tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9814112.post578325499157169352..comments2024-02-13T00:50:40.641+08:00Comments on From Where I am.........Kuala Lumpur: Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester UnitedHappySurferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444290549991093661noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9814112.post-24924230359093986532007-02-07T11:45:00.000+08:002007-02-07T11:45:00.000+08:00Now if only soccer fans would stop killing each ot...Now if only soccer fans would stop killing each other. <br /><br />As if the regular hooliganism weren't bad enough, it seems like after just about every FIFA World Cup tournament at least one soccer player winds up getting murdered by a disappointed fan. During the 2002 World Cup a whole <i>village</i> in Africa wound up getting raided and burned because it was mainly populated by people from a country that had just defeated the local team.<br /><br />And now all soccer-related events are banned until further notice in Italy, the last World Cup winner, because a rioting fan threw a bomb into a police car, killing an officer.<br /><br />It seems that, worldwide, soccer is second only to religion in terms of body count.The Moody Minstrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16342935635794595909noreply@blogger.com