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Thread #92194 Message #1761306
Posted By: Wolfgang
16-Jun-06 - 08:49 AM
Thread Name: BS: Showing respect to another country
Subject: RE: BS: Showing respect to another country
"We have won" can also be a fine moment of shared feelings. It happened to me the day before yesterday and I'll never forget my surprise. I had been in a train when Germany played Poland and only knew the half time result when the train arrived. I took a taxi and had the intention to ask the taxi driver for the final result. But the guy in the taxi was of middle East appearance and had a strong middle East accent. Oh well, I thought, I'll find out at home. He wouldn't know the details of the German game and probably supported Iran or whatever and might even be glad about Germany loosing.
So I kept silent. But he couldn't keep silent: "Have you heard already, we have won." And only when he told that Neuville scored from a pass by Odonkor I realised whom he meant by "we". I smiled at him, asked him all the details he knew and was a bit ashamed about my prejudices.