How much violence has there been at the world cup?

[jake-the-peg]

Not seen any news of football fans murdered in their beds yet - did I miss it?

or were these predictions unfounded?

http://www.theanswerb...s/Question881619.html

Or are we waiting for a big Finale

Do Geezer and AOG feel vindicated or are we about to see a startling volte face?

[bibblebub]

there's been less violence than on this thread http://www.theanswerb...9-4.html#postananswer

[R1Geezer]

fair enough jake, hands up, heard of nothing much, so fair enough, so glad I was wrong.

[Greedyfly]

lol Bibblebub

[Zeuhl]

Gracious acknowledgement Geezer - nice one.
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[Gromit]

Some of our most right wing posters desperately wanted the South African Finals to fail badly. That would prove the blacks could not run the country properly without the whites. Some it seems were wishing for muggings, rape and murder of English supporters. Fortunately they were wrong. Another poster asked...

// On the news last night they did a piece on the crime in South Africa and interviewed several mugger types who said they would be treating this like Xmas come early. You also have British firms offerring stab proof vests with England Badging etc. Presumably other nations are doing the same. Is it wise to be sending thousands of tourists into the Crime capitl of the world? what where FIFA thinking. What happenns when the fans all get together and start lynching the muggers? The whole thing is asking for troublee. //

http://www.theanswerb...s/Question855818.html

[OrcadianOil]

No, they're quite safe over there - Hingerland's yobbo element either couldn't afford to go, or else had had their passports impounded - those who have one, that is.

[DrFilth]

this is taken from the yorkshire evening post

Published Date: 02 June 2010
By Paul Robinson
Scores of Leeds United yobs have been told to surrender their passports in a bid to stop them travelling to the World Cup.
A nationwide total of 3,111 known football hooligans had until yesterday to hand over their documents to the police.



up and down the country the thugs had to hand their passports in.
good way of stopping the scum from going to the matches

[DrFilth]

http://www.liverpoole...side-100252-26592205/

[sp1814]

I noticed myself last week that the predicted violence from the black South Africans failed to materialize.

I for one and absolutely DISGUSTED that the mobs of machete-weilding Saffas have failed to disrupt the games and will be writing in the strongest terms to my local MP and the editor of the Daily Mail.

How the hell are we supposed to maintain our bigoted views of Africans if some selfish individuals refuse to 'play ball'.

It's PC gone mad (etc etc ad lib to fade).

[trt]

The English fans are saving it till the footie season starts in the UK, as they would have had no chance against the Africans with machetes etc!.

[anotheoldgit]

Why the need to implement me, I was merely posting a pre World Cup news report and in the light of this I asked,

/// How worried will World Cup fans be by vicious messages such as this?///

/// Will it be safe to stage the World Cup in South Africa, or is this type of message only only the ramblings of a sick minority? ? ///

Perhaps I should have waited then we would have been spared the ramblings of a sick minority, i.e. the likes of jake-the-peg and his side-kick Gromit.