Comments on: German soccer team shies away from cross on jersey

By: lils

lils — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:23:28 +0000

It’s just yet another incident where noone sees anything wrong with the design till a muslim decides it offends him that it isn’t his religious symbol used instead. I quite agree that it is PC taken too far, since the cross is an every day symbol and in case of a soccer club uniform clearly not meant to be religious.
Sadly this madness of doing everything to not offend muslims is quite common in Europe, Germany in particular.

@Mario
Well in answer to your “what next” question, it is no longer allowed to mention an offender’s nationality/cultural background(immigrants) in news reports. At the same time this same cultural background is used in court as a reason to lessen the verdict. Welcome in Germany, where the constitution(everyone is equal) is worth less than not offending immigrants or reporting the truth.

By: Mario Schunck

Mario Schunck — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:45:30 +0000

The Germans should stand up for there choice, what ever happened to freedom of speech, first an article, then a cartoon, now a football top!. What next? don’t get in the way of the truth, someday we will all find out.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:33:26 +0000

How absurd! I didn’t even see a cross until I read this article and looked at the jersey again. The voters should have gotten what they voted for. Too many people in today’s world are a bunch of whiners who are offended by almost anything. Get over it!

By: James Butler

James Butler — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:27:04 +0000

In that case Portsmouth FC should be banned from having a crescent moon on its jersey.

It’s all PC madness.

Considering that Christians and Jews are not permitted to display religious symbols in Muslim countries then Muslims should not have the right to tell us what we can do.

A nice big red cross on the England jersey please. It is the national symbol, or are we going to get rid of the flag of St George as well as Britannia from our coins?

Is there a special symbol for “middle class people are idiots”? I’d like to wear it.

By: Jonny Goldberg

Jonny Goldberg — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:47:20 +0000

Just because your American, Ari, doesn´t mean your opinion is better. What has been American got to do with it? Why do Americans want the whole world to know they´re Americans? You should be worrying about your own citizens shooting school kids before worrying about others. Religion should be tolerated by all. If it´s accidental or intentional, so what? Freedom of speech and all that jazz. We are near the point where we will get punished now for insulting or harming ourselves.

By: Terry Hibbitt

Terry Hibbitt — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:03:10 +0000

Lets hope they ban the players from crossing themselves as they run on the pitch! Shame on them! What about the nazi-esque eagle? Lets hope the Jewish Community doesn’t get offended!!!

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By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:57:57 +0000

Do you really feel that way German Teams Say Nine? Its nein, by the way. Though I do feel it is a silly choice, as a cross is one of the most common symbols or designs in the world, its not as though they are offending Christians by not having the cross. Its going to be removed in favor of a neutral design, not a star and crescent. So you see they have chosen something that should offend no one. The only reason a Christian should feel offended is if they previously knew the cross design might have been on their and felt they deserved special treatment.

By: German Team say Nine to Christians — tenminutesports.com

German Team say Nine to Christians — tenminutesports.com — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:42:14 +0000

[…] German Soccer Team won’t use fan’s choice of Jersey because it has a “cross”…. Seems clear that not offending Muslims is more important than not offending Christians in Germany. Also seems clear that Political Correctness has run amok in Germany. […]

By: Ari

Ari — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:02:52 +0000

As an American, I support the separation of church and state. Clearly, professional sports teams are neither church nor state sponsored, but why confuse the issue? Keep jerseys simple and stay away from controversy.