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Originally posted by: Bossk
Why have I never heard of a Philly Curse? While the Billygoat Curse or the Curse of the Bambino are pretty widespread in terms of recognition.
What is the curse all about? What supposedly happened to start it?
there 2 theories to this.
1. The curse of Billly Penn. As you may know there is statue on top of our city hall of William Penn. He is the founder of Philadelphia. There used to be a "Gentlemen's Agreement" that no building could be taller than the statue of Billy Penn. That ended with the building of Liberty Place a very tall skyscraper. The city agreed to build this building in 1984, a year after the last championship in Philly.
2. The Move curse. There is an anti-government group living in Phlly who call themselves "Move". They are a very weird group they all use the same last name "Africa". They have had several run ins with the cops. One in 1978 in which a police officer was actually killed. They drove their neighbors nuts. They blasted their propaganda from a van and kept their neighborhood up all hours of the day. Their house reaked. I think they ate raw meat. They did not keep their childred clean. I believe they did all sorts of things that violated the law. But I can't remember the details. They also turned their house into a fortified bunker. Finally on May 13, 1985 the cops came to issue warrents. This turned into a 90 minute gun battle. After that stupidly and approved by Mayor Wilson Goode, they droped a bomb on top of the bunker. I think they did it to knock some gun turrets off the roof. This was broadcast live on local tv. The image of that bomb going off is burned into my mind. This started the infamous move fire. Multiple move members died in the fire. The really stupid thing is, is that the fire department could have put the fire out if the cops had let them. But the cops refused to let the fire department near the house for fear that the move members inside the house would open fire on them. They refused to let them try to put the fire out even after the whole move house was engulfed in flames. The result: over 60 rowhouses burned to the ground. A whole neighborhood was destroyed. I could see the smoke from my house in South Jersey. Fortunately the people were evacuated from their homes so no one with exception of the move members were killed. But peoples' property was lost and I'm sure pets were killed. There are still 9 move members in jail. The ones outside have become alot more peaceful. And they(the move members) say that Philly will never win another championship until all 9 move members who are still in jail, are freed. We havn't won one since.