Honestly, I could not care less about hooligans in Britain. Until now. The book started violently, yes. It was sort of striking and all, but I could not find it interesting. It is now that I start realizing how rare it is to get involved in that world. Normally reports are made about indigenous people or exotic habitats. But, who would like to get involved with the hooligans?
Bill Buford
I lied. Now, I think you are winning the bet. Well, not entirely. Actually I just understood that it isn´t about two worlds colliding in Britain (look at my previous entry) but about Buford understanding their behavior. I also realized that the reader is the author. We have the same level of judgment as the author - for most of us, assuming that the audience would be people with little experience regarding this topic - . We discover the same things at the same time he does.
Things got real when the Italians came along. What was that anyways? If you are surrounded by certain environment, you yourself change and adapt to that environment. For example, if thugs are constantly surrounded by themselves, they will obviously increase their aggressiveness. Because it is always a game about overpassing the opponent´s aggressiveness.
The author puts himself as a third-party-observer and we can tell by how he says things that he thinks that some things the thugs do are simply wrong. The things they do are just to feel like they are real thugs and show their manliness. Even if they have lived in that environment their whole lives, they can differ from right and wong. They are conscious about the things that they do, and the fact that they need to settle down.
I mean, poor bus driver. Give him a break. JEEZ.
Peace and love.
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