Such an awful tragedy. 96 people died, many of them children. The Hillsborough Memorial outside Anfield can be seen here: http://elrockdelagrada.net23.net/wordpress/wp-content/imagenes/Hillsborough_Memorial.jpg

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So this is like the 9-11 equivalent for the Brits?

Christ, the Brits even do disasters classier than Americans. If this was on CNN today, it would have its own theme song, a dance number starring the finalists from American Idol, a "SOCCER DISASTER!" candy bar and John Adams commissioned to write an opera about the whole proceedings.

>> ^legacy0100:
So this is like the 9-11 equivalent for the Brits?


That's a bit tasteless, it got lots of coverage for 2 reasons, one, its not the first in a long line of footballing tragedies, and two, due to the nature of the people injured and killed and the way they died (fathers and sons often go to watch games together), not because of someone's malice, but because of mismanagement.

And that's why I think this event sticks in peoples mind.

Also it could use *80s

Invocations (80s) cannot be called by Kerotan because Kerotan is not privileged - sorry.

cannot believe 20 years have passed already, i remember this vividly. one of my mate's family was killed at hillsborough, fucking tragic.

>> ^legacy0100:
So this is like the 9-11 equivalent for the Brits?


in the respect that it was an horrific moment? yes.

Hey Kerotan, I fail to see how this tragic event was so different from any other major tragedies around the globe.

Casualties of Hillsborough were victims of mismanagement as you say, and probably had nothing to do with the construction/management of the facility besides supporting the team that owned that stadium.

On 9-11, countless working family members and brave firemen have died even when they had nothing to do with US foreign policies in middle east besides having an American Citizenship.

Non-Americans tends to categorize 9-11 as news in foreign affairs, but we Americans still see it as a national tragedy, a unnecessary hate crime that sacrificed innocent victims. Unlike the non-Americans, we cannot detach all the emotions and simply calling it a 'political event'.

Both events victimized countless innocent lives. Both were unnecessary.

I hope I don't come off trying to size up 'whose tragedy was worse'. I'm only trying to state that no matter your country of origin, you should show some respect toward others loss if life, no matter your political stance.

Of course, if you didn't mean it this way, and I've misunderstood your intentions, then my apologies for raising my voice.

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