Thursday, June 26, 2008

I am proud of my country


No, I am not Michelle Obama… and it is not because Germany beat Turkey 3:2 in tonight’s semi final European cup… Turkey actually had the better team and would have deserved to win… no, it is because afterwards in the streets, there was none of this stupid and brain dead nationalism and patriotism, let alone hooliganism and violence, but genuine respect for each other and a big party that everybody was invited to… German fans chanting “Türkiye” and Turkish fans shouting “Deutschland”… that is the way it should be… I am proud that Germany has come this far…






















1 comment:

Thomas Ball said...

Looks like it was a great atmosphere...and would probably not happen here in the UK! There would have been riots in the streets!