… in that Muslim football tournament. For the record, I never particularly cared one way or the other if young people want to call their sports teams “Soldiers of Allah” or “Moujahideen” (in much the same way that I don’t particularly care if they wanted to call a team, say, the “Crusaders”); “Intifada” bothered me a bit more, but, shoot, it’s a free country*.
Just so you know, I also have no issues with people freely expressing their disapproval with somebody else’s free expression, as long as it doesn’t end up with punches being thrown. Which means that I’m cool with you disapproving of their disapproval of said expression, and so on until infinity beckons with a sultry, starry hand…
Moe
*We are talking about teenagers and young adults, after all – in this country most folks their age worship the Great God Shock Value, no matter Who they claim as their nominal deity. A certain amount of controversy should be expected. Crikey, it was only a single day tournament, after all.
Come on. . shan’t/can’t confusion is the foundation of so many good flame wars. Don’t reveal the secret to its demise.
It reminds me of IM basketball season in college. Some of my favourites (i.e., the only ones I still remember):
Fox Force Five (women’s league – best… name… ever!)
Five Guys Named Kim (an all-Korean team; only the starters were named Kim, though.)
We Got Beer (ok, that was our team. And we did)
FOB (another Asian team)
Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control (don’t know anything about them; would have been great if they were all lion tamers)
Foreign Legion (all international students)
BJ (huh huh – they said BJ. That was the name of their dorm, but still…)