OK, let me get this straight: A soccer stadium in Rome is filled with fans, many of whom are waving swastika flags and many more of whom are waving communist flags. A player for one of the teams (the swastika flag-waving team, I presume) gives the fans a "fascist salute" (I guess we know what that means). It seems the player in question will be suspended or fined or whatever, and correctly so. But doesn't this make our own rivalries, like say for example Yankees-Red Sox, seem a little quaint?

This actually qualifies as one of my "Europe off the rails" posts...