[Football] Raheem Sterling has an AK 47 tattoo on his thigh. Should he play for England?

[spring hall convert]

Total non story. Is there anything these days that some snowflake does not find offensive.

The irony of course being that it is the Sun who accuse pretty much anyone with an opinion that differs from their caustic worldview of being 'snowflakes.'

 

[spring hall convert]

Yes, I agree. Grief can do strange things to a person but if my dad had been shot with a gun, a gun is the last thing I'd want tatooed as a reminder.

'If Jesus really does rise from the dead the last thing he's going to want to see is a cross.'

Copyright Bill Hicks

 

[Albion my Albion]

He'd fit in quite well with the Americans. Maybe he could marry a Yank?

 

[Albion my Albion]

'If Jesus really does rise from the dead the last thing he's going to want to see is a cross.'

Copyright Bill Hicks

Except the cross is a symbol of Jesus' victory over death. The cross symbolizes what Jesus is to Christians. If he did rise from the dead then Jesus ain't afraid of no crosses OR ghosts.

 

[willalbion]

Leroy Sane has the most interesting tattoo. All across his back. It's of himself.

 

[Nitram]

please let it be true that someone told him he had been recruited to MI6 as a secret agent to work undercover in Russia and needed it as an ID mark.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

Honestly, who cares?

 

[Triggaaar]

'If Jesus really does rise from the dead the last thing he's going to want to see is a cross.'

Copyright Bill Hicks

Good point - millions (or is it billions now?) of people remember Jesus with the instrument that was used to kill him, so it's not that unusual a thing to do after all.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Just another half-bright footballer with gangsta rapper delusions. Pretty pitiful. The refefence to his dad is patently so much BS spin offered up by his overpaid media handlers. Why do we indulge these people?

 

[looney]

That's not an AK-47, so all fine in my book - the M16 is a fine weapon.

Beat me to it BBC doesn't understand firearms.

 

[Megazone]

Disgraceful!

What next? Computer games with loads of guns and killings, played by millions of kids!? I wouldn't be surprised! Thanks Sterling!

 

[looney]

I got this Pegasus Tattoo, does it make me a racist?

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Good point - millions (or is it billions now?) of people remember Jesus with the instrument that was used to kill him, so it's not that unusual a thing to do after all.

May I refer you to [MENTION=33916]Albion my Albion[/MENTION]'s post which imo is a perfect answer.

 

[Triggaaar]

May I refer you to [MENTION=33916]Albion my Albion[/MENTION]'s post which imo is a perfect answer.

Well it might be a decent answer if it was true, but it isn't. Look up what the cross means.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Well it might be a decent answer if it was true, but it isn't. Look up what the cross means.

Er, I am not really sure what you mean about it being true? If you are suggesting it didn't happen then that's an argument for another day, but [MENTION=33916]Albion my Albion[/MENTION] is correct because christians believe Jesus overcame the cross and rose again. The cross has therefore become a symbol of hope for mankind.

This is quite unlike the gun tattoo, which symbolises nothing more than a desperately sad loss, as Raheem's father, not being either the Son of God or Lazarus, did not rise again.

 

[NogansRun]

Couldn't give a toss what he puts on his leg - what I do find surprising is the number of young men who want to go round with limbs that look like the pad I keep next to my phone.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Er, I am not really sure what you mean about it being true? If you are suggesting it didn't happen then that's an argument for another day, but [MENTION=33916]Albion my Albion[/MENTION] is correct because christians believe Jesus overcame the cross and rose again. The cross has therefore become a symbol of hope for mankind.

This is quite unlike the gun tattoo, which symbolises nothing more than a desperately sad loss, as Raheem's father, not being either the Son of God or Lazarus, did not rise again.

Just another half-bright footballer with gangsta rapper delusions. Pretty pitiful. The refefence to his dad is patently so much BS spin offered up by his overpaid media handlers. Why do we indulge these people?

A single rifle pointed downwards is nothing to do with gangstas nor a death instrument. THPP, his father was killed when he was two years old, so why would he make that up?

As already pointed out, why haven't the permanently offended objected to the gun on every Arsenal shirt?

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

A single rifle pointed downwards is nothing to do with gangstas nor a death instrument. THPP, his father was killed when he was two years old, so why would he make that up?

As already pointed out, why haven't the permanently offended objected to the gun on every Arsenal shirt?

apologies if i was unclear. I am sure the story about his father is true, I was referring to whether Christianity is true or made up.

 

[Triggaaar]

christians believe Jesus overcame the cross and rose again. The cross has therefore become a symbol of hope for mankind.

Jesus died for our sins. Through his death on the cross, those who turn to him are delivered from the penalty of sin. There are lots of interpretations of what the cross means. It's not true to say it is a symbol of Jesus's victory over death.

This is quite unlike the gun tattoo, which symbolises nothing more than a desperately sad loss

But a gun pointing down is a symbol of peace.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

like who ?

In the present squad? Phil Jones for a start, and probably Gary Cahill too. I was pleasantly surprised that Southgate realised that Chris Smalling is not good enough, but not before - incredibly - he played 31 times for England.