Germany imposes will on Greece. Greece makes a few last ditch efforts to fight back, if only for posterity’s sake, but ultimately just gets kicked around as it goes down in flames. Whether the Greeks were humiliated or humiliated themselves is, of course, in the eye of the beholder.
Mark of New Jersey
Mark is a Founding Editor of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen, the predecessor of Ordinary Times.
Due to problems related to a WordPress update, the site's layout had to be moderately altered. Some of the changes are temporary.
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Yeah, looks like the Three Groups of Voters have different takes on him. 1. AUGH I HATE HIM! I HATE…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25It's in NY. State will be fortunate to get life. I'd call it more a political assassination than a c…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Judge Crawford easily wins in Wisconsin despite or because of Musk’s 25 million spent on her opponen…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Yes, but everybody knows that Israel is held to the standard of perfection while other countries are… on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/2554 at final count but an easy 9 point lead on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25The most important stat is civilian:military ratios. My link is to a listing of estimates. The vario… on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Did you hear about New York University cancelling Dr. Joanne Liu's speech? Just happened earlier tod…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25It’s being widely reported that Facebook is taking down recent posts by historian Heather Cox Richar… on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Worth noting that the Wisconsin Supreme Court went to the Democrat by 57%. on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25He alone among his colleagues has finally grown some back bone. I can’t wait for the speech to be pu…
April 1, 2025
The Greatest Strike in History
March 30, 2025
March 28, 2025
They’re Acting Queer in Cleveland
March 27, 2025
on A Grudging Concession About Something Trump Did
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25 on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25 on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25 on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25 on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25 on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25 on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25 on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25 on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25 on Trump’s Most Insidious Scheme (So Far) on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25 on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25
Now I get it: German fans rubbed it in by chanting: “We paid for your tickets.”
“Without Angie, you wouldn’t be here,” bellowed the German fans, referring to the multibillion-dollar bailouts Greece has received from European partners, first and foremost Germany.
“We’ll never pay you back,” countered the Greeks. “We’ll never pay you back.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/23/world/europe/greece-vs-germany-spills-off-soccer-field.htmlReport
I was hoping the German fans would break into “Deutschland über alles.”Report
Soccer is a sublimation of war.Report
War is long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. Soccer leaves out the terror.Report
+1.Report
Soccer leaves out the terror.
Sadly, no.Report
all this hating on soccer when grid-iron (i.e. american “foot”ball*) when grid-iron is far more violent.
*You guys practically handle the ball most of the time. How is it even reaonable to call it foot ball?Report
We rarely have football riots, sir. The carnage is confined to the playing field.
Your second question is one of the great mysteries of life. Like why is team handball an Olympic sport?Report
It’s called football for historical reasons. Students at Rugby played a football variant that allowed carrying the ball, and American football is ultimately derived from this.Report