"Burning" stadium

Pyro: Is the “war” chant on ARD permissible?

Legitimate or exaggerated? A debate is currently raging in Germany - in the truest sense of the word - about a "war" statement made by the ARD commentator during the German Cup final in Berlin.

Background: Kaiserslautern fans had put on an almost insane pyro show shortly after the restart and set off masses of flares. As a result, the match was interrupted for several minutes and ARD commentator Gerd Gottlob made a piquant statement during the live broadcast. "In these times - in which we have wars - with such actions, nobody needs that," he said. Did he contextualize the situation correctly or did he overshoot the mark?

It's all happening on Twitter
In any case, Twitter is abuzz. The general tenor was that comparing the pyro incident to the war was exaggerated. And corresponding - more or less - amusing picture collages were also quickly posted.

Whether the "war" contextualization was correct or not - in any case, there were several announcements and notices on the Vidiwall in the stadium to refrain from flaming. With mediocre success.