Damien Broderick wrote:
> ...
> Last night I watched a chilling BBC program by a journo who infiltrated a
> bunch of soccer thugs in Britain and furtively filmed their antics and
> boasts. These were not stupid men, by and large. Some of them had (or once
> had) reasonably demanding jobs. They just lerrrrved smacking and bashing
> the shit out of other people. Their blood was up, it boiled with rage and
> delight, they had flow and peak experience. There's going to be a lot of it
> going around, even if Banks's Culture emerges.
>
> And please don't tell me this won't happen if everyone's packing heat (as
> they used to say on the mean streets)
>
> Damien
I read this recently, in regards to hooligan British soccer or "football"
fans: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n811/a04.html?156456. The website
tracks newspaper articles on certain issues.
Ross
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