A very subjective look into AWFC

There is nothing more serious about War and trust me when I say that my intention is not to make light of this situation at all. It’s tragic, it’s awful and in moments like we’re living, or whenever there is a school shooting here in the USA, which is basically every day, I can’t help but think how I dislike the idea of guns, canons, and anything war related, even if its in sport.

This is something that I didn’t struggle with before but recently, and I’m talking about the last 10 years or so, I have become so pro-gun control that I am irked about “arsenal” and the idea of being “gunners.” And I know that it might seem a little weird or that I’m being too sensitive but all of this that I feel is just something that I wanted to share in case anyone out there felt the same way.

Obviously I’m not saying that we should change the name, like with anything, people can justify or excuse anything name for any business, etc. I just wouldn’t mind, as things stand at this moment in time, that our club would have a different name.

I’m trying to come up with a comparison or something similar but I really can’t. I don’t really know of any club, at least off the top of my head, whose name implies something that people might find that goes against some of their beliefs. Like, it’s not that I don’t believe in guns, they exist.

The last thing I associated with arsenal women players is violence, it’s war, its guns, it’s bullets, it’s death. And this is something that I’m struggling with at the moment because even in passing, the celebration of anything associated with things that I am fundamentally against is a complete and utter mindf*ck.

Anyway, the point of this blog is to talk about lots of things and this is what came to mind today. As always, I encourage anyone out there that wants to blog, that wants to release Arsenal related etc to do so. I believe talking about all things arsenal women is important and I support you.

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