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Letter: World Cup rampage

Matt Pasterfield London N1
Monday 15 June 1998 19:02 EDT
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Sir: As an England fan travelling to France for the World Cup next week, I am no longer looking forward to my trip, since the disturbances in Marseilles on Sunday night.

How is it that other nations can contribute to this football festival with joy, colour and friendship and our contribution is aggression, nastiness and darkness?

People like to blame the so-called "minority", but we as a nation have produced these people and we are all responsible for tolerating them. It is time we acted to ensure that they know that the "England" they think they are representing exists only as a figment of their sad minds.

We have stood behind the excuse of the "minority" for too long.

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