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Nearly Sane

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Pep Guardiola charged for wearing political ribbon
« on: February 23, 2018, 04:44:32 PM »
This could be very interesting. I


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Re: Pep Guardiola charged for wearing political ribbon
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2018, 01:59:46 PM »
Sounds to me like the UEFA version of the rule is more reasonable.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if most people watching the game were - like me - completely ignorant of the significance of the yellow ribbon until the FA charge was reported in the media.
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Re: Pep Guardiola charged for wearing political ribbon
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2018, 03:18:54 PM »
Sounds to me like the UEFA version of the rule is more reasonable.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if most people watching the game were - like me - completely ignorant of the significance of the yellow ribbon until the FA charge was reported in the media.

Jose Mourinho’s been drawing attention to it for some time now.

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Re: Pep Guardiola charged for wearing political ribbon
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2018, 11:46:41 AM »

Idiotic comparison but it does raise the question of whether religious symbols are somehow by definition not political.


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Re: Pep Guardiola charged for wearing political ribbon
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2018, 01:16:29 PM »
Idiotic comparison but it does raise the question of whether religious symbols are somehow by definition not political.


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