[lbo-talk] Skinheads in Russia

[Carl Remick]

>From: Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com>
>
>Moscow News
>September 6, 2007
>Skinhead Russia
>By Anton Grishin
>
>... As in the UK, neo-Nazis needed a social group
>from which to recruit new members. Aggressive
>soccer fans were an ideal recruiting ground.
>First, many were already accustomed to violence.
>Second, educational levels among them are
>generally very low. Many soccer hooligans
>eventually to embrace neo-Nazi ideas. ...

What the hell is it with soccer as a breeding ground for hooliganism?  
Clearly what the world needs is one of America's more civilized pursuits, 
baseball :)

Carl

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