NorthernGent
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ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze As for the soccer thing, you know I used to take a lot of trains, Munich, Hamburg and Stuttgart (editorial offices) and I damned quick learned to check when there were football games, you do not want to be stuck on a train or even waiting at a station with a bunch of drunk football fans, groping was the least that happened... Apparently a few beers reminded those guys of their good given right to grab any part on a girl they liked... Fun times... Absolute bollocks. I have been to matches all over England for years. Following my team. I have seen a lot of fighting, including people getting stabbed (one in the neck, in London). And England has a history of being a lot more lawless than Germany in terms of its working class. And, I have never, ever, seen women being harassed on trains or anywhere else. So, no chance that happened in Germany. Sure, obviously you were there, obviously you lived years in Germany... You make it through a big train station full of drunk soccer fans as a woman and if you aren't groped, you possibly have 2 cops as body guards next to you, the only thing that's comparable is taking a train out of Munich around the Octoberfest. Because you think you change the country drunk assholes are going to change all of a sudden? Football as in soccer seems to appeal to a certain mindset, not people I like to associate with. If their team loses, they're drunk and pissed off, if their team wins, they're drunk and think they are invincible. Why on earth would the police force be reinforced A LOT whenever there is a big football game? And why are there a ton of incidents... But hey, you know best anyway, btw it so makes sense that you follow your team, what's the expression? Lager louts? Groped my back shute. What a load of old bollocks. it is not bollocks...your personal anecdote is yours, mine is mine, and LCs is hers. Problem with that is I've had years of experience with football matches. Not just one. Doesn't happen. Ever.
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