Disgraceful. Spain, perhaps more than most European countries, is home to a large proportion of people with racist views.
Give me a break.
Last time I was in England, not so long ago (early 90s) people would call me "f***ing paky" on the streets because my skin was dark. Other than being violently racist towards pakistanis, they also did not have a f***ing clue of what a pakistani looks like (I am dark skinned but certainly do not look like a pakistani).
Not to mention Jean Charles de Menezes.
You see yourselves as such a civilized society and yet the Heissel stadium massacre did not happen so long ago.
You do not not have a clue of what Spain is like. Most of you just go to Spain to puke every night over cheap beer.
And do not get me started on slave trading.
1) The Heysel Stadium disaster was not simply down to Liverpool fans. Firstly Juve fans were throwing things over the fence, secondly Liverpool fans had been attacked the previous year by Roma fans, and thirdly the stadium was totally inadequate. I don't condone what went on but there are two sides to every story.
2) Hillsborough was even more recent (1989) and had an even bigger death toll (96 Liverpool fans). Do not try to lecture Liverpool fans on stadium disasters -
we know. How many times do I have to tell people that football in England has changed since the 80s? Have you ever been to Anfield? If you had you would have found some of the friendliest fans in the world (and certainly the best singers). I have NEVER seen ANY trouble at a Liverpool match. I have a fancard, same as every Premier League fan in Britain. If I was found to be causing trouble or shouting racist abuse my fancard would be taken away and I would be banned from every major football ground in England for life.
3) Most of Britain was horrified to find that the man shot on the Underground was not a terrorist, as we had been led to believe, but an innocent man. The head of the Metropolitan Police force was sacked recently, partly as a result. Do not pretend this is some sort of act of British public opinion. All policemen all over the world make mistakes from time to time, but at least most British policemen don't carry guns.
4) As for slave trading, yes, Britain engaged in and profited from the slave trade. But not only were we one of the first countries to ban slave trading, we also actively pursued a policy of using our then powerful navy to prevent Spanish, French and American ships carrying slaves.
Now enough of this stupid tit-for-tat

Jim Clark, Monza, one lap down...