Greek footballer Giorgos Katidis banned for Nazi salute

[Seagulls over Lewes]

A Greek footballer has been banned for life from playing for the national team after making a Nazi salute.
AEK Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis, 20, made the gesture to celebrate his winning goal during a Saturday match.
The Greek football federation called it "a severe provocation" that insulted "all the victims of Nazi bestiality".
Katidis denied he gave a Nazi salute. "I am not a fascist and would not have done it if I had known what it meant," Katidis said on his Twitter account.
The player - a former captain of Greece's under-19 team - was fiercely criticised on social media for the salute after scoring the winner in AEK's 2-1 victory over Veria in the Olympic stadium on Saturday.
He insisted he was simply pointing at a team mate in the stands.
The club have asked him to explain himself at a board meeting next week.
But AEK's German coach Ewald Lienen has backed Katidis.
"He is a young kid who does not have any political ideas. He most likely saw such a salute on the internet or somewhere else and did it without knowing what it means," he said, according to Reuters news agency.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Pointing at a teammate...

Who was in a helicopter.


With all 5 fingers.

 

[RexCathedra]

Considering what happened to Greece 1941-45, this is spectacularly stupid and spectacularly evil.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Considering what happened to Greece 1941-45, this is spectacularly stupid and spectacularly evil.

What happened to Greece in the second world war?

 

[RexCathedra]

What happened to Greece in the second world war?

They were invaded and occupied by the people who made that salute famous -- at least 300,000 died of famine in the German occupation zone alone, a further 60,000 Greeks murdered by German army and its Axis allies.

It's past understanding why any Greek, ever, would give that salute.

 

[Dr JCL]

They were invaded and occupied by the people who made that salute famous -- at least 300,000 died of famine in the German occupation zone alone, a further 60,000 Greeks murdered by German army and its Axis allies.

It's past understanding why any Greek, ever, would give that salute.

Including the deportation and murder of almost the entire Jewish population. Abhorrent behaviour by the player in question. No excuses no matter how young or ignorant he might be.

 

[oldboy]

Di caneo didnt get banned when he did it hes an open facist.. You might end up getting him as your manager you have to laugh.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

People who want to ban others from expressing themselves are fascists at heart.

 

[Barrow Boy]

Di caneo didnt get banned when he did it hes an open facist.. You might end up getting him as your manager you have to laugh.

Ah bless, bit too depressing on BBS is it?
The only laughing we're doing is beating you clowns

3 - 0

Palace

 

[Ned]

Di caneo didnt get banned when he did it hes an open facist.. You might end up getting him as your manager you have to laugh.

DiCaneo did that in the UK where we were not invaded & occupied by the Nazi (& thus didn't suffer their atrocities). What the Nazis did in Greece still sits as a deep wound in the Greek psyche & many still dislike the Germans (in a country that has no word for foreigners other than guest this is a massive issue)

 

[SeagullinExile]

Unfortunately in Greece as in Spain , Portugal and Italy the rise of the far right is alarming. This is due totally to the Eurozone austerity measures implemented on them from Brussels. I have many Greek friends, and they are openly and quite seriously talking about revolution, the support for Golden Dawn is growing by the day. The Greek government are so worried that they are using outside 'private security' firms to guard important buildings in Athens. Indeed last week, the Greek military stated that they would not fire upon their own country men should the situation become worse.

The people in the med have quite frankly had enough - Troubled times are a coming, Europe it is like a house of cards ready to collapse, when one goes, the rest will follow.

 

[Dr JCL]

People who want to ban others from expressing themselves are fascists at heart.

Fascism and Nazism are two different things, but semantics aside, do you honestly think this kind of behaviour is to be tolerated, especially in a public arena?

 

[SeagullinExile]

Fascism and Nazism are two different things, but semantics aside, do you honestly think this kind of behaviour is to be tolerated, especially in a public arena?

They have the same ideology. The people of Greece feel they are governed by Brussels/Gemany now - They don't like it one bit. It is the perfect recipe for a rise in Nationalism, which is what we are now witnessing. They detest Merkel and describe her as the most dangerous German leader since Hitler. This is sad, but it is a fact.

This is how they greeted her on a visit last year.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/09/world/europe/greece-merkel-visit

 

[SeagullinExile]

DiCaneo did that in the UK where we were not invaded & occupied by the Nazi (& thus didn't suffer their atrocities). What the Nazis did in Greece still sits as a deep wound in the Greek psyche & many still dislike the Germans (in a country that has no word for foreigners other than guest this is a massive issue)

No he didn't - He did it in a Rome derby playing for the historically fascist team Lazio.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Fascism and Nazism are two different things, but semantics aside, do you honestly think this kind of behaviour is to be tolerated, especially in a public arena?

I dunno. A Prince of England got dressed up as a Nazi for a fancy dress.

Pretty sure he wasn't banned or black balled from anything.

 

[MICK PATCHAM]

"all the victims of Nazi bestiality". pics or stfu

 

[MICK PATCHAM]

No he didn't - He did it in a Rome derby playing for the historically fascist team Lazio.

"historically fascist team Lazio" ..... rubbish ....like calling chelsea west ham and millwall fascist teams . Guardian reader perchance?

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

I dunno. A Prince of England got dressed up as a Nazi for a fancy dress.

Pretty sure he wasn't banned or black balled from anything.

Are you really comparing fancy dress to a Nazi salute?

 

[MICK PATCHAM]

DiCaneo did that in the UK where we were not invaded & occupied by the Nazi (& thus didn't suffer their atrocities). What the Nazis did in Greece still sits as a deep wound in the Greek psyche & many still dislike the Germans (in a country that has no word for foreigners other than guest this is a massive issue)

funny that ....golden dawn nazi partys doing great in greece

 

[MICK PATCHAM]

Unfortunately in Greece as in Spain , Portugal and Italy the rise of the far right is alarming. This is due totally to the Eurozone austerity measures implemented on them from Brussels. I have many Greek friends, and they are openly and quite seriously talking about revolution, the support for Golden Dawn is growing by the day. The Greek government are so worried that they are using outside 'private security' firms to guard important buildings in Athens. Indeed last week, the Greek military stated that they would not fire upon their own country men should the situation become worse.

The people in the med have quite frankly had enough - Troubled times are a coming, Europe it is like a house of cards ready to collapse, when one goes, the rest will follow.

or they have come to their senses and see through the essentially fascist eurozone .....try looking at the grey areas instead of regurgitating outdated redundant socialist rhetoric ..