Someone saying they wanted a football team to lose.
No. The OP admitted it was an expression of his prejudice. Read the
first post - in which he refered to the French football team as *******s -
and his followup, where he made clear it was an expression of prejudice.
I'd like a reference to the second post, because all I can see is the
OP calling it a political statement.
What is the "significant difference"?
One is about political entities, the other is about people.
It was about prejudice against French *people*:
I don't know how you can read that into it. It was prejudice against
France, not the French. It was a political statement, made for reasons
which I am sure are apparent to you even though you may not agree with
them. The football team represent the political entity (albeit
indirectly).
Expressions of prejudice against nationalities, in public fora, is not
acceptable to me and I responded in a way to make someone who has just
written "I won't apologize for my feelings" to stop, and maybe, think
a little more deeply about them.
Nations, not nationalities. There is a big difference. One is a
political entity represented by people who chose to represent it, the
other is the people who live there.
I can and do speak about my dislike of "America" - the political
entity, the administration, the government, its disregard for the UN
etc. - but that is not the same as "America" the country, the people.
America != Americans. France != The French.
You don't seem to be able to comprehend the difference, so I'll give
up trying to explain it to you.
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