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Thread #91369   Message #1782713
Posted By: Wolfgang
13-Jul-06 - 12:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: Football World Cup 2006
Subject: RE: BS: Football World Cup 2006
An alternative to Alanabit's link with point scoring (I got 1660)

Harki is a loaded term I agree but
(1) the police wouldn't have known it and
(2) it is not at all racist, at least not more than the term Quisling. A collaborator is a member of the same group (race) who collaborates with the enemy.

Well, this time, according to Zidane, it was not the word used like it was last time (1998) when he saw a red card during the world cup for stamping on Saudi Arabia's captain. (I ponder whether McGrath would call it racist when one Arab names another Arab son of a collaborator with the enemy).

Wolfgang