English football fans burn US flag outside Liverpool football field

[Captain Hilts]

As a protest to Liverpool's US ownership and in preparation for Saturday's match.

http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/sean_oshea/english-soccer-fans-burn-american-flag-95855724.html


English fans burned an American flag outside Liverpool football ground last week.

It was in protest at American-born owners of Liverpool, but there was also a broader message as the U.S. prepare to face the English on Saturday in the World Cup.

I think they crossed a line however.

Burning a flag has a deep emotional context to Americans.

It is what mad mullahs in Iran do, its what Al Qaeda lunatics in Pakistan delight in doing.

It does not get done by English supporters or anyone else.

Or at least it shouldn't.

Nobody burns Old Glory with impunity

The picture of the burning is quite shocking to me.

Can this really be England, the home of democracy?

IS this what we can expect from their fans next Saturday?

I'm mad as hell and I hope U.S. fans everywhere are too.

[MrCoffee]

1. This was a Spirit of Shankly thing, not an England thing

Those guys are completely off the deep end. I understand the frustration with Hicks/Gillett, but that protest was way out of line.

When it happened, there were lots of comments about "Iranfield" and "Rafatollah", which I thought was hilarious.


Let's not forget that there are idiots in the US protesting the BP oil spill by stomping on the Union Jack.

[Captain Hilts]

3. Yes. nt

[JonLP24]

2. It doesn't anger me

I don't even care. The flag is also sometimes burnt in protest of policies made by the US.

[Upton]

4. I could care less about the flag..

but because of BP this match has taken on a whole new meaning nonetheless..

[Twillig]

5. Who fucking cares?

It's a piece of cloth made in China.

[era veteran]

6. England is not the home of democracy

That would apply more to us than them. The class system is also still part of Great Britain. Tacky burning flags but not the end of the world.

[Onceuponalife]

7. There should be more flags burning

All of them. Every country. Burn them.