I see that people who are desperate to be offended by something/anything at all are up in arms about the new England football kit because it contains an image of a cross that is not strictly a St. George’s Cross.
I really don’t give a monkey’s about football in the first place so I wasn’t ever going to be that fussed, but really! It’s a small part of a pattern on a shirt collar. Get a sense of perspective! I read that some woman on a radio phone-in (probably Mrs. Angry from Purley) claimed to be “incensed” about the change. Honestly, if that’s what gets her incensed, how does she cope with the knowledge that so many people are having to use food banks or are living rough or can’t get dental treatment, or even any kind of hospital treatment? How does she react when our government ministers are gaslighting us (which seems to be all of the time these days)? Or about the entire state of our education system? I’m surprised that I can’t hear the gnashing and wailing of teeth from here.
It’s a football kit. Worn by a small group of outrageously wealthy people kicking a bag of wind around a field, deliberately falling over and pretending they’ve been shot with an elephant gun. Get over yourself. The Moon will not fall out of the sky. The World will not end. The Sun will not go out. Not even if they turned up to play in fluorescent green mankinis. Though the Womens’ team might find that a bit uncomfortable.
If you really need to be “incensed” about something, get incensed about an issue that actually needs fixing for people who can’t even achieve a basic quality of life.