What Are You Doing Right Now? (279 Viewers)

[swag]

I was talking about the WC with some coworkers and everyone started to say what team they were rooting for. Out came answers like "Brazil since I was a little kid", "Italy for life", Germany, etc. and no Vzla obviously.
The best one was a guy who said "The only people who should support Italy are those of italian descent" so I asked him what his team was, expecting to hear my country's name, and he said Argentina. I asked him if he was from there/had any argentinian family and he said no, but he was rooting for them because they are a cool team and Argentina is in South America

I immediately thought of you and the lecture you could give them

 

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[Bjerknes]

Whose?

The guy you were talking about. You should have asked him if a Norwegian could support the Azzurri since they are part of the same continent.

 

[swag]

Flight to Goa is in 4 hours!

Bitchin'. I have yet to still haul my ass to Goa and Kerala.

 

[Bjerknes]

Time for a run and errands before the match.

 

[Nicholas]

That women in your avatar is hawt Andy. Who is it?

 

[Enron]

The wait is taking forever.

 

[Ford Prefect]

just been to town to get some heineken kegs for my party tonight ftw

 

[Seven]

I don't understand why you have to be neutral when other nations play, Andy.

I like Italy more than New Zealand, so I'm rooting for Italy in that game.

 

[Enron]

What time are we kicking things off?

 

[Enron]

I don't understand why you have to be neutral when other nations play, Andy.

I think it's fine to root for a side when your team isn't playing. So long as you don't cheer for another team against your own.

For me, I tend to cheer for Holland or random African teams when the US isn't playing.

 

[Seven]

I think it's fine to root for a side when your team isn't playing. So long as you don't cheer for another team against your own.

For me, I tend to cheer for Holland or random African teams when the US isn't playing.

Also, what about people who have several nationalities? Maybe it's not common in the US, but nationality is starting to mean less and less within the EU borders.

 

[Enron]

Also, what about people who have several nationalities? Maybe it's not common in the US, but nationality is starting to mean less and less within the EU borders.

In that case pick a team and stick with it. It's annoying if someone claims they love all 12 of their nationalities the same.

 

[Seven]

In that case pick a team and stick with it. It's annoying if someone claims they love all 12 of their nationalities the same.

Of course, but what if you were born in Austria, would you be a hypocrite if you supported Italy, even if you're an Italian citizen?

 

[Fred]

Man has a point.

No matter where i was born, i will always support Libya over all.

 

[Enron]

Of course, but what if you were born in Austria, would you be a hypocrite if you supported Italy, even if you're an Italian citizen?

On some levels. I understand why Italian Americans like Italy so much. It's ingrained into their culture. At the same time many of them would root against the US even if they weren't playing the Azzurri and to me that's odd. It's living in the past. It's like Guiseppe Rossi claiming he's an American at all times, except on the pitch.

I don't really think we're ever going to disagree on this point. It's really hard to understand our point until you've been pelted by toilet paper at a NT match in your own country. Though I am a bit more understanding on this issue that Andy or Burke.

 

[swag]

That women in your avatar is hawt Andy. Who is it?

That woman in your avatar looks like trouble. I hope she doesn't come to Torino.

The wait is taking forever.

Dude, just unzip and use the bushes.

Man has a point.

No matter where i was born, i will always support Libya over all.

You must have been a massive Perugia fan a few years back.

 

[Enron]

Man has a point.

No matter where i was born, i will always support Libya over all.

Who will you be cheering for in the World Cup?

 

[Fred]

That woman in your avatar looks like trouble. I hope she doesn't come to Torino.



Dude, just unzip and use the bushes.



You must have been a massive Perugia fan a few years back.

I was indifferent to Perugia until they bought that bastard, after that i kinda disliked them

Who will you be cheering for in the World Cup?

Algeria no doubt.

 

[swag]

On some levels. I understand why Italian Americans like Italy so much. It's ingrained into their culture. At the same time many of them would root against the US even if they weren't playing the Azzurri and to me that's odd. It's living in the past. It's like Guiseppe Rossi claiming he's an American at all times, except on the pitch.

I don't really think we're ever going to disagree on this point. It's really hard to understand our point until you've been pelted by toilet paper at a NT match in your own country. Though I am a bit more understanding on this issue that Andy or Burke.

When the U.S. plays some Central American team on home soil and sees itself outnumbered 5:1 in supporters in the stands, it's not because all those people are Honduran or Guatemalan citizens in this country illegally. Even if Arizona wants you to believe that.

Those national identities, even if past or through ancestry or whatnot, give people clique identities within broader contexts. Look at Spain, for example. Even with Euro 2008, you could still make the argument that being Catalan or Basque is far more important than some Spanish identity.

I think the piece that Andy might be missing is that it's human nature to want to belong to some subset or clique. America is too broad of a melting pot for many to always identify with so closely. Hence why the terms Mexican-American, Italian-American, Ukrainian-American, etc., etc. Whether it's a street gang in West Side Story, North Siders vs. South Siders in Chicago, or a U.S. citizen cheering for Honduras when they're playing USA in Columbus, OH, there's a human psychological need to identify with a niche social affinity.

Pretending that doesn't exist, even as illogical as it may seem, is a bit of a naive way to look at the world. Supporting a club or an NT always involves some form of personal identity. And those definitions of identity don't always start and end with a passport.

 

[Enron]

Algeria no doubt.

Why?