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2. I talked to one of my Belgian friends this morning

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Mon Nov 28, 2022, 07:25 AM

Nov 2022

His sister has a Moroccan boyfriend, and he warned before the match that the Moroccans (huge minority in the Brussels area) would tear up the city if they lost OR if they won. Only if there was a tie did the city have half a chance of surviving without a riot. Well, there was no tie, and there WAS a riot.

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Brussels Riots - Belgium Football Fans Turn Violent After Defeat To Morocco [View all] Celerity Nov 2022 OP

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2022 #1

Not here in Europe. DFW Nov 2022 #3

I talked to one of my Belgian friends this morning DFW Nov 2022 #2

So Dorian Gray Nov 2022 #4

You could read the articles and look at footage yourself. Not the white people of Belgium. elias7 Nov 2022 #5

The participants are presumably being blamed for the riots. I only saw the OP, then called Brussels DFW Nov 2022 #6

Yep, a lot of rioters are waving around large Moroccan flags. Liberal In Texas Nov 2022 #8

One Morroccan, one Twitter, one second to analyze, a lifetime of shamefully being wrong. Alexander Of Assyria Nov 2022 #17

So you are blaming the minority population for the riots? Demsrule86 Nov 2022 #16

You can watch the videos and see what flag the rioters were carrying and wearing. Ace Rothstein Nov 2022 #19

WTH? AllyCat Nov 2022 #7

so - I'm really happy stopdiggin Nov 2022 #9

Seems a bit pointless IronLionZion Nov 2022 #10

Sports is where some men express or get out their emotions. chowder66 Nov 2022 #11

Sort of like people who throw and break things out of anger Victor_c3 Nov 2022 #18

Yes...similar to what I'm saying but at least she wasn't turning over cars, throwing punches and chowder66 Nov 2022 #21

All for the stupefying human activity we call "soccer" Goodheart Nov 2022 #12

The rest of us call it football malaise Nov 2022 #13

Good lord. The next world war may be fought because of the results of a sports game. 70sEraVet Nov 2022 #14

What we need is to allow fans to buy beer in the stands!! What were they thinking, that Alexander Of Assyria Nov 2022 #15

Tsk, tsk sarisataka Nov 2022 #20