| Soccer riots have always been something
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| | sports is its international acclaim.
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| of a mystery. The violence in hockey is
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| | Soccer isn't a property of any one
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| at least reconcilable. Grown men in heavy
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| | country, people, or race but is an
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| outfits skating at high speeds with sharp
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| | international phenomenon, encompassing a
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| blades on their feet create enough
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| | diversity of people, ideas and
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| tension and energy to start a brawl in a
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| | landscapes. Because of the vast diversity
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| hurry. In baseball, a hard leather ball
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| | of participants in the game, world
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| thrown 100 mph at your head can
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| | politics often play an unfortunate part
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| understandably make you want to charge
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| | in soccer rioting. When countries become
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| the mound. But soccer? Even the game
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| | enemies or evoke different political
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| happens at a slow pace and hardly
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| | positions the residents often let the
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| inspires more than focused concentration
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| | soccer team play out their frustration.
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| on the field itself. American
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| | This creates an angry energy and
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| commentators jokingly portray the reason
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| | misdirection from the good of the sport
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| for soccer riots as its low-scoring low
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| | to the violence in the stands. A soccer
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| key nature. They often say "after paying
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| | riot at a game between Iran and Japan was
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| almost $100 for seats and fighting the
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| | said to be motivated by protesters fed up
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| crowds to see two teams play an entire
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| | with Iran's gender rights violence. The
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| match an end in a 0-0 tie, you might riot
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| | erupting riot left three dead. In 2004 a
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| too." However, to the rest of the world,
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| | soccer riot in Rome was planned to
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| soccer riots are no laughing matter.
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| | protest the government's spending in
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| People die
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| | regard to education and sports. When the
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| Deaths from soccer riots happen around
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| | tension of the world around invades the
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| the globe. They have been recorded in
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| | field of sport, everybody loses.
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| Germany, England Greece, Spain, South
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| | Antisocial behavior
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| Africa, Italy and Latin America. In 2001,
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| | Unfortunately, soccer seems unable to
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| a soccer riot in Ghana claimed the lives
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| | separate itself from its reputation as a
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| of 138 people. While it is in our human
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| | riotous adventure. This draws fans
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| nature to have a visceral response and
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| | wanting to be part of the mob mentality
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| succumb to mob mentality the fact that
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| | and creates an atmosphere of antisocial
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| any fan would be killed simply watching a
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| | and anti-authority behavior. The number
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| soccer game is tragedy at its height. All
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| | one casualty of any soccer riot is
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| sports should make players and fans more
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| | generally the police or authorities who
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| noble, and more a part of the tapestry of
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| | have come to maintain order in and around
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| humanity. Loss of life at a soccer game
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| | the stadium. Gangs of young people
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| shows how truly far we have fallen from
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| | calling themselves "soccer hooligans"
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| our ability to connect with one another.
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| | have purposely begun to infiltrate the
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| Politics enter
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| | world of soccer to spread their own brand
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| What distinguishes soccer from many other
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| | of antiauthoritarian violence.
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