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SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
Sun Mar 17, 2013, 01:05 PM Mar 2013

Greek soccer player gets life ban for Nazi salute

AEK Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis has been banned from any Greek national team for life after giving a Nazi salute while celebrating a goal in the Greek league.

Greece's football federation said Sunday in a statement that the player's gesture "is a deep insult to all victims of Nazi brutality."

The 20-year-old Katidis gave a Nazi salute after scoring the winner in AEK's 2-1 victory over Veria on Saturday. His action provoked an immediate and overwhelmingly negative response on social media. Katidis apologized on TV and Twitter, pleading ignorance about the meaning of the salute. "I am not racist in any way," Katidis said on his Twitter account, according to a Google translation.

AEK and the Greek league are also considering separate sanctions. AEK could also be penalized.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57574753/greek-soccer-player-gets-life-ban-for-nazi-salute/


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Didn't know it was a Nazi salute? Riiiight.



Video of an otherwise sweet goal, followed by his dumbass buffoonery:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/17/giorgos-katidis-banned-life-nazi-salute_n_2895619.html

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Greek soccer player gets life ban for Nazi salute (Original Post) SunSeeker Mar 2013 OP
Yeah, those European austerity bankers Turbineguy Mar 2013 #1
LOL. They appreciate the show of support, just don't do it publicly. SunSeeker Mar 2013 #2
I think the lifetime ban is too harsh goldent Apr 2013 #3
This guy can't plead ignorance. SunSeeker Apr 2013 #4

SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
2. LOL. They appreciate the show of support, just don't do it publicly.
Sun Mar 17, 2013, 02:12 PM
Mar 2013

They don't like the spotlight, kinda like roaches.

Seriously, it is sad that the horrific anti-worker austerity measures have ironically inspired a resurgence of neo-nazism, blaming immigrant workers for the hardships.

goldent

(1,582 posts)
3. I think the lifetime ban is too harsh
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 12:24 AM
Apr 2013

unless there is some past history with this guy. I know that a lot of 20 year old Americans are ignorant of history and would not necessarily know how bad doing this would be, so I'm thinking it is also possible with a Greek. Let him apologize and move on.

SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
4. This guy can't plead ignorance.
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 02:22 PM
Apr 2013

300,000 civilians died in Athens alone during the Nazi occupation. His grandparents were alive when that happened. Everyone in Greece knows what the Nazi salute means.

It would be like Landon Donovan expressing his support for Osama bin Laden. Even if he wasn't officially banned for life, his career in America would be over.

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