Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Gegilworld93 Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:22 am

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Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Gegilworld93 Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:22 am

I've always wondered, why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky Sports? There are no people working at The Sun today who were there in 1989, the only thing that is the same with The Sun of 1989 is the title and the owner, who also happens to be the principle shareholder in Sky. So why do you just boycott one and not the other?

Please don't take that as a dig or something, it's a valid question imo.

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by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:23 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:23 am

They are dumb. Also, it's a cover up story because most of them can't afford the newspaper.

End of thread.

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:27 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:27 am

Hadouken! wrote:They are dumb. Also, it's a cover up story because most of them can't afford the newspaper.

And yet can afford Sky?

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:29 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:29 am

Eternal Witcher wrote:

Hadouken! wrote:They are dumb. Also, it's a cover up story because most of them can't afford the newspaper.

And yet can afford Sky?

Sky is something paid for by the family leader, people usually buy newspapers individually to read on lunch breaks.

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:30 am

Hadouken! wrote:They are dumb. Also, it's a cover up story because most of them can't afford the newspaper.

End of thread.

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:30 am

Gegilworld93 wrote:Please don't take that as a dig or something, it's a valid question imo.

Those two are not mutually exclusive.

But I cannot answer, as I do not "boycott" either, rather I simply use the BBC.

by Cam Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:31 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Cam Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:31 am

Probably because Sky didn't say loads of shit about the Liverpool fans as they weren't around then

by Dean Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:32 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Dean Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:32 am

Splashy wrote:

Hadouken! wrote:They are dumb. Also, it's a cover up story because most of them can't afford the newspaper.

End of thread.

Did that really make you laugh?

by Rafael Benitez Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:32 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Rafael Benitez Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:32 am

Because it was the Sun who wrote the headline? Moron

by ResurrectionRooney Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:33 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by ResurrectionRooney Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:33 am

Cam wrote:Probably because Sky didn't say loads of shit about the Liverpool fans as they weren't around then

That's a bit of a simplistic reading of the situation though, isn't it? The Sun is an organisation made up of human beings, and the human beings who work at The Sun now are completely different to the ones who worked there in 1989. They can't be held responsible for the actions of their predecessors.

by Sean Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:33 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Sean Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:33 am

Probably because it's easy to boycott the sun cos it's shit and there's many other papers, but if you boycott the Sun you haven't got much

by ResurrectionRooney Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:33 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by ResurrectionRooney Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:33 am

Rafael Benitez wrote:Because it was the Sun who wrote the headline? Moron

It was Kelvin McKenzie who wrote the headline, and he's gone now.

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:34 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:34 am

Because the sun gives us sunburn, but the sky gives us rain.

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:34 am

Dean wrote:

Splashy wrote:

He just spams every thread with one of them emotions... Meaningless really.
Did that really make you laugh?

by Rafael Benitez Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:35 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Rafael Benitez Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:35 am

Gatsby wrote:Probably because it's easy to boycott the sun cos it's shit and there's many other papers, but if you boycott the Sun you haven't got much

by El_indian Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:35 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by El_indian Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:35 am

Isn't football shown on Sky?

I would never boycott it because although they're assholes (for their prices), it is the only way I can watch football (or any sport) here in NZ.

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:36 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:36 am

Gatsby wrote:Probably because it's easy to boycott the sun cos it's shit and there's many other papers, but if you boycott the Sun you haven't got much

Ha!

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:40 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:40 am

Dean wrote:

Splashy wrote:

Did that really make you laugh?

Yes, quite a lot. there there

by Sean Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:40 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Sean Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:40 am

I wasn't joking. It's convenient for Liverpool fans to boycott the sun, there's no real cost to them, but boycotting Sky requires a real sacrifice, because you're missing out on Sky Sports as well as all the other channels.

by Ra's al Ghul Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:41 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Ra's al Ghul Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:41 am

Gatsby wrote:I wasn't joking. It's convenient for Liverpool fans to boycott the sun, there's no real cost to them, but boycotting Sky requires a real sacrifice, because you're missing out on Sky Sports as well as all the other channels.

They were mocking you because you wrote the Sun twice.

by Sean Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:42 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Sean Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:42 am

Oh right.

by Dean Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:48 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Dean Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:48 am

Like boycotting Sky is a real sacrifice. Laughing

by ayvee1 Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:54 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by ayvee1 Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:54 am

Dean wrote:Like boycotting Sky is a real sacrifice.

I agree. I don't boycott sky, I just don't have it. My life goes on.

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:12 am

Hadouken! wrote:They are dumb. Also, it's a cover up story because most of them can't afford the newspaper.

End of thread.

by ricky//habana Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:29 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by ricky//habana Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:29 am

ayvee1 wrote:

Dean wrote:Like boycotting Sky is a real sacrifice.

I agree. I don't boycott sky, I just don't have it. My life goes on.

Same here, though them having F1 is a real pain.
I boycott the Sun out of solidarity to fellow fans, and the fact that they largely come out with inaccurate, inflammatory, reactionary bullshit with not one considered opinion to be found from cover to cover. I don't miss it and I wish every liverpool fan boycotted it just because it is a poor paper.

by ricky//habana Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:31 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by ricky//habana Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:31 am

Hadouken! wrote:

Eternal Witcher wrote:

And yet can afford Sky?

Sky is something paid for by the family leader, people usually buy newspapers individually to read on lunch breaks.

So no liverpool fans are family leaders/ main breadwinners? Interesting logic there.

by Childish Logic Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:44 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Childish Logic Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:44 am

ricky//habana wrote:

Hadouken! wrote:

Sky is something paid for by the family leader, people usually buy newspapers individually to read on lunch breaks.

So no liverpool fans are family leaders/ main breadwinners? Interesting logic there.

James used to be a better troll. This is just pathetic by him.

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:47 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:47 am

This again? RR used to bang this drum once a week.

by Trent Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:55 am

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Trent Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:55 am

Glen Damon wrote:Because the sun gives us sunburn, but the sky gives us rain.

I have came to expect better of you than this Master Glen.

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Re: Why do Liverpool fans boycott The Sun and not Sky?

by Guest Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:23 am

Trent wrote:

Glen Damon wrote:Because the sun gives us sunburn, but the sky gives us rain.

I have came to expect better of you than this Master Glen.

My stuff is always hit or miss, so I figure that if I deliberately get all of the misses out of the way at once, the hits will start to come in numbers.

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