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March 11, 2006
LONDON: Echoing the words of comedy star Basil Fawlty, Britain's Home Secretary Charles Clarke has given England fans travelling to the soccer World Cup a stark message: "Don't mention the war."
The English team's travelling support is fond of drinking lots of beer and humming the themes of war films.
A small minority has been known to go further, get its history mixed up and chant "No surrender to the IRA" while making Nazi salutes.
But Mr Clarke hopes to remind the 100,000 fans expected to visit Germany during the tournament in June that behaviour seen as glorifying its Nazi past is a criminal offence.
"British fans should respect the laws of Germany," he said. "The reason why the German parliament passed these laws was because the era that we are talking about was one of total horror and destruction.
LONDON: Echoing the words of comedy star Basil Fawlty, Britain's Home Secretary Charles Clarke has given England fans travelling to the soccer World Cup a stark message: "Don't mention the war."
The English team's travelling support is fond of drinking lots of beer and humming the themes of war films.
A small minority has been known to go further, get its history mixed up and chant "No surrender to the IRA" while making Nazi salutes.
But Mr Clarke hopes to remind the 100,000 fans expected to visit Germany during the tournament in June that behaviour seen as glorifying its Nazi past is a criminal offence.
"British fans should respect the laws of Germany," he said. "The reason why the German parliament passed these laws was because the era that we are talking about was one of total horror and destruction.
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How charming.
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