The right to chant at soccer matches should be protected from heterophobic extremists

I broadly accept my opponent's definitions but should like to make it clear that heterophobia is very real, as any straight couple who has walked down Old Compton Street in Soho, London will attest: it is not nice to have groups of homosexual men shout "fvck off breeders" at you from the doorways of gay bars as you pass by on your way to Chinatown. But you don't have to take my word for it, if you click the link to a gay forum at the foot of this argument, you will find that many gay people admit to be heterophobic. That said, just like most straight people aren't homophobic, I'm sure most gay people aren't heterophobic. Regarding my previous use of the word "disability": I should have been more specific and indicated that I was referring only to male homosexuals. Typically, homosexual men suffer from impaired eye-hand coordination and reduced spatial awareness which is why they aren't, and have never been, any Formula 1 racing drivers, for instance. Indeed, the list of the ten most famous gay sportsmen worldwide, past and present, reproduced hereunder, contains very few household names. 1. Tom Daley - diver 2. Justin Fashanu - footballer 3. Gareth Thomas - rugby player 4. Thomas Hitzlsperger - footballer 5. Michael Sam - American football player 6. Greg Louganis - diver 7. Donal Og Cusack - hurling player 8. John Amaechi - basketball player 9. Steven Davies - cricketer 10. Robbie Rogers - footballer Moving on to my opponent's argument that the Football Association (the governing body of English football) is entitled to persecute fans with a sense of humour who do not employ politically correct parlance, I agree, but they have done so only under heavy pressure from homosexual activists, and that's a shame. You see, one can watch football matches on TV for free but every week millions fans spend a lot of money going to watch their teams play live. Part of the reason for this is the electric atmosphere created when tens of thousands of fans join together and sing songs that inspire their own team by humiliating and intimidating the opposing fans and players. This is a fundamental element of the occasion, and a major part of the enjoyment. For example, Liverpool is a city that has a high rate of unemployment, where many people sign on at the dole every two weeks to get their benefit payments, but their fans are very proud of their team and sing "Walk on, walk on, with hope in your hearts and you'll never walk alone. " However, opposing fans sing the same tune back to them with the words changed to "Sign on, sign on, with hope in your hearts, but you'll never get a job. " That's quite funny but also very unkind, isn't it? But should it be outlawed? No. Similarly, Arsenal's local rival are Tottenham Hotspur. Many of the Tottenham fans are Jewish and at derby matches the Arsenal fans chant "We hate Yiddos and we hate Yiddos, we hate Yiddos and we hate Yiddos (repeat), Yiddos, Yiddos, Yiddos, Yiddos! " Anti-Semitic? Possibly, but it is all meant in jest and even the Tottenham fans, who call themselves Yiddos, by the way, don't want the song banned. No, it's only a hard core of militant gay activists (who probably only watch football because they like leering at men in shorts) that are campaigning for certain chants to be outlawed. Unfortunately, they have so far been very successful but it's not too late to stop any further interference with the fans' enjoyment of the "beautiful game". Thank you. Sources: ------------ . http://queersunited.blogspot.co.uk... . http://www.independent.ie...