A quick explanation about what "Europe" means

[Mugwump]

The problem with your argument, as anyone who reads the posts in NSB can attest, is that all the disparate nationalities that make up Europe suddenly band together thick as thieves whenever a boxer from Europe fights someone from off-continent. Especially if that outsider happens to be an American.

Poet

Err ... no. The subset of morons that inhabit Europe might do as you describe. The rest of us genuine boxing fans - who, I'm sure are in the majority - make posts like these or decide they can't be bothered defending themselves because no one listens anyway.

So don't label me a thief or a bigot. Don't label the rest of us thieves or bigots. And start thinking before you post.

[squealpiggy]

What seems to be the problem. What is wrong with labeling Kessler,Froch and AA European?

Nothing as long as you can label Dirrell and Ward "South American".

[Flawless Loc]

Nothing as long as you can label Dirrell and Ward "South American".

You mean North American?

Since South America is its own continent

[Poet682006]

Err ... no. The subset of morons that inhabit Europe might do as you describe. The rest of us genuine boxing fans - who, I'm sure are in the majority - make posts like these or decide they can't be bothered defending themselves because no one listens anyway.

So don't label me a thief or a bigot. Don't label the rest of us thieves or bigots. And start thinking before you post.

The squeaky wheels get the grease. BTW, the phrase "thick as thieves" is a figure of speech that goes back centuries. It does not imply in any way that the objects of the term is are thieves. The key word in the phrase is "AS": Namely it's a simile, a literary device.

Poet

[PensionKiller]

The squeaky wheels get the grease. BTW, the phrase "thick as thieves" is a figure of speech that goes back centuries. It does not imply in any way that the objects of the term is are thieves. The key word in the phrase is "AS": Namely it's a simile, a literary device.

Poet

Can you make it easier for someone like me to understand.

Sorry but I am interested but do not know what you mean

[squealpiggy]

You mean North American?

Since South America is its own continent

It's all the Americas, what's the difference?

[Flawless Loc]

It's all the Americas, what's the difference?

When did America become a continent? There is South and North America two different continents. You are reaching, European boy :****you:

[squealpiggy]

When did America become a continent? There is South and North America two different continents. You are reaching, European boy :****you:

****** Panamanians.

[mojack]

This will likely fall on deaf ears but I think that a few especially younger yanks should learn exactly what Europe means:

It means a massive sack of fuck all. A disparate collection of nations who banded together for fiscal reasons by virtue of inhabiting the same continent. The last 70 years since the end of WWII marks the longest period of time that at least some of the nations in Europe have not been attempting to kill each other.

When the football is on do you think that everyone goes "Oh well Italy versus France is just for japes because whoever wins, we're all European right chaps?" Because if you do then you're completely wrong. There is an annual rugby tournament called the Six Nations. Those nations are Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, France and Italy. Is it called "The One Nation cup"? No. Because there are six nations.

We live close to each other and we fucking hate each other. We spent the last 1500 years conquering each other. Our sporting competitions are surrogate wars.

With that in mind it makes as much sense saying "LAMO teh American fiters r 2 gud 4 da EURO fiters LAMO" as it does for a Dutch boxing fan to claim some sort of moral victory over the United States because Carl Froch beat Pascal Jean.

So let's put it this way: If you want to call, say, an English boxer or a German boxer a "Euro" then I can legitimately refer to any boxer from the Americas as "American" or "Mexican" or "Canadian" interchangeably.

I raised a similar arguement about 2 years ago, I blame the American educational system for epic failings on geography/history and being completely oblivious regarding the correct use of nationalities, afterall...they are ******ed.

[Poet682006]

Can you make it easier for someone like me to understand.

Sorry but I am interested but do not know what you mean

Ok. A simile is a literary device used to convey meaning. For example, saying a flower is "pink as a pig". It does NOT indicate that the flower is in any way a pig, but rather that the flower is pink and using the pig as an example of something else that is pink. Most figures of speech in the English language have a literary device of some sort as their root: Simile, metaphore, analogy, ect. Most are also quite ancient, and in a reading of Chaucer (1300s) you can find some that are still in use to this day.

Poet