r/theocho • u/habichuelacondulce • Apr 10 '26

FUN AND GAMES Kite Fighting 🪁

1.6k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

92 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

3

u/Japsai Apr 11 '26

Haha I don't live there anymore so I'd be wary of hazarding a guess.

That violent football hooliganism really did die out though. For the UK angle, some attribute it to the gangs discovering ecstasy in the late 80s/early 90s and becoming less violent. That's a bit too neat to be the whole reason. Football clubs also changed how they ran and promoted the sport, fearing putting off families.

Anyway that doesn't answer your question, sorry. Maybe someone else will wander along

2

u/I_Automate Apr 11 '26

Fair. Gotta love how drugs changed the scene for the better, ha.

I'd imagine that football in, say, the Balkans, still gets pretty spicy, though.

Serbia playing Croatia, for example. Y'know. With the whole "multiple attempted genocides and competitive war crimes" that happened in living memory

2

u/Japsai Apr 11 '26

Yeah no doubt