You guys will love this one -
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 9:15 am
Soccer thugs are emerging new radicals with mindset for street warfare
THE greatest threat of terror on the streets of Australia is born not of the twisted ideology of young jihadists but at the hands of emerging new radicals who don’t need guns or bags packed with explosives.
Soccer thugs come armed with a mindset for street warfare, waging their belligerent campaign that has far less to do with any scoreboard and more with mob mentality.
They wrap their faces in scarfs, light flares, hurl bottles and issue ugly rants in guised ethnic cleansing campaigns legitimised by light-footed politicians and left wing hypochondriacs.
The new ‘ultra’ hooligan has been blamed for the violence that has marred this month’s 2016 UEFA Cup, watched by hundreds of millions around the world.
Critics have warned of a return to the dark days when footy hooliganism ruled the stands and gangs orchestrated hits on opponents.
This week France ordered the deportation of 29 Russian supporters responsible for the carnage leading up to the England-Russia opener in Marseilles.
For three days they went at it — French, English and Russians who punched, kicked and stabbed each other as riot police battled to contain the shirtless dimwits with tear gas.
The scenes that have plagued one of the world’s biggest football competitions has overshadowed any talk of which nation will emerge victorious.
But the tentacles of this kind of violence have already begun to strangle the streets of Melbourne.
It began a few years back when racist goons doing Nazi salutes stormed their way into the Australian Open.
It continued two years ago when A-League morons crusaded along Swan St, Richmond ahead of a showdown between the Western Sydney Wanderers and Melbourne Victory.
Then, earlier this month the same kind of nitwits raised their flags and lit flares to mark a soccer friendly between Greece and the Socceroos.
For more than two hours they ruled the streets of the CBD, resulting in peak hour congestion.
Police on horseback followed the pack as they approached Etihad Stadium but may as well have been at a Moomba Festival.
Not a single person was arrested.
Such a heavy police presence and lack of intervention led to obvious questions.
But police said the only strategy was to hold people to account when they breached legislation.
Police union secretary Ron Iddles said a hosing down of the laws had led to an “absurd’’ situation where officers’ hands were tied.
The cops can no longer move in on protesters for fear of impeding the messages of the unhinged.
Only when rallies spiral out of control can they take action.
Subsequently, we have all become spectators to a new contact sport. A kind of unregulated thuggery motivated less by club allegiance and more by our vexed differences.
Moreland councillors had front row seats when they approved a rally that resulted in left and right wing buffoons rolling up their sleeves in a suburb normally celebrated for its diversity.
“Bad things happen when good people stay silent,’’ Mayor Lita Gillies moaned.
“We live in a democracy and I was also brought up to believe you have to fight to make sure that democracy is maintained.’’
But megaphones and angry marches rarely lead to anything tangible. Just ask any one of the millions who marched against war in 2003.
When these protests inevitably spiral out of control, they become far less about the defence of identity or protecting free speech and more about the shallow ambitions of common thugs.
Only they understand the exhilaration of tearing a T-shirt or landing a solid right hook.
It’s up to all of us to stop it. Until then, we’ve all got ringside seats.
— Aaron Langmaid is a Herald Sun journalist.
I especially like the bit
"Not a single person was arrested.
Such a heavy police presence and lack of intervention led to obvious questions.
But police said the only strategy was to hold people to account when they breached legislation."
So the Journalist (and I use that term becuase he claims to be one) is unhappy because the police didn't arrest anyone despite no laws being broken. He appears to be calling for police to arrest people for NOT breaking the law.
I also love the use of Tier gas LOL
Now this so called Journalist, who wants people arrested for NOT breaking the law is this how desperate the AFL is getting? After all we all know that the Herald Sun is bought and pid for AFL mouthpiece.
THE greatest threat of terror on the streets of Australia is born not of the twisted ideology of young jihadists but at the hands of emerging new radicals who don’t need guns or bags packed with explosives.
Soccer thugs come armed with a mindset for street warfare, waging their belligerent campaign that has far less to do with any scoreboard and more with mob mentality.
They wrap their faces in scarfs, light flares, hurl bottles and issue ugly rants in guised ethnic cleansing campaigns legitimised by light-footed politicians and left wing hypochondriacs.
The new ‘ultra’ hooligan has been blamed for the violence that has marred this month’s 2016 UEFA Cup, watched by hundreds of millions around the world.
Critics have warned of a return to the dark days when footy hooliganism ruled the stands and gangs orchestrated hits on opponents.
This week France ordered the deportation of 29 Russian supporters responsible for the carnage leading up to the England-Russia opener in Marseilles.
For three days they went at it — French, English and Russians who punched, kicked and stabbed each other as riot police battled to contain the shirtless dimwits with tear gas.
The scenes that have plagued one of the world’s biggest football competitions has overshadowed any talk of which nation will emerge victorious.
But the tentacles of this kind of violence have already begun to strangle the streets of Melbourne.
It began a few years back when racist goons doing Nazi salutes stormed their way into the Australian Open.
It continued two years ago when A-League morons crusaded along Swan St, Richmond ahead of a showdown between the Western Sydney Wanderers and Melbourne Victory.
Then, earlier this month the same kind of nitwits raised their flags and lit flares to mark a soccer friendly between Greece and the Socceroos.
For more than two hours they ruled the streets of the CBD, resulting in peak hour congestion.
Police on horseback followed the pack as they approached Etihad Stadium but may as well have been at a Moomba Festival.
Not a single person was arrested.
Such a heavy police presence and lack of intervention led to obvious questions.
But police said the only strategy was to hold people to account when they breached legislation.
Police union secretary Ron Iddles said a hosing down of the laws had led to an “absurd’’ situation where officers’ hands were tied.
The cops can no longer move in on protesters for fear of impeding the messages of the unhinged.
Only when rallies spiral out of control can they take action.
Subsequently, we have all become spectators to a new contact sport. A kind of unregulated thuggery motivated less by club allegiance and more by our vexed differences.
Moreland councillors had front row seats when they approved a rally that resulted in left and right wing buffoons rolling up their sleeves in a suburb normally celebrated for its diversity.
“Bad things happen when good people stay silent,’’ Mayor Lita Gillies moaned.
“We live in a democracy and I was also brought up to believe you have to fight to make sure that democracy is maintained.’’
But megaphones and angry marches rarely lead to anything tangible. Just ask any one of the millions who marched against war in 2003.
When these protests inevitably spiral out of control, they become far less about the defence of identity or protecting free speech and more about the shallow ambitions of common thugs.
Only they understand the exhilaration of tearing a T-shirt or landing a solid right hook.
It’s up to all of us to stop it. Until then, we’ve all got ringside seats.
— Aaron Langmaid is a Herald Sun journalist.
I especially like the bit
"Not a single person was arrested.
Such a heavy police presence and lack of intervention led to obvious questions.
But police said the only strategy was to hold people to account when they breached legislation."
So the Journalist (and I use that term becuase he claims to be one) is unhappy because the police didn't arrest anyone despite no laws being broken. He appears to be calling for police to arrest people for NOT breaking the law.
I also love the use of Tier gas LOL
Now this so called Journalist, who wants people arrested for NOT breaking the law is this how desperate the AFL is getting? After all we all know that the Herald Sun is bought and pid for AFL mouthpiece.