The misunderstanding of religion

[HoreTore]

It's not that simple, Viera, Henry etc only got to play for France due to Senegal being a former colony, otherwise they wouldn't have had the opportunity.

Henry was born outside Paris.

And yes, it is that simple. Get citizenship, and you can play for the national team. The reason it rarely happens, is because good players usually get their national debut before they've played 3-5 years in a foreign league... But we(as in Norway) are always trying to convince the foreign goalies to switch nationality to play for our national team, as our own goalies are.... well, I'm trying to avoid warning points, so.... And we also tried it with Alanzinho before he was sold off to turkey.

For more examples, I give you:
- Mikkel Diskerud, from Oslo, declared for the US
- Lukas Podolski and Miroslav Klose, from Poland, playing for Germany
- Eduardo da Silva, born in Rio, playing for Croatia

Hey, will you be decked in the national colours next Wednesday with a flag on your wall like a good fan/nationalist? We're gonna get revenge after that donkey Iwelumo let you off the hook last time...

Not in a million years.

My shirt remains brown.

Bah! Some people were suggesting that sport is all good and always works to bring people together, I simply said that that is not always the case. And then you brought up Christianity!

Bah! I never read threads before barging in! All I saw was you accusing football of domestic violence in a thread on religion!

[Rhyfelwyr]

Henry was born outside Paris.

And yes, it is that simple. Get citizenship, and you can play for the national team. The reason it rarely happens, is because good players usually get their national debut before they've played 3-5 years in a foreign league... But we(as in Norway) are always trying to convince the foreign goalies to switch nationality to play for our national team, as our own goalies are.... well, I'm trying to avoid warning points, so.... And we also tried it with Alanzinho before he was sold off to turkey.

For more examples, I give you:
- Mikkel Diskerud, from Oslo, declared for the US
- Lukas Podolski and Miroslav Klose, from Poland, playing for Germany
- Eduardo da Silva, born in Rio, playing for Croatia

True, but this recent phenomenon is the sort of thing that makes national football teams a bit redundant. If it's just going to turn into another club scene where you can sign who you want, then what's the point?

Bah! I never read threads before barging in! All I saw was you accusing football of domestic violence in a thread on religion!

Maybe we could just compromise and blame everything on the Church of Rome?

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Maybe we could just compromise and blame everything on the Church of Rome?

Careful now. Having a sense of humor is strongly discouraged here.