Comments on: Did Giorgos Katidis flash a Nazi salute or not?

By: Christhopper

Christhopper — Wed, 18 May 2016 04:19:09 +0000

Well, thank God you didn’t peel off your shirt.

By: Doug Alder

Doug Alder — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:15:28 +0000

note to all athletes: Remember to curl your pinky when showing your exuberation on winning or scoring a goal – if fist punching the air do it with one finger extended else you will be accused of being a Black Panther – which could be a bit embarrassing if you do not happen to be black 🙂

By: Martijn ter Haar

Martijn ter Haar — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:41:39 +0000

He was definitely not thinking straight at the moment, because taking your shirt off during the game is an offense with a yellow card penalty.

On this picture you can get a better look at his tattoos: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/mar/20/aek-suspend-giorgos-katidis-nazi-salute

By: Uncle Glenny

Uncle Glenny — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:40:21 +0000

cfeagans, that makes too much sense. He was actually making the Bellamy salute to the USA.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:11:29 +0000

In reply to cfeagans.

Yeah, I basically saw the same thing. The aspect of it that made it seem salute-like was the rigidity of the motion. If he indeed was gesturing to the crowd in a, “This is for you!” kind of sense, he maybe should’ve raised both arms (shirt in hand, or no). But in the excitement of the moment, it’s honestly hard to blame him for not thinking it through. Or…maybe he was doing a Nazi salute… But pointing is considered disrespectful in enough cultures that gesturing with his whole hand doesn’t seem that weird to me. Seems silly that the would ban him from his team without further investigation, regardless. I get the idea of someone resigning after doing something stupid, but this seems like a knee-jerk reaction, to some extent. Still, someone in the public eye always has to be so much more aware of the still images, gifs, and sound bites that can be clipped.

By: quinnn

quinnn — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:49:47 +0000

http://www.freewebs.com/manwomans/savetheswastika.htm

don’t judge a thousands of year old symbol by one mad man’s usage

By: cfeagans

cfeagans — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:44:20 +0000

If he wasn’t holding his just-removed-shirt in his left hand, I wonder if he would have raised both hands to the crowd? It looked like he was raising his hand to the crowd to me. If he didn’t mean it as a nazi salute, it was definitely a poor choice if only because so many people contextualize it that way.