The new home for the political stuff in the Cotto-Foreman thread is here

[JazMerkin]

Ok, I'm just passing through quick today, but as strong as I feel about the Israeli situation (& I do feel they are a terrorist state who should face severe punishment for invading what was effectively Turkish soil in international waters), it is ridiculous that Yuri Foreman (who learnt to box as the only Jew alongside many Palestinians and Arabs) should have to deal with this hate, it's pathetic. I hope he beats Cotto now... and not only because of me & POB's bet.

To be fair, I've only seen one person acting that way here, though I am sure there are more elsewhere.

Even one person, who is a respected forum member, behaving that way is embarassing.

[mattboxingfan]

Yeah! Damn straight, i don't know what your talking about but i hate terrorism! ENGLAND ENGLAND ENGLAND!


















There should be some interesting responses to this.

[CFH]

Yeah! Damn straight, i don't know what your talking about but i hate terrorism! ENGLAND ENGLAND ENGLAND!


















There should be some interesting responses to this.

It's amazing that someone can reach HTH levels of irrelevance so quickly. Very impressive .

[mattboxingfan]

Yeah! Damn straight, i don't know what your talking about but i hate terrorism! ENGLAND ENGLAND ENGLAND!




















There should be some interesting responses to this.

It's amazing that someone can reach HTH levels of irrelevance so quickly. Very impressive .

I think you mean ENGLAND ARE THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME AND GET THEM DAMN JOB STEALING TERRORISTS OUT!

[mattboxingfan]

Anyone heard anything about Bin London?

[Gandalf]

I know it's all a bit strong, but it will be fun to see Cotto bust him up. I really had no interest in this fight until about 24 hours ago. It's become much more interesting now. The Israeli flag has for me become the new Swastika. A symbol of repression and hate.

[Gandalf]

On paper it's a bit of a dull fight, but adding a bit of politics makes it far more relevant (for me).

[CFH]

I know it's all a bit strong, but it will be fun to see Cotto bust him up. I really had no interest in this fight until about 24 hours ago. It's become much more interesting now. The Israeli flag has for me become the new Swastika. A symbol of repression and hate.

I feel strongly about the Palestinian situation, I've taken several courses on it because of that interest, but you're just being an asshole with that statement. Not that it surprises me all that much. I hope you just don't have any idea how offensive that would be to any Jewish members of this forum, but I suspect that is not the case. Israel, while a repressive state, isn't even in the same universe as Nazi Germany and only an idiot would think that it was.

[CFH]

Ok, I'm just passing through quick today, but as strong as I feel about the Israeli situation (& I do feel they are a terrorist state who should face severe punishment for invading what was effectively Turkish soil in international waters), it is ridiculous that Yuri Foreman (who learnt to box as the only Jew alongside many Palestinians and Arabs) should have to deal with this hate, it's pathetic. I hope he beats Cotto now... and not only because of me & POB's bet.

To be fair, I've only seen one person acting that way here, though I am sure there are more elsewhere.

Even one person, who is a respected forum member, behaving that way is embarassing.

I don't disagree with that, I just don't think there is any broad undercurrent of hatred being directed towards Foreman in any significant way as a result of his Jewish background.