Yesterday night saw extreme unitedness from Mer, JonQ, Ian and myself. United in one purpose - cheering Germany on. We were chatting online whilst watching the match, and groaning and Germany's sub-standard performance during the first half. We shared common devastation when Argentina kicked in the first goal 4 minutes after the second half, and went hysteric when Klose matched the second goal some time later. Mer was commenting that we were united by world cup. Maybe so. It doesn't take much to be united in this sense. You just need to be on the same side. Supporting the same team. And of course, you'd had to bother about watching Soccer in the first place.

Weirdly some people thought that the only reason I was watching the match was because I betted. Oh come on. I never bet. Not in my life. I had to tell those jokers that I watched the Japan/Korea world cup as well, and this was NOT the first time I was watching soccer. I am just not fanatical enough to stay up late to watch those 3am matches, and I do not have cable at home.

Back to the topic of unity. What then causes people to be united? What causes unity? To be united in a common cause? Then you need a stated purpose/cause first right? In order for people to be united. If there is no goal, no purpose, no apparent cause, people will not be united. There needs to be a factor or factors to gel people together. Something which they believe strongly in. Only then, will they have the passion to unite together in support for that which they believe in.