Soccer in San Quentin

[Tolstoy]

My apologies to those of you who feel soccer is being rammed down your throat.

 

SI has a nice article on soccer in San Quentin. My favorite line comes when the visiting Irish players (not convicts) are informed of the prison's no-hostage policy:

 

"Let me tell you what that means," he said. "If an inmate has got a weapon, and he has got that weapon at your throat and is holding you in front of him, the guards will shoot through you to get to him. They will shoot through you like this."

 

And then he punched his index finger into his chest three times, each in a different spot, showing us exactly where the bullets would rip through our chests.

 

Here's the link:

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writ...etin/index.html

[meazza]

My apologies to those of you who feel soccer is being rammed down your throat. 

 

SI has a nice article on soccer in San Quentin.  My favorite line comes when the visiting Irish players (not convicts) are informed of the prison's no-hostage policy:

 

"Let me tell you what that means," he said. "If an inmate has got a weapon, and he has got that weapon at your throat and is holding you in front of him, the guards will shoot through you to get to him. They will shoot through you like this."

 

And then he punched his index finger into his chest three times, each in a different spot, showing us exactly where the bullets would rip through our chests.

 

Here's the link:

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writ...etin/index.html

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I like soccer and I feel it's being rammed down my throat

[Chef Jim]

I like soccer and I feel it's being rammed down my throat 

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I feel that letting convicts do anything other than rot in hell is being rammed down our throats.