Di CAnio, Eat your heart out
September 8 - 2007
The Czech Football Association have named the going rate for a Nazi salute: $4948. And since video evidence reveals Sparta Prague’s Pavel Horvath rattled off two rounds back-to-back…
…his total comes to $9896.
Prosecution of the fine was not taken lightly; the CFA employed the services of international extremism expert Miroslav Mares. A summary of his assessment was included in the final report.
“(Mares) ruled out intolerance and extremism, but it is highly probable that he (Horvath) performed a part of the Nazi salute. He probably thought that he would entertain the fans, who most probably include extremism followers, and that they will be calmer.”
Which makes perfect sense because, in my experience, nothing calms violent extremists like a Nazi salute. In fact, almost any situation can be made more pleasant with a well timed “Heil!”
Presumably, Horvath should be praised for his crowd-control technique, but fined for his failure to keep it out of view from cameras. After all, you can forgive a decent Czech for being nostalgic for those halcyon days of 1938.
This reminds me of this story:
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid47894.asp
“Fear of the “pretty stocky black guy” who turned out to be an undercover cop made Florida state representative Bob Allen perform the actions that led to a charge of solicitation to commit prostitution, Allen told police in documents aired by the Orlando Sentinel.”
Basically, the dude went into a public restroom, saw a bunch of big black dudes, and was like, hey, don’t hurt me, let me suck your dicks first. At least, that’s his story.
See, Horvath saw all the neo-nazis, and tried to pre-empt any craziness by throwing a Nazi salute…
Okay, maybe the two situations are not alike at all, but I just think that Florida story is funny as shit.
Also, I do not read The Advocate, but that was the first link that comes up when you Google “congressman intimidated by black guys offers oral sex”. Seriously, you can check my story.
I do have man-love for di Canio for the following reasons–(1) genius player on his good days, (2) pushing Alcock, and (3) wore a Stars-and-Stripes bandanna tied around his arm when he was with West Ham, for their first game after 9/11.
I’m like Costanza–”she’s a Nazi, but she’s cute.” I’m willing to look past a little National Socialism sometimes.
Comment by Jimbromski — September 8, 2007 @ 5:41 pm
Haha. Gotta’ agree with the congressmen - a well-placed BJ will pretty much cure anything. Now if only Horvath had taken that road…
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