| Author | Message | ||
| Smartyllama (Smartyllama)
New member Username: Smartyllama Post Number: 72 Registered: 1-2009 |
If his favorite sports team were a basketball team instead of a soccer team, he would not have been arrested. Explain. | ||
| Howardwoman (Howardwoman)
New member Username: Howardwoman Post Number: 256 Registered: 1-2008 |
Did he exhibit fanatical behavior? Something specific to soccer? Kicking? Not using hands? | ||
| Hiphapa (Hiphapa)
New member Username: Hiphapa Post Number: 24 Registered: 2-2009 |
Is nationality important? Is soccer vs. football important? Is location important? Is he in America? Somewhere else? Does it matter which particular soccer team he liked? Does it matter whether he watches his favorite sports team live at the stadium? In a bar? At home? Is race/ethnicity important? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 212 Registered: 12-2008 |
Is he in the middle east? Does this have to with an action he performed? Ie kicking a soccer ball with the iraqi flag on it? Is cheering or chanting relevant? Is the arresting police officer's favorite sport relevant? Least favorite? Does arrested mean taken to jail or prison for an alleged crime committed? | ||
| Smartyllama (Smartyllama)
New member Username: Smartyllama Post Number: 74 Registered: 1-2009 |
Did he exhibit fanatical behavior? Something specific to soccer? Kicking? Not using hands? none of these Is nationality important? yes Is soccer vs. football important? no, it's just that I'm American so I call it soccer Is location important? yes Is he in America? Somewhere else? this one Does it matter which particular soccer team he liked? Does it matter whether he watches his favorite sports team live at the stadium? In a bar? At home? no doesn't matter Is race/ethnicity important? no Is he in the middle east? some people consider his country to be the Middle East. Some don't. Does this have to with an action he performed? yes Ie kicking a soccer ball with the iraqi flag on it? but not this Is cheering or chanting relevant? no verbal cheering at least Is the arresting police officer's favorite sport relevant? Least favorite? no Does arrested mean taken to jail or prison for an alleged crime committed? yes | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 97 Registered: 10-2008 |
Did he say something? If so, was it interpreted the wrong way? Is a specific team relevant? Did he interact in any way with one of the players? The coach? Another fan? Is he in Egypt? Elsewhere in Northern Africa? Turkey? India? Pakistan? | ||
| Smartyllama (Smartyllama)
New member Username: Smartyllama Post Number: 79 Registered: 1-2009 |
Did he say something? noish If so, was it interpreted the wrong way? yope Is a specific team relevant? a specific basketball team - yes. A specific soccer team - no, but since this is a true story, there's one that it really happened with. Did he interact in any way with one of the players? The coach? Another fan? none of these Is he in Egypt? Elsewhere in Northern Africa? this one Turkey? India? Pakistan? | ||
| Hiphapa (Hiphapa)
New member Username: Hiphapa Post Number: 25 Registered: 2-2009 |
Is he American? European? African? Asian? Latino? Is the soccer ball itself important? A basketball? Did he break a law in the country he was in? Did somebody (or many people) near him break the law? Like a riot after their team lost? Was he oblivious to the fact he was breaking the law? Was he a tourist? An immigrant? A lifetime citizen? Is war important? Internal conflicts? | ||
| Smartyllama (Smartyllama)
New member Username: Smartyllama Post Number: 81 Registered: 1-2009 |
Is he American? European? African? probably this one Asian? Latino? Is the soccer ball itself important? A basketball? neither of these Did he break a law in the country he was in? yes Did somebody (or many people) near him break the law? Like a riot after their team lost? no Was he oblivious to the fact he was breaking the law? possibly, but not too relevant Was he a tourist? An immigrant? A lifetime citizen? irrelevant Is war important? no Internal conflicts? what do you mean | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 101 Registered: 10-2008 |
Is there only one basketball team that he could have suported that wouldn't have gotten him arrested? Was he watching a game when he performed the arrestable offense? Wearing team merchandise? Imitating a favorite player? Or was he arrested for not doing something? Is he in Libya? Morocco? Tunisia? Algeria? Ethiopia? Will getting the country help me at all (assuming I'm not an expert on Northern African systems of law)? | ||
| Smartyllama (Smartyllama)
New member Username: Smartyllama Post Number: 85 Registered: 1-2009 |
Is there only one basketball team that he could have suported that wouldn't have gotten him arrested? yes Was he watching a game when he performed the arrestable offense? no Wearing team merchandise? irr Imitating a favorite player? no Or was he arrested for not doing something? no Is he in Libya? Morocco? this one Tunisia? Algeria? Ethiopia? Will getting the country help me at all (assuming I'm not an expert on Northern African systems of law)? probably not, but as its a true story you might recognize it. Also, it will help if you know something else about Morocco. | ||
| Hiphapa (Hiphapa)
New member Username: Hiphapa Post Number: 32 Registered: 2-2009 |
Is the French language important? History of Morocco? The basketball team he supported....is it an American team? A national team? A national team from Europe? Africa? Somewhere else? Is racism important? The right of blacks to play in professional sports? Is he a basketball player himself? Perhaps a soccer player? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 219 Registered: 12-2008 |
Did his support of the soccer team equate with illegally insulting a member of royalty? Was this a soccer team from morroco he was supporting? one playing against Morocco? | ||
| Smartyllama (Smartyllama)
New member Username: Smartyllama Post Number: 87 Registered: 1-2009 |
Is the French language important? not at all History of Morocco? no-ish The basketball team he supported....is it an American team? this one A national team? A national team from Europe? Africa? Somewhere else? Is racism important? The right of blacks to play in professional sports? neither of these Did his support of the soccer team equate with illegally insulting a member of royalty? this is a tricky one... I'll go with either yesish or yope Was this a soccer team from morroco he was supporting? one playing against Morocco? neither of these Is he a basketball player himself? Perhaps a soccer player? irr | ||
| Hiphapa (Hiphapa)
New member Username: Hiphapa Post Number: 40 Registered: 2-2009 |
About the yesish/yope on the royalty question... Did he insult the present government? A coup about to overthrow the current one? Or one that already has? Did he insult a king? Queen? Dictator? President? Someone in the military? ...or is "insult" the wrong word to use? About the American basketball team... Is the team name important? Are the team colors important? The team's hometown? The way a fan would cheer for that team? (like Atlanta fans doing the Tomahawk for the Braves in baseball) About the internal conflict I asked about earlier.... Was there a civil war? Was there bloodshed in the streets? Were people in danger at the time? Was there a bitter feud between soccer teams? Basketball teams? | ||
| Smartyllama (Smartyllama)
New member Username: Smartyllama Post Number: 91 Registered: 1-2009 |
About the yesish/yope on the royalty question... Did he insult the present government? A coup about to overthrow the current one? Or one that already has? Did he insult a king? Queen? Dictator? President? Someone in the military? ...or is "insult" the wrong word to use? none of these.... what it means is that it was not directly his support of the soccer team but something he did because he supported it About the American basketball team... Is the team name important? yes Are the team colors important? no to rest The team's hometown? The way a fan would cheer for that team? (like Atlanta fans doing the Tomahawk for the Braves in baseball) About the internal conflict I asked about earlier.... Was there a civil war? Was there bloodshed in the streets? Were people in danger at the time? Was there a bitter feud between soccer teams? Basketball teams? none of these | ||
| Hiphapa (Hiphapa)
New member Username: Hiphapa Post Number: 45 Registered: 2-2009 |
In that case, here comes a list! Is the basketball team in question the... 76ers? Bobcats? Bucks? Bulls? Cavaliers? Celtics? Clippers? Grizzlies? Hawks? Heat? Hornets? Jazz? Kings? Knicks? Lakers? Magic? Mavericks? Nets? Nuggets? Pacers? Pistons? Raptors? Rockets? Suns? Spurs? Thunder? Timberwolves? Trail Blazers? Warriors? Wizards? ...or a team that no longer exists/changed its name? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 728 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did he support the team by wearing its colors/logo, and this was considered inappropriate somehow? Are his specific actions relevant, or could he have done just anything that smacked of supporting the team and gotten in trouble for it? For example, if he supported a Catholic team, wore its jersey, and walked into a Protestant neighborhood of Glasgow, this might be seen as intent to incite a riot and get him arrested. :p | ||
| Ferrets101 (Ferrets101)
New member Username: Ferrets101 Post Number: 3 Registered: 8-2009 |
I just emailed smartyllama to confirm that this is indeed what I believed it to be, and he has given me consent to take it over. So I will. In that case, here comes a list! Is the basketball team in question the... 76ers? Bobcats? Bucks? Bulls? Cavaliers? Celtics? Clippers? Grizzlies? Hawks? Heat? Hornets? Jazz? Kings? this one Knicks? Lakers? Magic? Mavericks? Nets? Nuggets? Pacers? Pistons? Raptors? Rockets? Suns? Spurs? Thunder? Timberwolves? Trail Blazers? Warriors? Wizards? ...or a team that no longer exists/changed its name? __________________ Did he support the team by wearing its colors/logo, and this was considered inappropriate somehow no ? Are his specific actions relevant, yes or could he have done just anything that smacked of supporting the team and gotten in trouble for it? no, there is one specific thing he did For example, if he supported a Catholic team, wore its jersey, and walked into a Protestant neighborhood of Glasgow, this might be seen as intent to incite a riot and get him arrested. :p good thought, but no | ||
| Ferrets101 (Ferrets101)
New member Username: Ferrets101 Post Number: 61 Registered: 8-2009 |
Come on.... anybody want to take a crack at this one? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 311 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is it something he said? or something he physically did? Did he say the soccer team was the greatest, which offended the King, but if he had said the Kings were the greatest he would have been ok? | ||
| Ferrets101 (Ferrets101)
New member Username: Ferrets101 Post Number: 69 Registered: 8-2009 |
Is it something he said? or something he physically did? Well, he wrote it Did he say the soccer team was the greatest, which offended the King, but if he had said the Kings were the greatest he would have been ok? Close enough. I might as well tell you ****SPOILER***** A schoolchild in Morocco was arrested last year for writing "God, Country, Barca" on the chalkboard in his school, that being both a cheer for his favorite team, FC Barelona, as well as a parody on "God Country King" which is Morocco's national motto. So, had he been a fan of the Sacramento Kings (hey, maybe that would make 3) he would have been OK. |
