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Pretty stupid.
If you want to be extreme on the other side, you could say, if he was making hand signals to Allah, there wouldn't be anything said at all.
Published: 13 December 2005
Lazio forward Paolo Di Canio could face disciplinary action after appearing to give a fascist salute to his fans during a Serie A match for the second time this season.
Italian papers ran photos Monday showing Di Canio with his arm outstretched as he was being subs uted during the second half of Sunday's Livorno-Lazio match. Livorno won 2-1.
"Politics must remain out of soccer stadiums," the Italian soccer federation's deputy president, Giancarlo Abete, was quoted as saying Monday by the ANSA news agency.
The arm gesture is associated in Italy with the salute used under the rule of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
"I will always salute as I did yesterday because it gives me a sense of belonging to my people," Di Canio was quoted by ANSA as saying Monday.
Di Canio's gesture came during a match made tense by the rival political allegiances of the teams' supporters: Livorno has a traditionally left-wing following, while Lazio's hard-core supporters are known for being far-right.
Lazio supporters waved swastika flags, while Livorno fans had red Communist flags. Clashes between Livorno fans and police were reported outside the stadium before the match, with one policeman suffering minor injuries.
Livorno goalkeeper Marco Amelia called for disciplinary action against Di Canio.
"It is a stupid gesture, and it's not the first time he's made it," ANSA quoted Amelia as saying after the match. "I think the federation should take measures."
A leading right-wing politician tried to play down the significance of the gesture.
"Let everybody salute as they like," said Ignazio La Russa of the National Alliance, a government party that has neo-fascist roots but is now mainstream conservative. "It doesn't seem to me a violent gesture. There's nothing dramatic about it."
In January, Di Canio was photographed making the salute after his team's 3-1 victory over crosstown rival AS Roma, a gesture that drew widespread condemnation.
He was eventually fined Euro 10,000 (then US$13,400) by the soccer federation, but maintained his gesture had no political significance.
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Pretty stupid.
If you want to be extreme on the other side, you could say, if he was making hand signals to Allah, there wouldn't be anything said at all.
That would be because Allah is a God and Mussolini was a fascist dictator.
But yet, as many people kill for Allah as Mussolini.
Stupid gesture.
Salute? Salute with a regular salute Euro.
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This guy is crap, i thought he retired after stump in EPL
remember when he pushed over the referee after the ref sent him off, that was so funny
one word.
r e t a r d
Send this guy to Laos, we'll take care of him
You're trying to imply that Islam is on "the other side". If anything, muslims must be considered right wing, since it has a hierarchical, authoritatian structure as any the other big religions.
The left is mostly atheist.
You're the re .
that's one ugly mofo
he not ugly, thats just a bad picture of him
All "people" with their arm raised like that are ugly.
I bet if he did the "throat-slashing" gesture, the NFL woulda fined him.
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