Minute's applause for Mandela ?

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Tuesday - no minutes applause - team woeful, crowd silent.

Saturday - minutes applause - team superb, crowd noisy.

Should do it every week then

Um, there WAS a minute's applause on Tuesday?

Think the 'Tuesday' thing is the most significant factor. Whole midweek matchday experience was MORIBUND.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Um, there WAS a minute's applause on Tuesday?

Think the 'Tuesday' thing is the most significant factor. Whole midweek matchday experience was MORIBUND.

O poo.

 

[Buzzer]

And it was relevant to England, Sussex and Brighton too - although I accept that not everyone may know this. I do, by virtue of the fact that I was privileged to be a student at Sussex University's School of African and Asian Studies back in the sixties, where I shared accommodation with a number of fellow students who were "banned" back home in South Africa.

Can anyone beat this for the most tenuous link being cited as justification for the Mandela clapping? Perhaps you knew an Albion player who ate some boerewors once, maybe the bloke who your dad used to stand next to at the Goldstone had a laugh similar to South African Sid James. Please let us know.

 

[Machiavelli]

13 pages so far. How many pages were there after the last two games, when we all stood for a minute and clapped? Let's see if we can work this one out?

 

[Buzzer]

13 pages so far. How many pages were there after the last two games, when we all stood for a minute and clapped? Let's see if we can work this one out?

Roy Chuter - Albion fan who went above and beyond to save our club.
Peter Bentley - Sussex County FA Chairman

I don't think it's very difficult to see that those were very relevant and had a direct link to the club. Can you honestly not see the difference between those and the one for Mandela?

 

[Guinness Boy]

Roy Chuter - Albion fan who went above and beyond to save our club.
Peter Bentley - Sussex County FA Chairman

I don't think it's very difficult to see that those were very relevant and had a direct link to the club. Can you honestly not see the difference between those and the one for Mandela?

It was the League's decision to impose it though, not the Albion's. Though that said at least it was applause and not silence. Silence is very hard to opt out of and applause isn't. I still find it odd now though. I mean, I loved the guy but it wasn't my plan to honour him at a football match.

 

[BadFish]

Mandela Threads:

RIP Mandela - 4 pages
Complaining about too much coverage - 8 pages
Complaining about clapping for a minute - 14 pages

Gotta love NSC

 

[Buzzer]

Mandela Threads:

RIP Mandela - 4 pages
Complaining about too much coverage - 8 pages
Complaining about clapping for a minute - 14 pages

Gotta love NSC

Considering you've added to all of those threads, it's a bit rich to make out your shit doesn't stink like everyone else's.

Gotta love right-on hypocrisy.

Edit - oh, and called anyone and everyone who felt uncomfortable with the decision to have the applause "Little Englanders". Considering the alumni you've included there, you might want to re-consider that ridiculous assertion.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

What are your inane stupid comments got to do with football

oh dear..............
regards
DR

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

mandela threads:

Rip mandela - 4 pages
complaining about too much coverage - 8 pages
complaining about clapping for a minute - 14 pages

gotta love nsc

another one missing the point
regards
DR

 

[BadFish]

Considering you've added to all of those threads, it's a bit rich to make out your shit doesn't stink like everyone else's.

Gotta love right-on hypocrisy.

Edit - oh, and called anyone and everyone who felt uncomfortable with the decision to have the applause "Little Englanders". Considering the alumni you've included there, you might want to re-consider that ridiculous assertion.

If you take the time to read what i wrote and what I was responding to you will realise that this is not what I said at all

Although you probably won't, as you seem incapable of reading and understanding what is written.

 

[Socialist Sid]

Roy Chuter - Albion fan who went above and beyond to save our club.
Peter Bentley - Sussex County FA Chairman

I don't think it's very difficult to see that those were very relevant and had a direct link to the club. Can you honestly not see the difference between those and the one for Mandela?

Indeed, I would just love to have another beer with Roy just to discuss this.

It would have gone well into the night....

 

[Meade's Ball]

I'm pleased the most of us applauded and will be happy again to clap when something important, that ideally children unaware will learn of and grow from, is announced and has us ponder before the regular matchtime hollering and passions commence. I would hope football has a message to give beyond that of pure cheap - not financially of course - entertainment, and if part of it is one of hope and opportunity and fairness then surely the death of a man who seemed to stand nobly for little else should be recognised and given regard. I've given it my time outside of those 60 seconds, but that doesn't mean i have not a minute to spare it in a collective to give it no more.

 

[Buzzer]

If you take the time to read what i wrote and what I was responding to you will realise that this is not what I said at all

Although you probably won't, as you seem incapable of reading and understanding what is written.

Even by your standards that's one hell of a tortuous attempt at a backtrack considering your words verbatim were: "Little Englanders unaware they are part of a big wide connected world".

 

[Soulman]

Quote Originally Posted by Uncle Spielberg View Post
What a shocking state of affairs that some people seriously think I can't be arsed to give a minute of my time as " he had nothing to do with football ", " he was not from sussex " " he did not support BHAFC " balls to it. Quite incredible really.

Little Englanders unaware they are part of a big wide connected world.

Not really, not everybody wanted to applaud for different reasons, those who wanted to applaud went ahead.......there is nothing to see here.

 

[BadFish]

Even by your standards that's one hell of a tortuous attempt at a backtrack considering your words verbatim were: "Little Englanders unaware they are part of a big wide connected world".

If you take my words out of context then okay course you can choose to link them to any group you like. If you choose to link it to anyone who felt uncomfortable with the decision to applaud then of course it is ridiculous.

However you will notice that I made my comment in the context of this post by US.

What a shocking state of affairs that some people seriously think I can't be arsed to give a minute of my time as " he had nothing to do with football ", " he was not from sussex " " he did not support BHAFC " balls to it. Quite incredible really.

No back tracking just an inability on your part to put what is said in context.

 

[Soulman]

If you take my words out of context then okay course you can choose to link them to any group you like. If you choose to link it to anyone who felt uncomfortable with the decision to applaud then of course it is ridiculous.

However you will notice that I made my comment in the context of this post by US.



No back tracking just an inability on your part to put what is said in context.

So what you are saying is that anybody who did not applaud are "Little Englanders unaware they are part of a big wide connected world".

 

[Chicken Runner61]

I think the point that most are missing here is that Mandela would respect the "non clappers" here and their right to not clap and especially their right to voice their grievances. The bloke not only invited his captors to his inauguration but he had them sit as guests in the front row.

You can moan and winge about the clapping if you want but he never asked you to do it and you can have your minute of non co-operation but you look pretty small and petty against a bloke who did 27 years of what you did - in fact for that alone he pretty much owns you.
Yeah he was a terrorist but so was Churchill and Admiral Nelson, in fact most of our English heroes would be considered terrorists by the non clappers of the day.

Well done you.

 

[BadFish]

So what you are saying is that anybody who did not applaud are "Little Englanders unaware they are part of a big wide connected world".

No, that would be ridiculous

To make it plain

What I am saying is that those who did not applaud because he has nothing to to do with England/Sussex/Me (as US mentioned) are Little Englanders.

 

[Buzzer]

If you take my words out of context then okay course you can choose to link them to any group you like. If you choose to link it to anyone who felt uncomfortable with the decision to applaud then of course it is ridiculous.

However you will notice that I made my comment in the context of this post by US.



No back tracking just an inability on your part to put what is said in context.

Taking the closet racists out of the equation, everyone on this thread who has expressed unease at the clapping (myself included) has said that it was not relevant to the game and nothing to do with football. A point Uncle Spielberg made explicitly and you even responded to this in your "Little Englander" jibe with the addendum about us not knowing that we are part of a big wide world.