hell of a lot more; it's a much more physical game and much more entertaining, a mans game tbh.
With regards to American Football, I don't hate it I just fail to see the appeal of it; I find it really boring to watch with all the stopping and starting that goes on. Plus all the padding and helmets while they are there for a reason just seem daft to me because Rugby with all it's rucks, mauls and scrums is a lot more physical yet they don't have anywhere near the protection.
btw here's a quick bit of trivia for you peeps, who is the current Olympic champions at Rugby?
Lastly although this is off topic, how come Cricket is refused application to be added as an Olympic event because not enough nation play it yet Baseball is in the ###### Olympics??? Baseball in the Olympics is just a free Gold medal to the US cos only the US Cuba and Japan really play it :/
The US is full of seperatists that left their respected countries because there was somthing that they disliked about it (Soccer maybe? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->) The Americans wanted to be different than Euroland so they invent Foorball. It catches on in the US, Soccer looses popularity, it causes a sports war.
I think it's safe to say however, that people hate Football because it's called Football, it's American, and they aren't exposed to enough of it. Same with Americans and Soccer, except in reverse order.
BTW, since this thread has been shot to **** I am requesting lockage.
for reals. soccer is a out of date sport. lets look at all the great Football movies
1- Radio
2- Remember the Titans
3- Friday night lights
4- varsity blues
just to name a few
and lets look at what movies soccer has...
1- bend it like beckum (the worse movie I've ever seen)
2- the big green (it might entertain you if your under 6)
football is a game of stradagy
soccer is a game of chaos
Football is just a better game... thats all there is