Why don't the british media stop referring the the 2nd world war in the build up to the world cup?
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Because it sells newspapers.\nSo, is the real issue the newspapers or the readers?
723125
A lot of people in the US care about the world cup because most Americans are immagrants from europe and south and central americas. \n\nHowever it is hard to get excited when the games are on at 5am in the morning or midnight in 2002.\n\nIt does not get media coverage though.
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It's cos we are BRILLIANT and the rest of the world is insanely jealous of us. We have always been world beaters and leaders. They hate us for it...\n\nOh hum.... COME ON ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
708991
The English press/journalist/sport commentators have always had a negative attitude towards welsh sport anyway.  Bluebirds have been on top most of the season and what coverage do they get?\nJack Sh1t!\nWe should be used to it by now!\nI mean you have all ready had one childish comment about  "Don't like the welsh anyway" they so funny these people!
651535
to right why should we support England.i wouldn't want them to win anything cause we never here the end of it they go on and on about 66 .you cant even watch a game that doesn't involve them cause their bias commentators still talk about them and ruin it personally i don't care who wins this world cup as long as its not England
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Thank you for posting the link, i never knew that it was there. there are some Fantastic pictures in this site.\nWhy are there not more pictures like these being showed to the world media.\njust go'es to show you how ONE SIDED the media really is.\nshow Blood,Body's,Explosion's,Devastated town's,Burning buildings. Certainly they will show them a hundred times over.\nNever do you see the Allied troop's doing anything positive.\nFreedom of the press, yes to only print what they want.\nand not what could print or should.\nAgain thank you for the LINK.
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England refused to take part in the three World Cup tournaments before World War Two, deeming them to be unimportant.\nThey played first in 1950 in Brazil, and all subsequent tournaments up to 1970 (1954 in Switzerland, 1958 in Sweden, 1962 in Chile and 1966 in England).\nThey then failed to qualify for two consecutive World Cups - the 1974 tournament in West Germany and the 1978 tournament in Argentina.\nThey then played in Spain in 1982, Mexico in 1986 and Italy in 1990. After a disastrous qualification campaign they failed to qualify for the USA 1994 tournament, but have qualified for each competition since (1998, 2002 and 2006).\nCompeted : 1950 - 54 - 58 - 62 - 66 - 70 - 82 - 86 - 90 - 98 - 2002 - 2006\n\nInterestingly, the 1958 tournament in Sweden was the only one to date in which all four home UK nations qualified - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Our media saturates us with constant negative images and news from Iraq.  When they finally stop deluging us, the public will stop caring about it.  However, many also have loved ones over there (150,000 soldiers means 150,000 families and countless relatives worried about them).  \n\nOur media does not really cover the bird flue, or Africa, or EU because they don't think Americans are interested in those topics.  Our media only cares about what they can cover in 30 seconds or less that will get them amazing ratings.  Now if the bird flu takes off and millions start dying, then that will get the media's attention.  \n\nHope this helps!  I know you aren't trying to insult anyone.  The US public only knows about what the media tells it.  It is so sad.
653974
I heard one recently about the English football team, called "Dont Mention the War".  Very funny.
1091512
Because it is a sport, not war. Yes it was a cheaters goal the first one, but the second, to this date, has not be bettered by any person.  Also, the game has two halves, and there was always a chance that we could equalise and win, oh and the point that we are English and dont throw our toys around when things aint going our way.
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I thing we are already into the World War-III which is going on slowly engulfing more and more people, more and more nation in to it. This is solwer than the other two in spark but much much more hazardous in effect.You count the death tolls, thousands of people are being killed worldwide every year and this figure is increasing every year.\nThis WW is not centralised or polarised but is decentralised and spread out having its presence in each and every nation on the globe. This war is using the worst weapon which not only kills Human but the Humanity as well. \nWe are Killing and We are Dying.....
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****Jeez, don't you hate it when some turkey pastes in a whole wikipedia article instead of linking and paraphrasing***\n\nWould that would be the war between Falkland and Malvinia (1856), two small South American countries that both destroyed each other prior to the intervention of UK and Argentina.  Of course, there was the war in 1982 fought between the UK and Argentina, when the Junta in Argentina needed a popularity boost and decided to invade the crown possession of the Falklands Islands (known as the Malvinas in Argentina, who still posts signs claiming ownership everywhere in this deluded country).  Of course, the Argies got their backside handed to them by elements of 2 Para, 3 Para, Scots Guards, Ghurkas, Royal Marines, 42 Cmmdo, 45 Commdo, et. al.  even with their geographic, defensive and numbers advantage.  The Argies lost threee times as many dead and twice wounded in action (would have been more if the British weren't humane and treated the wounded Argies.)\n\nAnyway, the shameful rout of the Argentines eventually brought down the Government in Argentina and boosted Maggie Thatchers popularity.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4510476.stm
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I'm so sick of hearing about the world cup. Who fu**ing cares?
324691
I haven't usually heard it called that, at least not in the United States, France, or Britain.  I think it might have been called the "Great Patriotic War" in Russia, though -- but they like big names.\n\nWW2 was not fought primarily for patriotic reasons, at least not by the United States, though patriotism might have been used to motivate the soldiers.  I think in many cases WW2 was called the "Good War" because the other side was so monstrously evil that there is no moral question.
330946
Thats a good Question, but the answer is No. The World Cup is the most well known sporting event across the world, and if something like that took place, I beleave it would have a bad effect, not only on the World Cup, but on the sport of Soccer as well, and seeing how soccer is starting to become a huge sport in the states, I hope something like a war between two countrys would not have an affect on such a beautiful sport.
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I am sorry, but I keep hearing that students in Germany are not taught about WW2 and Hitler, and that is just not true. I am 32 years now, grew up in Germany and went to school there. It is ridiculous to assert that we were not educated about that issue, even if we would like to forget about it.\nThe reason why Germans don't like to talk about it is, that we are taught in school and our society, that it was all our fault. WW1, WW2, Germans cannot be trusted, we learn. Nationalism is bad, we learn. If you ever go to Germany, you will notice very few flags hanging up like you would here, in the US, because it goes back to "Nationalism is bad. Germans are bad." The Olympics or an international soccer game is the only place where you would actually see German flag-waving inside the country, apart from what we consider to be radical elements of our society.\nWe are very much allowed to talk about what happened. There is such a thing as freedom of speech in Germany, but people are afraid to look like "Nationalist," very much like people in the US try to avoid talking about the black/white issues in order not to appear racist.\nThere are a few things that are not being taught and understood correctly about history in Germany. Since we have that feeling of collective guilt, nobody wants to explore the possibility of other nations carrying part of the guilt due to what happened in WW1. You will find plenty of people talking about it in the States, but in Germany, people just don't even want to talk about it anymore. "It's all our fault, yes, can we stop talking baout it, please?" is probably the best description of the German mindset when you will bring up the topic.