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tabatha

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2. Not the point.

Reply to leveymg (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 03:02 PM

Feb 2012

~~People released from autocratic rule do not always transition peacefully~~. (I did not know that football violence was so widespread in all kinds of countries.)

And I don't recall military intervention in the UK soccer riots.

They are hardly about to be mowed down by tons of military equipment.

False equivalencies make me want to

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Egypt: 'At least 73' killed in Egypt football violence [View all] dipsydoodle Feb 2012 OP

Quick. Reconvene the UN Security Council to authorize "humanitarian" military intervention. leveymg Feb 2012 #1

Not the point. tabatha Feb 2012 #2

Deaths are rare over here dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #4

Football hooliganism - wikipedia tabatha Feb 2012 #3

Ban it. Everywhere. AngryAmish Feb 2012 #5

Ban football? MrCoffee Feb 2012 #6

Just keep soccer dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #7

So...wait...you think they were playing American football. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #12

No chance dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #13

Pretty sure riots are banned already. Lars77 Feb 2012 #14

impossible to figure it out riverwalker Feb 2012 #8

Wouldn't it be a bit odd dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #9

Footage here. T_i_B Feb 2012 #10

The army have been called in now. dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #11

I thought this was really interesting. Yo_Mama Feb 2012 #15

This may not be entirely unrelated to the political situation in Egypt. HuckleB Feb 2012 #16

Marched on the Israeli embassy? T_i_B Feb 2012 #18

One Year Ago: Soccer Clubs Central to Ending Egypt's "Dictatorship of Fear" HuckleB Feb 2012 #17

Egypt army, police blamed for soccer bloodshed maddezmom Feb 2012 #19

Some speculate that the army deliberately did not aid Al Ahly fans and players Lars77 Feb 2012 #20