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whomario · 07-13-2014, 08:12 AM

I am looking forward to tonight, a lot

The biggest sports event with a rooting interest i will witness as an adult. (i was 6 in 1990 and 12 in 1996, the latter i definitely remember very fondly)
And i am not even particularly "patriotic". It´s just that as a german soccer fan you followed the core of that team on their journey and they have earned my support with their play a dozen times over.
And there´s no denying there are positives behind some of the over-the-top nationalism and the annoying "yeah, yeah, yeah" type part-time fans: It is a joy to see the large majority of people who have immigrated here (or there parents or their parents) actively root for this team which quite simply is a mirror of what is the "new german" with guys from all sorts of backgrounds (Klose having a silesian/polish background, Özil turkish, Boateng and Khedira having african roots, you have guys from all parts of the country).

This just feels right. And i might even wander around with my viewing party afterwards and hug a few strangers, if we win this thing. I am not generally a "we" guy, but this time i might just be one

07-13-2014, 08:12 AM	#3373
whomario Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2007	I am looking forward to tonight, a lot The biggest sports event with a rooting interest i will witness as an adult. (i was 6 in 1990 and 12 in 1996, the latter i definitely remember very fondly) And i am not even particularly "patriotic". It´s just that as a german soccer fan you followed the core of that team on their journey and they have earned my support with their play a dozen times over. And there´s no denying there are positives behind some of the over-the-top nationalism and the annoying "yeah, yeah, yeah" type part-time fans: It is a joy to see the large majority of people who have immigrated here (or there parents or their parents) actively root for this team which quite simply is a mirror of what is the "new german" with guys from all sorts of backgrounds (Klose having a silesian/polish background, Özil turkish, Boateng and Khedira having african roots, you have guys from all parts of the country). This just feels right. And i might even wander around with my viewing party afterwards and hug a few strangers, if we win this thing. I am not generally a "we" guy, but this time i might just be one __________________ “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!”