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Originally Posted by Bad Santa

I don't think he's an idiot for not wearing one, I admire that fact that he's willing to take a stand on an issue that is important to him. Jonathan Taylor Thomas of Home Improvement fame gave up a career in Hollywood to travel around the country giving anti-abortion speeches. Now, I'm very pro-choice myself but I certainly wouldn't call him an idiot just because I don't agree with his opinion on an issue. In fact, I admire the fact that he is so passionate and willing to take a stance on such a divisive issue purely because he really believes that he is going to save babies. I don't agree with him, but good for him.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas is an idiot as well.

James McClean grew up in a city where the British military raped and murdered people systematically for over a century. You know that U2 song "Sunday Bloody Sunday"? You should look up the meaning behind that song before you chastise James McClean for honouring the war dead of a occupying military force in his country.

Know the song and know the whining from those from Northern Ireland, it doesn't change the fact that McClean an idiot, his reasons are stupid and far from admirable and he should wear a poppy.

And it still has nothing to do with what happened today.

Displaying a religious message on your shirt is in many way offensive to many people. How would a religious person feel if I were to score a goal and then reveal a message under my strip that said something like "you're an idiot for believing in Christ"?

They shouldn't give a crap.

Kaka stating "I belong to Jesus".....you can't see how anyone could find that offensive?

Nope. I honestly can't see how that is offensive in the least.

What if a footballer revealed a message that said "Heil Hitler"? Who gets to decide whose opinions are offensive and whose aren't? Just because one group may not appreciate a political message does not make it punishable.

That fits in my racism category and as for who gets to decide I would say society as a whole does a pretty good job of establishing what is okay or not and 99% of people who aren't crazy know what those things are.

I think most people would say the fake shirt in your hypothetical is an idiot but free to wear the shirt, making a racist salute goes beyond that.