The Ethical Agenda of a Hooligan and the Inevitable Compromise The ethical dilemma of hooliganism from both the perspective of a hooligan and the societal view are quite different. Alan Garrison is a hooligan who thinks of his actions as a hooligan very differently from the rest of the world. He sees little wrong with what he has done and has a detailed story to back up his views. His stories help explain why he turned out the way he did whether he realizes it or not. Whether having considered or even listened to his point of view, society views hooliganism as both a nuisance and a historical trend that has more or less died out. What are the origins of hooliganism, why does it exist and what are the possible compromises and measures taken
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Since Hooliganism is most prevalent and hails from Europe anyway, it was commonly referred to as the ““exclusively ‘English Disease’” (Spaaij). “As recently as 1994, psychologist John Kerr claimed that manifestations of football hooliganism in other societies seem ‘merely to imitate what has gone on in England over the past thirty years’ and are ‘a good deal less frequent and much less wide spread.’” (Spaaij). This is no longer a stereotype. Hooliganism equivalents are now much more wide-spread and much frequent. Football Hooliganism “equivalents” are present in many “diverse countries [such] as Germany, Italy, Peru, Hungary, France, Slovakia, …Greece…” and even in “Austrailia” (Spaaij) In South America, equivalents have most commonly been seen in both Argentina and Brazil. Basically, anywhere football has spread too, hooliganism exists in some varying degree or seriousness also. There is not a legal name for the equivalents as it was originally a European issue. Therefore, most people simply refer to these foreign equivalents as hooliganism as well. Regardless of where it exists, if there was anyone, let alone a, hooligan that could dispute the ethical dilemma as anything worth considering, Alan Garrison would be the one to do …show more content…
In addition to the political and economic pressures against hooliganism, the natural evolution and “globalization” of the practice itself changed how things went (Foer). The practice became so mainstream that the majority of attendees would come to the game just to watch the fights that broke out. Even the EU took notice of hooliganism and acted. They “group[ed] together a variety of offences under the label ‘football hooliganism’, including violence against persons, damage to property, alcohol and drug offences, breach of the peace, theft and ticket touting.” (Spaaij). Over time people started losing their tickets or got arrested more often leading to a tamer environment. Instead of spontaneous fights in the stands, fights were being organized outside of the stadiums or around the stadiums to avoid legal issues. Alan did not like this direction of his past time. Alan went as far as to join the military to satisfy his need to be violent while still being a hooligan on the weekend. He eventually got arrested and lost his ticket on multiple occasions because of these changes. In addition to what Garrison had witnessed directly from changes to the events themselves, socially moves were made to help fix the problem where it began. Generally, hooligans are working-class men who have various reasons for being
Since Hooliganism is most prevalent and hails from Europe anyway, it was commonly referred to as the ““exclusively ‘English Disease’” (Spaaij). “As recently as 1994, psychologist John Kerr claimed that manifestations of football hooliganism in other societies seem ‘merely to imitate what has gone on in England over the past thirty years’ and are ‘a good deal less frequent and much less wide spread.’” (Spaaij). This is no longer a stereotype. Hooliganism equivalents are now much more wide-spread and much frequent. Football Hooliganism “equivalents” are present in many “diverse countries [such] as Germany, Italy, Peru, Hungary, France, Slovakia, …Greece…” and even in “Austrailia” (Spaaij) In South America, equivalents have most commonly been seen in both Argentina and Brazil. Basically, anywhere football has spread too, hooliganism exists in some varying degree or seriousness also. There is not a legal name for the equivalents as it was originally a European issue. Therefore, most people simply refer to these foreign equivalents as hooliganism as well. Regardless of where it exists, if there was anyone, let alone a, hooligan that could dispute the ethical dilemma as anything worth considering, Alan Garrison would be the one to do …show more content…
In addition to the political and economic pressures against hooliganism, the natural evolution and “globalization” of the practice itself changed how things went (Foer). The practice became so mainstream that the majority of attendees would come to the game just to watch the fights that broke out. Even the EU took notice of hooliganism and acted. They “group[ed] together a variety of offences under the label ‘football hooliganism’, including violence against persons, damage to property, alcohol and drug offences, breach of the peace, theft and ticket touting.” (Spaaij). Over time people started losing their tickets or got arrested more often leading to a tamer environment. Instead of spontaneous fights in the stands, fights were being organized outside of the stadiums or around the stadiums to avoid legal issues. Alan did not like this direction of his past time. Alan went as far as to join the military to satisfy his need to be violent while still being a hooligan on the weekend. He eventually got arrested and lost his ticket on multiple occasions because of these changes. In addition to what Garrison had witnessed directly from changes to the events themselves, socially moves were made to help fix the problem where it began. Generally, hooligans are working-class men who have various reasons for being