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Proud to be a Philadelphia fan

There are reports of 20,000 Eagles fans in Miami for the game tonight which makes me a little proud. But these letters in yesterday's Phildelphia Inquirer really warmed my heart.

Re: George Hill's letter (Dec. 7) about his grandson's birthday disappointment at the Nov. 16 Giants-Eagles game.

Life is full of disappointments, Mr. Hill, and age 16 isn't too young to start learning about it. Nearly everyone knows that football fan(atic)s can be pretty rowdy at times, even when fans of opposing teams aren't sitting in the same section with them.

But get real. I'm sure your grandson, "big Giants fan" that he is, was wearing Giants colors when he went into Lincoln Financial Field. I'm also sure your son-in-law was aware of the potential hostility.

The fact that they didn't get stomped, especially after foolishly asking a bunch of "ignorant, drunken bullies" to stop "harassing" your grandson, was an act of God. You are unrealistic to expect these fans to refrain from expressing their dissatisfaction with your grandson's allegiance to the Giants.

Could you really believe that if the Eagles-Giants game had been played in the Meadowlands and a couple of Eagles fans were sitting in a sea of blue and were being harassed for wearing green, anyone would come to their defense? Fugetaboutit.

C.T. Lang
Voorhees

In response to a letter about the bullies ruining their trip at the Linc in Section 115, if you go to the game, you know that Philadelphia fans are very passionate fans. People who go the games and wear shirts, jackets, etc., with the opposing team are going to get ridiculed, mocked and made fun of. My advice is simple: Don't wear clothing from the opposing team if you know that this stuff happens. If you do wear the stuff to the Linc, expect to be mocked and ridiculed.

Phil Haddad
Boyertown, Pa.

I wonder if "C.T. Lang" is the letter writer's real name.