This world cup is broadcast live on the main channel here – And with every game, I see how much politics is not only in the players but also the viewers.  I judge the game not on the playing but on the nationality.  I don’t condemn the dirty players, but the policies of their leaders.  I don’t seem to be the only one.  I know this is wrong, but it is on one hand a channeling, a displacement from actual battles, but on the other hand a reminder of our own disagreements.  A friend of mine relates every game to the way Jews were/are treated in the countries of the teams.  The Holocaust and the Middle East are major factors.