Not going to get into a long debate about this but...

St George is a symbol of the crusades... I just find that very archaic and distasteful... people would only go crazy if the german fans walked round in Nazi uniforms. The Crusades seems to be more acceptable as it was further in the past... but hey I am all for poking fun at ourselves.

As for pointless - St George has nothing to do with england apart from being adopted by the crusading armies as a symbol. Just as Nietzsche was hijacked by the nazi's. St George is also a patron saint of the following places (this bit of copied from Wikipedia) : "England, Georgia, Egypt, Bulgaria, Aragon, Catalonia, Romania, Ethiopia, Greece, India, Iraq, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, Serbia, Ukraine and Russia, as well as the cities of Genoa, Amersfoort, Beirut, Botoşani, Drobeta Turnu-Severin, Timişoara, Fakiha, Bteghrine, C?ceres, Ferrara, Freiburg, Kragujevac, Kumanovo, Ljubljana, P?rouges, Pomorie, Preston, Qormi, Rio de Janeiro, Lod, Lviv, Barcelona, Moscow, Tamworth and the Maltese island of Gozo, as well as of the Scout Movement[3] and a wide range of professions, organizations and disease sufferers."

So imho its archaic and pointless, but people can do whatever they like,.

Posted By: ChengdeCanary on June 12th 2012 at 12:20:39

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The Guardian is now against England Fans dressing as a Knight (Other Football) - phrankin, Jun 12, 11:53:43
- Hyper-sensitive bullshit really (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Jun 12, 12:41:16
- For once the comments section improves the article (Other Football) - McD, Jun 12, 12:38:40
  - There are some really good comments in there. (n/m) (Other Football) - Rob NCFC, Jun 12, 12:58:45
- He makes one decent point in a rubbish article... (Other Football) - Dandy Highburyman, Jun 12, 12:30:54
  - Decent point about Ferdinand being left out but thats it (n/m) (Other Football) - Jim, Jun 12, 12:45:11
  - oi! (Other Football) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jun 12, 12:34:23
- tbf it is pretty archaic and pointless (Other Football) - ChengdeCanary, Jun 12, 12:00:42
  - It's fancy dress for fuck sake (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Jun 12, 12:20:58
  - COuld easily be a St George costume... (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Jun 12, 12:10:46
    - Not going to get into a long debate about this but... (Other Football) - ChengdeCanary, Jun 12, 12:20:39
      - blimey that is amazing (Other Football) - Karnivore, Jun 12, 12:35:07
        
        BOOOOOOOOOOOM (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Jun 12, 12:35:48
      - amazing.... (Other Football) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jun 12, 12:30:52
        
        BOOOOOOOOOOOM (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Jun 12, 12:34:35
        
        hey conker.... (Other Football) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jun 12, 12:37:02
        
        That BOOOOOOOM was for you, I am now retracting it (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Jun 12, 12:47:12
        
        oh (Other Football) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jun 12, 13:06:56
      - Better ban any fancy dress constume relating to anyone who ever killed anyone then (Other Football) - Jim, Jun 12, 12:28:24
        
        But we CAN dress up as the A-team (from the series) and Police Academy (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Jun 12, 12:35:10
        
        you are off topic. typical radical misinterpretation. FFS I said... (Other Football) - ChengdeCanary, Jun 12, 12:31:18
        
        Yes but you find it distasteful and would never share a beer with someone (Other Football) - Jim, Jun 12, 12:44:13
        
        vikings, romans etc = a culture. crusades = movement (Other Football) - ChengdeCanary, Jun 12, 12:55:11
        
        Utter nonsense. (n/m) (Other Football) - Jim, Jun 12, 13:34:17
        
        And there was me thinking it took 600 years of Islamic conquest before we got involved (Other Football) - phrankin, Jun 12, 13:21:55
      - They should stop the Scando teams fans dressing as Vikings as well.......FFS (n/m) (Other Football) - Vivid Data Shark, Jun 12, 12:24:36
        
        hey, I didnt say they should be stopped. That is completely against my views. (Other Football) - ChengdeCanary, Jun 12, 12:27:47
        
        Because you said you found it distasteful and likened it (Other Football) - duke of york, Jun 12, 12:34:25
        
        well you only need to do a little bit of research to see the likeness (Other Football) - ChengdeCanary, Jun 12, 12:37:18
        
        I wouldn't wear it (Other Football) - duke of york, Jun 12, 12:40:20
        
        well thats exactly what I said in my first response. Sadly the closet EDL cannot read. (n/m) (Other Football) - ChengdeCanary, Jun 12, 12:43:02
        
        sadly, you associate genuine footy fans having a laugh in fancy dress (Other Football) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jun 12, 13:09:16
        
        Nope Chelts, just c**ts :-) (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Jun 12, 13:16:43
        
        no what actually happened is I expressed my opinion and a bunch of people jumped down my (Other Football) - ChengdeCanary, Jun 12, 13:14:42
        
        no... (Other Football) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jun 12, 13:51:37
        
        "Doubt those wearing the costumes really understand the significance though, so I don't bl (Other Football) - ChengdeCanary, Jun 12, 13:55:10
        
        maybe it says more about your insecurities of being British, rather than them then. (n/m) (Other Football) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jun 12, 14:40:16
        
        are you secretly a pongo hiding as a guin then? (n/m) (Other Football) - ChengdeCanary, Jun 12, 13:54:14
        
        Perhaps in your own mind this is really true..... (Other Football) - Vivid Data Shark, Jun 12, 12:39:03
        
        I think the clue is in your first line..... (Other Football) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jun 12, 12:32:28
      - He is the symbol of England, hence his cross is our flag (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Jun 12, 12:24:12

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