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 Super__Ally wrote:

 Algarveaddick wrote:

 Pablo wrote:

Apologies if I'm opening a can of worms that has just been closed, but I
 honestly don't see what's wrong with a wearing a football shirt. If I 
was at home, I would wear it. If it was warm, I'd wear it. Why shouldn't
 I wear it just because I'm on holiday? Where I feel at home, and it is 
usually warm! :')

Surely the fact that someone might see a couple of football shirts and 
decide to go elsewhere, says more about the judgement/prejudice of said 
people? The people in the football shirts could be some of the nicest 
people you could meet. For example, my dad (who is 50) often wears his 
Everton shirt, he has never been in trouble in his life.

Granted, I take the point that there are a lot of Richards (See what I 
did there? :P ) that are troublemakers etc, but we can't base our view 
of EVERYONE in a football shirt, on them. 

Well said old bean. Prejudice is prejudice, even if we don't realise we are doing it ( and we all do, from time to time ).

I am not predudiced nor am I a bigot, but experience tells me to stay well clear of a bar full of punters with football shirts on.

Again, apologies but that in itself is prejudice haha. I just don't see why people should be condemned for wearing football shirts. 

I've struck up quite a few conversations where I've seen a kit that I didn't recognise, it's a good conversation starter if you allow it to be.

Sorry if I offend anyone (genuinely not the reason for my reply) just using the above quote as an example because it's been given to me (on a plate).

I once had a bad experience with a Brazilian fella on holiday, that doesn't mean that if I see a bunch of Brazilians in a bar I'm not going to go in. For me to extend my experience to EVERY Brazilian I happen upon, would be prejudiced. As I said in a previous post, "they" could be some of the nicest people you'll ever meet. 

But, that's just my opinion.

Fairly often. people judge us for the way that we look, but I can guarantee that the people who have actually come up and spoken to us have been treated with more than enough respect and basic common decency. 