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George Galloway Storms Out Of Debate With Israeli Student

thumpa28 says...

The guy is an idiot, if hes not kissing some murderous dictators hand or pretending to be a cat on a reality show, you'll find him doing something else self promotional.

The only shame here is we have to waste time on this fool.

Football (soccer) in a nutshell

thumpa28 says...

LOL easy, tiger. You've obviously missed the tongue in cheek reference and are way more emotional about this than I care to be.

I really have no interest in trying to convert the unintiated into the delights of football, ignorance is always a bad starting point, and lets be honest its about as likely as me coming to appreciate american football. I make no claims about that sport other than it is as rife with the diseases that plague high value professional sports as any other.The point is this video is not representative - you could find a hundred more videos where legs are broken by tackles. Doesnt mean thats part of the game or a reflection of anything more than a natural statistical by-product from the sheer quantity of games played all over the world.

take this video for instance - the guy is obviously playing on the fact that a deliberate hand to head (usually a punch) is an immediate red card offence, which puts the opposing team down to ten men and in all kinds of trouble. Its kind of akin to putting a cash bounty on tackling concussion prone players - within the game, but barely. Not very sportsmanlike.

As to the provenance of 'american football', it would make more sense to call it rugby, that being the original inspiration. But again, it obviously means more to you than it does to me so i'll pass on that debate.

dirkdeagler7 said:

How is changing teams for defense (which has as much to do with specialized players as it does resting) or the breaks in play which are procedural rules in football compare to the use and acceptance of "flopping" to elicit an unjustified benefit in what is supposed to be a fair and competitive sport?

American Football players are under fire for lying about their health to keep playing and to maintain respect which sets a certain expectation for fans and basketball players are heavily criticized for flopping as well so it's not just hating on soccer....its just more accepted in soccer it appears to the uninitiated.

Also google why it's called football so you sound less ignorant. It makes complete sense why American Football is called football just like it makes sense for Rugby Rules, Australian Rules, and Association Rules (Soccer) to be called "football".

Football (soccer) in a nutshell

thumpa28 says...

Well as the guy says, each to his own. You could say the same about american football, the constant breaks, the changing teams, the fact its called football when they mostly use hands and dont use a ball... I have no doubt gaelic football would cause the same apathy in some individuals. However to say this video is representative of the game is just, well, daft. Firmly tongue in cheek.

bmacs27 said:

I don't like soccer because it's boring. The diving just makes it pitiful too. Sprinkle in a dash of settling games with penalty shootouts to really bring out that cheesy flavor.

Football (soccer) in a nutshell

Nailed it!

WikiLeaks continually makes the US government shit its pants

thumpa28 says...

I wish somebody would shoot Assange, the self important prick. As to the various americans going off on one, understandable reaction given the info leaked but they didnt exactly send out the hit squads did they? Now, years later nobody gives a shit about him, except of course for nonsense like this. Dramatic music! Cut phrases! Horror! Not really.

Tl;dr - Old, yawn.

Chris Rock, Tom Hanks and "the N word" - Jonathan Ross - BBC

thumpa28 says...

Clearly being use dhere for the reaction, but generally white people who feel the need to say nigger come across as a little needy or alot archaic. Theyre either trying to be controversial or are so mired in alzheimers as to not know its modern connotations, theyre probably also anti-rock music and other works of satan.

As a brit i dont much care, but if youre trying to be controversial why not go and say it somewhere people give a shit? Stand by your principles in the middle of Brixton and ill give you due. On vidsift or the internet in general? Yawn.

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TYT - Julian Assange is Now 'Enemy Of State'

thumpa28 says...

Good grief someone having a logical non rabidly anti-US thought? You'll be lynched. Of course they dont want him, why go through all that hassle and bad PR this long after the damage is done. He wants to give the impression that the US is desparate to get their hands on him so he can keep his little rapist butt out of prison. Plenty of dumb asses like those who posted bail for the self styled 'freedom fighter' willing to swallow everything he says, and of course theyll be screwed over as well. Just sit back and enjoy the Assange one man show as he gets increasingly desparate for attention.

As for this 'news', an analyst showing interest and sympathy in wikileaks soon after an analyst leaks massive amounts of secret data to said site, and the military reacts with suspicion. Wow, shocking.

>> ^entr0py:

If the US justice department wanted Assange, why wouldn't they just request extradition from the UK? Do they need to let the Swedish sex crimes investigation play out first?

Tai Chi Zero Exclusive Trailer [HD]

thumpa28 says...

There are too many good movies that are overlooked because theyre foreign language (someone mentioned chow sing chee, you MUST watch Fight Back to School), if this pulls in more of a western audience, gets them revenue so they make more films, im all for it. Plus its very tongue in cheek, so i really dont see where its trying to trick you.

>> ^nomino:

I found this trailer incredibly patronizing. Fuck this guy for thinking we are all retards that need digested bullet points to distract us from the fact that this is a foreign language film. I don't care if it's not in English and I hope others feel the same way. But this narration is just insulting.

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Charlize Theron Speaks Afrikaans

thumpa28 says...

Yes, surely this video is bringing the incredibly high standards at videosift down with its frivolity! Anyway, back to discussing our current No1, someone getting kicked in the balls...
>> ^Sagemind:

I don't understand. Why is this newsworthy.
Isn't she from Africa, wouldn't that be her native tongue?
Or are people somehow shocked that there are white people in Africa?

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