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re: A billion people could watch the India-Pakistan Champions Trophy cricket final tonight
Posted on 6/17/17 at 10:26 pm to Col Reb is my mascot
Posted on 6/17/17 at 10:26 pm to Col Reb is my mascot
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This is why sports matter. And while our sports fandom is great, around the world soccer and cricket are incredible.
Yeah because after the Civil War, we haven't been trying to kill each other. The fandom you speak of is pure religious or national hate...good thing we have sport.
True - it's important that Pakistan and India settle their differences in sport rather than trying to genocidal murder each other like during Partition.
Sport is good for that.
We should have played the Soviet Union in basketball and hockey every year...just to let things simmer down.
This post was edited on 6/17/17 at 10:27 pm
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Posted on 6/17/17 at 10:43 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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The fandom you speak of is pure religious or national hate...good thing we have sport.
Sport can do so much more though. Soccer, as an example:
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During the 1960s, Nigeria was racked by a devastating civil war. But when soccer legend Pele and his team of Brazilian greats visited the country to play a match, both sides immediately agreed to a truce so they could watch the legend in action. The military even opened heavily guarded checkpoints so that people could make their way to the big game.
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In 2005, Ivory Coast star Didier Drogba used the wave of euphoria caused by the national team qualifying for the 2006 World Cup to make a passionate call for an end to the bitter civil war destroying his country. A cease-fire was agreed within the week.
Yes, sport around the world can turn into a battle field for political and national hatred. But it can also be so much more. A billion people watching India take on Pakistan can only help. It certainly will not hurt relations between the countries.
This post was edited on 6/17/17 at 10:44 pm
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