Inflaming Passions
‘MORE Nazi-tendentiousness in action now as the Sun reports on how Well fight them on the terraces.
We, for the purposes of the article, are England football fans, and we are travelling to Germany armed to the teeth with a squadron on inflatable Spitfires.
Now, to accompany the lone gunners who rise meerkatlike from their seats to strafe the enemy with ack-ack fire are 1,000 fighter aircraft.
Complete with RAF emblems, but not live rounds, the 3ft-long Spitfires are sure to tickle the hosts funny bones.
Or so you would have supposed. But no. A spokesman for the German World Cup organising committee is concerned. You mean Spitfires like those from the war? he asks. We fear so. No. This is not a good idea at all. They might seem a joke but could be seen as inflammatory.
For sure. But if we are aiming at historical accuracy, we would like to point out that Zeppelins are inflammatory. Doodlebugs are inflammatory. Spitfires are inflatable…’
Posted: 10th, February 2006 | In: Back pages Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
