10 German Bombers Song

[Dodbroon]

I see the press are all over the England fans chant/song 10 German Bombers citing racism etc. Racism is it? I reckon the song is infantile (after all it was a childrens' song originally), arguably offensive, impolite some say but the biggest proportion of football chants and songs are impolite even offensive. That is what they are sung for by the fans to get at the opposition support. But racist I don't think so. Personally I don't like the chant and don't honestly think it has any place at a modern football match because it is likely to cause trouble and retaliation by the German fans, no shrinking violets them! But again racist?? In current times the 'racism industry' jump on any and every bandwagon imo making a mockery of the real racism that takes place around the world and indeed here and I believe even making the comment at the beginning of this sentence is regarded as racist in some quarters.

A couple of media statements point out it is racist because it brings up a long past conflict and makes fun of, ridicules and talks down another nation. As in standing up to an invading army (or air force in this case) and defeating them so what is racist about that? Of course the English (or British to be accurate) just stood up to 'proud Hitler's Luftwaffe and sent him homewards to think again'. Hang on a minute that rings a bell. Does that make Flower O' Scotland racist? Of course not. I'm no fan of the dirge like Scottish national anthem (hijacked like tartan and the saltire shamelessly by the SNP), I reckon we deserve a better National Anthem or better still scrap all National Anthems - that would be an idea.

The daft Bombers song is many things, annoying as hell to me especially when sung by a bunch of fat, bare chested, blootered Anglo Saxon neds, but racist isn't one of them.

PS. Wonder if calling them "fat, bare chested, blootered Anglo Saxon neds" is racist?

[Deeranged]

Just like beauty is in the eye of the beholder racism is in the mind and perception of the beholder.

I once got called racist on here for pointing out that in a previous career it was common place for English people to be offensive toward Scots, Irish, Welsh and pretty much anyone else that wasn't 'like them' and for saying it wasn't acceptable and therefore caused me to dislike certain elements of 'Englishness'. So even calling out racism and bigotry seems to be racist to some. By that same token what you've posted above can be seen as racist although it really isn't.

The definitions of race and racism have been lost in wokery. Germany is in Europe and is a different country to the UK - that doesn't make its people a different race. In fact we're all the same race regardless of nationality, ethnicity, skin colour or anything else.

He'll be along soon shouting racist at me again but I don't mind, it's not me that will look stupid when he does.

[Returnofrros]

I see the press are all over the England fans chant/song 10 German Bombers citing racism etc. Racism is it? I reckon the song is infantile (after all it was a childrens' song originally), arguably offensive, impolite some say but the biggest proportion of football chants and songs are impolite even offensive. That is what they are sung for by the fans to get at the opposition support. But racist I don't think so. Personally I don't like the chant and don't honestly think it has any place at a modern football match because it is likely to cause trouble and retaliation by the German fans, no shrinking violets them! But again racist?? In current times the 'racism industry' jump on any and every bandwagon imo making a mockery of the real racism that takes place around the world and indeed here and I believe even making the comment at the beginning of this sentence is regarded as racist in some quarters.

A couple of media statements point out it is racist because it brings up a long past conflict and makes fun of, ridicules and talks down another nation. As in standing up to an invading army (or air force in this case) and defeating them so what is racist about that? Of course the English (or British to be accurate) just stood up to 'proud Hitler's Luftwaffe and sent him homewards to think again'. Hang on a minute that rings a bell. Does that make Flower O' Scotland racist? Of course not. I'm no fan of the dirge like Scottish national anthem (hijacked like tartan and the saltire shamelessly by the SNP), I reckon we deserve a better National Anthem or better still scrap all National Anthems - that would be an idea.

The daft Bombers song is many things, annoying as hell to me especially when sung by a bunch of fat, bare chested, blootered Anglo Saxon neds, but racist isn't one of them.

PS. Wonder if calling them "fat, bare chested, blootered Anglo Saxon neds" is racist?

If only this nation was a racist as the rest of the world white working class boys would not be so disadvantaged......racist.....maybe......I just do not give a **** anymore.