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Is all this Arkan business not a convenient excuse to have a go at the Lazio fans again? It reminds me of the uproar in here when Andy Goram signed for United which all stemmed back to his links with republican terrorists earlier in his career.
Didn't certain sections of the Rangers and Celtic support seize on Goram's misplaced friendship to stir up the obligatory sectarian abuse during the Old Firm games at the time.
I stand by my earlier argument that it is not just a Lazio or Italian problem, it exists in all walks of life and is simply reflected in the demonstrations of a moronic minority in football stadia the world over. It's not even restricted purely to racism (where's the racism in the Arkan banners), it's down to prejudice pure and simple Jew/Gentile, Black/White, Catholic/Proddy, Croat/Serb.
When we start reducing whole swathes of humanity to simplistic labels then we oversimplify things and miss the best bits of life's rich tapestry. Hell I've even met plenty of scousers who I get on with and would class as good mates it doesn't mean there is no room for good natured banter but the language of violence associated with many of these prejudiced dick heads has no place in society, let alone football.
If your heart is filled with hatred, where is the room for love. Racism, sectarianism, xenophobia, religious intolerance are cancers in human society as old as time and can be stopped just by all wanting to. When do you stop an argument? when everyone on one side is dead, or when you can't remember how it started in the feckin' first place?
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