Friday, January 13, 2012
Crowd mentality
Buford was describing the crowd mentality today as I was reading. He said that it wasn't necessarily a bunch of ruffians out to get violence, but that it was actually normal people with great jobs and families. The government always finds some "leaders" to blame, but there aren't really leaders in a crowd. There are just people whose minds are more affected by the hype of the crowd. He also said that sometimes, the football violence is almost planned, even though the police try their hardest to stop it from happening. The supporters go to the games expecting violence. It's all very strange.
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The element of expectation seems to play an important role. I wonder what happened to make people expect violence at football games.
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying your research! Are you focusing on any teams in particular?
I am not focusing on one team in particular, but rather the general English issue of football violence.
DeleteMatt---I know you are focused on the British game, but do you know if this kind of violence is common in other 'football' countries?
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