The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword
Jan 7th, 2015 by 'holic
Twelve people going about their business are slaughtered in a peaceful capital city.
A convicted rapist, out of jail only on licence, is signed by a professional football club.
And some of you are trawling the net looking for transfer speculation…
106 Responses to “The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword”
Reposting…
Okay, I think it fair to say the window has been open long enough for anyone lined up to plug our defensive gaps prior to January would be on board already. We can all sit back now and wait for midnight on the final day and any club desperate enough to sell us someone on the cheap.
Öskar
…and scores!
This is a football blog, ‘holic. There’s enough badness and sadness reported elsewhere without having it take over all the pleasures of life.
No disrespect intended, I posted before reading.
Öskar
yes Mr Holic and some people are reading the posts about football, transfers, referees on your blog… Should they stop wasting their time?
As Oskar says, there is more than enough opportunity to see the vile vindictive senseless actions humanity inflicts on its own in the name of religion, progress, or whatever bulls it excuse. My work brings me right up close and personal with the victims and perpetrators of horrendous acts.
Nobody forces you to read this blog or comment on it, Dexter. Have some respect for the person that spends his own time and energy, for zero financial reward, to provide a platform for the likes of yourself to make such an ill-informed and abusive comment.
I could say that a lot differently, but will not out of admiration for the patron of this establishment. He deserves better.
Esso knows.
And the world is indeed going to shit.
Wow, who can possibly argue with that load of sanctimonious bollocks? Puff ft, give me strength.
Calm down everyone, let’s not take this where none of us want to go. I wouldn’t have posted if I’d read the OP first, but you know what it’s like when that #1 spot is sitting there waiting to be scored…
Öskar
understandable ‘holic
life can be a right oul cunt
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my own geographical circumstances
dictated that
gallows humour
was the only way
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didn’t negate
but helped a bit
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anyhoo
hope yer well fella
.
I’m having a chicken and ham baguette
so
someone somewhere sometimes
pulls good strings
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a pint o’ plain ?
go on
my shout
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slainte buddy
esso
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top man
Thank you,
Apreciate for some I am shooting myself in the foot, but I have the BBC news channel on catching up with the news I missed because I was at work today.
I have a problem with vacuous football fiction taking preference over the real issues of the day. I also think most that do comment here would understand that.
Apologies to those who don’t understand, or agree with, this. You have your right to express that too. Without being murdered.
Top Man Esso. And Holic, thank you.
Oldham’s decision is baffling. Talk about willingly bringing down a world of trouble on your heads.
Since when did the search for fictitious transfer news signify a lack of awareness of the absurdity of the world? Surely we can be both horrified at the recent news headlines and football fans at the same time. I found this post condescending.
Thanks for letting me share.
(And love your blog, by the way. I read every post, but don’t comment very often.)
Post absolutely spot on from where I’m sat.
Thank you, Holic.
My view is that the perpetrators of the Charlie Hedbo atrocity deserve to be hung, drawn and quartered, plus genitals removed so that their 72 virgins will be an added torment for eternity.
But it is also hypocritical not to condemn those who invade countries illegally, kill hundreds of thousands for no rational reason, while torturing and humiliating tens of thousands more in Abu Ghraibs and extraordinary rendition black camps … and in doing so stir up such an intensity of feeling that Charlie Hedbos become inevitable.
Cause and effect, reaping what you sow, call it what you will. Root causes are as fuzzy in international terrorism as they are in who’s to blame for your favourite football team’s lack of trophies … we are unlikely to agree, and need to be civil in debating them.
Öskar
Well said Holic.
My condolences to the family, relations, friends, acquaintances and the grieved ones like the boss, us and me over the deaths of those 12 that were murdered in cold blood to day in Paris by the agents of Satan. Let the souls of the forced departed lives rest in the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen! Has the cries of the German Legia not now been justified by those heinous murders? I think people must start to think twice over the aquacation of oil money that could come with attached sorrow strings.
don’t like banging the same drum
but
I really think some people have gotten blase bout this place
.
it’s free
it’s honest
it’s brilliant
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head and shoulders above the rest
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consistently
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from the man himself
all the way down
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jeez
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some cunts are just cunts
(sorry for the language)
cunts
Spot on H. Agree with all of that. You will know why.
The world relies on decent men and women to keep the flame burning. The senseless murders of those with an opinion and of those sent to defend those with an opinion sickens me to the core. People left home today to do a days work. Some are not returning. Such barbaric acts must never be tolerated.
Ollie. If you still check in then my sympathies. I hope you are fit and well.
Oldham Athletic. A football a football club that signed a man convicted of killing two innocent members of the public are now on the verge of signing a convicted rapist??????
Is the world really starting to lose all of its morals???? Sometimes you just have to sit back and wonder what the fuck is going on.
Holic as ever you strike a blow for a sense of proportion in what constitutes really important news. The Paris news is tragic and appalling.
However I would take issue about the case of Ched Evans. I am a magistrate and have been for a number of years. Most of the time I feel the law is too lenient but we must apply it consistently and appropriately. I have sent many people to prison as part of a bench , have visited many prisons, including prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment.I have spoken at length to them. I am not convinced that prison often does what we require it to but it provides the best sanction we have to punish, reform and protect society.
All prisoners are released on licence largely because there is not enough room to house the prison population. I am not an expert on the Evans situation but he has been released in accordance with normal practice just as murderers,,paedophiles, drug dealers and other criminals are. He has shown little remorse because he apparently feels set up. I understand the girl that he raped had sex with two other men consensually that night but was raped by Evans. I pass no comment on the circumstances. He was found guilty and was sent to prison. He was the richest and best known of the three men.
He has been imprisoned for his crime and now wishes to follow his chosen occupation. If he operated a car wash, worked in Sainsbury’s or was a rap artist perhaps there would not be such an outcry. He must resume his career( under licence) and not offend again. He can, if he wishes show that he is a positive role model and he should not be repeatedly punished for something which he has already served time for.
We live in a society where people , especially politicians in election year, find it easy to release soundbites currying favour with the mood of the times. I believe he should be allowed to play football again but should do so under the very clear instruction that he must behave as a responsible member of a decent society.
I noticed at a recent home game , Graham Rix that filthy convicted rapist ( who was released on licence) received warmly by the Arsenal crowd. He had retired from the game when he was convicted( again in dubious circumstances) but he has been rehabilitated back into society. I think Evans deserves the same opportunity
Whilst i fully sympathise and am angry with the horror in Paris, this blog is a outlet from the horrors we see every day.
All are free to say what they want…under Holic agreement to keep it fair and sane.
As someone said its the the things that bind us that keep us together.
Evans deserves the same opportunity to retire, TtG?
We can all get behind that sentiment.
With regard to Paris, the UK media has done a largely good job with their reporting but The Mirror has really done something dreadful and printed an uncensored photo of the police officer who was murdered on the pavement. Unforgivable.
Particularly proud of the good old BBC, who have shown some of the cartoons from the magazine on their news reporting today.
thunder T
deary me
deary deary me
Lee Hughes killed someone in a hit and run accident and bolted. He served his sentence and returned to play for Notts County and now Forest Green. I can’t remember the same outcry about his crime.
I’m not condoning for one second what Evans has done but I will defend his right to resume his life after serving the punishment for his crime.
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put down yer shovel
Ched Evans is not worth the type on the screen, chaps.
With respect Ttg I do remember the controversy surrounding Hughes return to football, but I also hear your argument, respectfully put forward as ever.
For me, I don’t doubt that the likes of Hughes and Evans will get opportunities in the game if someone thinks they will benefit from their involvement.
I do question those who would give them that opportunity in a profession that has such an impression on those who are impressionable.
Let the offenders earn a living as others do, yes. Not doing what their victims would love to be able to do for good money.
Fair point Cynic. Sadly he is topical. Cunt that he is.
The Evans affair is clearly more complex than can be addressed in a soundbite or brief post. TTG, I agree fully with your stance regarding the need to facilitate the rehabilitation of offenders once they have served their sentence and you clearly have greater experience and knowledge of this area than me.
As you observe, if ” he operated a car wash, worked in Sainsbury’s or was a rap artist perhaps there would not be such an outcry”. However if he was a doctor, nurse, social worker or teacher he would not be able to resume his profession no matter how eminent he might have been before his conviction. I am sure there are other professions that would take the same stance.
The outcry is in part so great because of the preposterous concept that footballers are role models as well as heroes to small boys. That is the basis on which some people believe he should be shunned by any club with a sense of community. The lack of contrition compounds this further for most people. Many have a black and white approach to his conviction as if there had never ever been a miscarriage of justice. Nonetheless the professions listed above would not allow him to return.
I personally have no opinion as I do not know nor have I sought out the details of his crime and his reasons for believing as you suggest that he feels that he has been set up. However I would be disappointed if the club I support were to ignore the whole picture.
As to the events in Paris, there is no debate. These murderers must be found, tried and duly punished.
The freedoms of a civilised society must be protected.
TTG. First things first. Graham Rix was not convicted of rape. He was convicted of having consensual sex with someone under age. Now, I’m not going to condone that for one second but there is a massive difference between the two. One is consensual and one isn’t. As a magistrate of some standing I would have hoped that you would have realised the difference? Especially considering case law and previous judgements that have seen the issue of consent revised and scrutinised continually.
I have also been to many prisons. I have also spoken with convicted murderers, robbers , rapists and the like. Where I differ is that I have also spent considerable time with the victims and the families of the victims of such crimes. If you had done the same I dare to suggest that you might have a slightly different viewpoint?
You are right in the fact that Ched Evans was convicted and has now been released on licence. He is entitled, within the terms of his licence, to pursue his career. With the comfort of free speech from which he so enjoys he is entitled to continue to show no remorse and to continue to protest his innocence. Within the same context, every single football club in the land is entitled to say thanks, but no thanks. In my opinion any club that decides to employ Ched Evans should be asking some serious questions of its moral standing. Clubs have a responsibility to the whole community, not just to their balance sheet.
I’m with you CBA.
Thanks Holic.I appreciate your comments on a very emotive subject.
As you can probably tell the rehabilitation of offenders is something not only close to my heart but also something that I believe is fundamental to a decent society . I see lots of lads who could justifiably be described as the scum of the earth turn their lives around as a result of sound role models, mentoring and the prospect of being able to change their lives. Often the most constructive way to do this is to take any talent that they may have and encourage them to use it constructively. I have seen some real evidence of people mending their ways but many more examples of ex- cons who fall into a cycle of repetitive offending because they can’t break out of the situation that they find themselves in. I think we have to give everyone the chance – on release- to engage constructively with society. If Evans has anything about him or is helped by people who genuinely want to help him rehabilitate himself they might look at what he can do to distance himself from the sort of behaviour he has been previously convicted for.
And that you will be relieved to know will be my last word on the subject as I have no wish to offend users of this site by views which some clearly find offensive
but NIMBY eh ?
What CBA said @21. A sense of proportion is never out of place. Tip of the hat to you, ‘Holic.
*pours a shrug and a swally*
37 not for 36
but for a comment I made some moments ago , m’lud
the shrug bit
that is
not
the swally bit
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jeez
between me an thunder T
we’ve dug quite the hole
🙂
Haven’t had time to read all the drinks …..
I got as far as Esso’s comment and that says it for me.
I think the man who runs this blog has the right to say absolutely whatever he likes, no matter what any of us may think about it.
For the record, I agree with him.
And in answer to all the long winded justifications I would only offer the opinion that no cartoon justifies a retaliatory taking of life.
If you are offended by it, ignore it, ridicule it, or draw your own cartoon back. To respond with murder indicates a fear born of lack of belief in whatever is the target of that cartoon. And that is worth killing for …. ?
‘Holic ya bolic. Everyone knows Messi is going to Arsenal for 200m.
unfortunately that’s the way of the world trev
where I’m from people were shot for a whole variety of
what I’m sure their killers thought justifiable reasons
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and
as regards this place
yer absolutely right
this is ‘holic’s bar
I for one am eternally grateful he lets me in
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(right £20 we agreed for brown nosing , ‘ hol .How’d I do ? Didn’t lay it on too thick , did I ? and howzabout £25 )
and yer bogs are always pine fresh , ‘ hol
(that’s an extra fiver right there )
😉
In case nobody mentioned it before now, our game with Brighton has been selected for live coverage by BT Sport. Sunday 4pm kickoff.
The problem with starting debates with political or religious agendas, Trev, is knowing where to start. No-one here (I hope) can possibly condone the French atrocity, but to say it began with a cartoon is to ignore a whole history of events going back, and back, and back…
The Christian West hasn’t got on with the Muslim East since at least the Crusades when, incidentally, one could say with justification that the Muslims were more civilised than the barbarian West. The cartoons were certainly a catalyst, but current Islamic terrorism has its roots primarily in the West’s imposition of Shah Pahlavi on the Iranians, the subsequent Iranian revolution, followed by support for Saddam’s war against Iran, followed by 9/11 and America’s (and lapdogs’) illegal wars against Afghanistan and Iraq etc etc etc.
This sort of debate is virtually endless and belongs in political blogs, not here, imo.
Öskar
the pen/cil is always mightier than the sword.
holic, i’ll always read what you write, agree or disagree. and it’s your bar, your rules, and i accept that. thank you.
howdy oskar
i’m no historian or politician
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you seem quite certain about what you say
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there’s something I certainly know about – the north of ireland
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could you condense and explain our particular situation
with the same copper fastened certainty
to someone who didn’t need to learn about it from history books
I blame Cromwell cba.
Öskar
After the Drogheda massacre Cromwell justified it by saying…
“…I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgement of God upon these barbarous wretches, who have imbued their hands in so much innocent blood, and it will tend to prevent the effusion of blood for the future, which are satisfactory grounds to such actions, which otherwise cannot but work remorse and regret…. ”
He was wrong.
Öskar
so
no
is
yer answer
yes ?
Yes and no. It depends where you want to start. The partition of Ireland? How that came about? The Troubles? The Ulster Covenant? the Brotherhood? etc etc
One thing I am certain of, is that no simple analysis is possible.
Öskar
yup
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that’s a no then
Neither is a quick analysis of Ilamic terrorism possible. My point with Charlie Hedbo was simply that to take it in isolation is not to understand it. But to understand it require consideration of much wider issues far too complex to debate in short here.
By all means agree how horrendous the French atrocity undoubtedly was, just don’t expect that bringing the miscreants to justice will prevent similar from happening again.
Öskar
Perhaps you should enlighten us, cba. In just a few verses, okay? 😀
Öskar
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Refer 56.
After an hour or so of catching up the bbc’s coverage of the paris story I flicked onto newsnow for some light relief. You bastards!
Thinking about it the main reason I like reading this blog is exactly what is at play in the Charlie Hebdo story.
Let us defend the right to take the piss.
So I think maybe this post is about as relevant at it gets
*gargles gravel and realigns truss*
Do you mean the simple contention of Protestants that NI should remain part of UK and the Catholic preference to be part of the Republic? That simple?
Öskar
” ye’ll help me with the high notes , won’t ye ”
” ya mad nz hoor “
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fail
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must try harder
even yer distilled version is simplistic and wrong
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have another go
I have no Kiwi in me (or ever had any in me), cba, I’m 100% English back as far as we have traced (to the 1300s on some lines) and also a naturalised Aussie. NZ is just where I live currently. No doubt you can think of even worse epithets now you know the awful truth, aye. 😉
Öskar
*fires up the bodhran*
Hmmmm. Since you say you have lived it, not learned it, your view of its origins could be coloured by more, or less, than historical accuracy (if there is such a thing), not to mention on which side of the political or religious divide you drink.
I give up. You know damn well we English have never understood you Irish.
Öskar
Bodhran? Is that Kerry of West Limerick type? One tipper or double-headed?
Öskar
#or, not of…
yup
history is written by the historians
apparently even modern history
current history
now type stuff
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which can’t be trusted to the participants
in case they mess up beard fuelled doctorates with facts
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reality is best lived in print
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🙂
night night
snoozer calls
To think of England and France are two very beautiful countries when coming to respect freedom of people.
Emile Zola took refuge in London to write about l’affaire Dreyfus with his famous j’accuse !
Churchill was my hero for his defiance .
Today we are all Charlie , Charlie of everything including football .
So sorry for the victims of this atrocity as well as all the people of France.
If we’re doing politics:
Evans issue clearly not black and white and I have sympathy for both views, while ultimately feeling that in an ideal world no club would hire the horrible, unrepentant scumbag. I think bath says it best but also thank TTG – sometimes there is value in hearing the other side of the argument, properly articulated.
Paris far simpler – these people are properly fucking evil and, as Trev says, no cartoon can possibly justify this sort of behaviour. Appreciate what Oskar is saying here, but strongly disagree – these arseholes have deliberately targeted unarmed civilians. That’s not freedom fighting, that’s being a massive, massive cunt. I’m sure we all have a sob story somewhere in our cultural background, it still doesn’t justify behaving like a total animal when someone upsets your delicate sensibilities with a doodle.
Thanks all for a very sensible, civilized debate, and to cba for raising a smile on a pretty bleak day.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/jan/07/ched-evans-furore-football-sport-oldham
“In itself, that underscores a sad truth: ultimately this is about a cash-strapped club calculating whether the goals Evans may score will cancel out the public opprobrium and scrapped sponsorship deals. Meanwhile the victim – maligned as a gold digger, hounded on Twitter, forced to move house and living a life on the run – remains necessarily out of sight and, for far too many, still out of mind.”
What that girl has suffered through is an absolute disgrace. Her continued harassment is possibly the strongest argument as to why Evans should not be provided an opportunity to gain further supporters.
N7/Oskar : I am sure you remember Gamelin in Anatole France’s peerless “Les Dieux Ont Soif” (The Gods are Thirsty) — in the terrifying paradox between the evil of his actions and the purity of his idealism we get a frightening glimpse of the vertiginous abyss of the human condition, and it is our own compassion and our own morality that we must use as bearings to not fall into that chasm. Past is neither an excuse nor a protection.
cba: Are you familiar with the historians of the so-called subaltern school? Try this book (“Provincializing Europe”) in particular http://www.amazon.com/Provincializing-Europe-Postcolonial-Historical-Difference/dp/0691130019/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420704704&sr=1-1&keywords=dipesh+chakrabarty+provincializing+europe : the history written from within the perspective of colonial experience (one the defining narratives of the last hundred odd years to have shaped the wider world today) and its own subterfuges.
If you want something less nuanced, then of course there is http://www.amazon.com/Discourse-Colonialism-Aim%C3%A9-C%C3%A9saire/dp/1583670254/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420704966&sr=1-1&keywords=aime+cesaire+discourse+on+colonialism . A good read and a lot to debate on.
Not all historians are bearded academic types…many of them struggle with the same questions you asked, and live with those.
Oskar,
I think we all know there are many historical reasons, and failings on all sides, as to why the world is as it is today. Equally, that is no excuse, or reason, for what happened in Paris yesterday.
If that shooting in a cafe had anything to do with history, then why didn’t it happen years or even decades ago. It was a response to a cartoon in a magazine. A shooting of people who were nothing to do with historical divisions in foreign countries.
As such, it was cowardly, vicious and just plain wrong.
Arsenal fan: Asrene have we signed anyone yet?
Wenger: NO and we won’t! Ozil is coming back so is Ramsey, Arteta. So why sign new players when these guys are like new signings?
The Ched Evans case boils down to a couple of things as I see it.
First, of all for me being a professional footballer is a privilege, not a right. And with privilege comes responsibility.
Evans has been convicted of rape. The victim has, reportedly, had to change her identity five times. FIVE TIMES!!! And all this because Evans’ supporters have, most likely illegally, revealed her identity and/or whereabouts. She has been threatened with… you guessed it, rape. There is a website defending Evans and discrediting the victim. Evans has, to my knowledge, not once condemned the actions of this website. By his silence, Evans is in my eyes actively encouraging the vilifying of the victim. He may feel he is innocent (sexual predators very often manage to convince themselves they did no wrong), but that is neither here nor there. He needs to understand that just because he doesn’t understand that what he did was wrong, it may still have been.
If he wants to resume being a professional footballer, for me he should also have to sign a contract where he obliges to undergo some serious therapy. He should be made to understand why he has to publically denounce the website mentioned earlier, and most importantly he should be made to apologise to the victim for all he has done to her. Even if we look past the rape conviction itself and go with the “he’s served his time” argument, by his failure to distance himself from the mudslinging towards and active discrediting (not to mention what more or less amounts to persecution) of the victim he keeps violating her.
Like I said, with being a professional footballer also comes a certain amount of responsibility. Ched Evans can not choose to only be a footballer and ignore his responsibilities.
Well put Lars.
I live in India, a country where most of us live with a similar eerie feeling- One more day survived. The part of the country i live in is far more peaceful( Bangalore) but as a country on the whole, a day doesnt end without the news of a death, attack or an accident.
It is so painful and annoying that in a secular world filled with human beings, this one upmanship, complete ignorance to the actual meaning of what has been said, this cruelty being justified and supported.
What happened in Paris and is continuing today is disgusting. Is there a place on this earth which can be considered safe? Also why should our very existence be threatened by others when we know that human lives longevity is reduced and there is a new illness everyday and in today’s traffic we are one accident away from its all over.
I sincerely pray for the families of the dead and wish they can recover though i am certain it is wishful thinking.
The world is crazy place to live in ans surely it ain’t getting better going forward!
The Ched Evans deal is reportedly off.
Allegedly after threats to rape the daughter of one of those involved with Oldham Athletic.
The human race is finished, folks. We’re going to stupid ourselves into oblivion within a few generations.
And good riddance.
Really? Rape threats? Talk about not having understood anything at all of this whole issue.
Yup. According to BBC’s Natalie Pirks
https://twitter.com/Natpirks/status/553160502025936896
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30727729
Evans has issued a statement where he apologises for what he did and distances himself from the website and those attacking the victim.
It was a very half-hearted apology, but at least it’s a start. Still a loooooooooooong way to go.
On second reading, Evans does not at all distance himself from the web site.
I think Evans has been badly advised and that statement is a first step forward.
Weekend any closer yet?
All I know is, Wednesday is getting further away.
Holic, Thank you for having the temerity for speaking out. Too often those who blog on football matters, are too timid, to show they are more than one dimensional.
Appreciate the comments by our holics. A rare glimpse into what makes them tick. xx
Cynic. Just as I suspected. The past is overtaking the future. 😉
I’ll leave open a window for the future overtaking the past, just in case I turn more optimistic later on. 🙂
As Wednesday recedes ever further into the distance, it also gets closer.
Temporal shit is weird.
Also coming up soon…. 100th drink!
Giroud could be like a new signing. If AW has forgiven him of course. Fact is though I don’t think AW has a choice. Between the injury and the suspension OG should be feeling sprightly and we can certainly use his stature and his hold up play against Stoke.
*crosses it with a backheel after 45 minutes of keepy-ups*
Oh, go on then…
The more I read the Evans “apology” the more pissed off I get. That was anything but heartfelt.
You will love the story of Evans’ partner on the night in question who was found not guilty;
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/clayton-mcdonald-ched-evans-rape-7993571
Makes me wonder about guilt, innocence and all that
Here is a link to some high quality cartoons in support of Charlie Hebdo:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/heartbreaking-cartoons-from-artists-in-response-to-the-ch#.bj6wOdonj
My favorite French club have looked quite good at times but inconsistency has been a problem. One week they play great and the next they only play Sochaux.
Now I’ll get my manteau. 🙂
Gundogan?
Really?
The problem with the Internet and especially Twitter, is that it gives a voice to everyone, yet not everyone’s voice is worthy of being heard.
The moral indignation of the masses, exemplified on Twitter and numerous radio call-ins these past few weeks has been quite sobering.
I suspect many of those outraged by Evans’ potential return to football failed to read the case in any detail. For them he is, and will forever more, be a rapist. Simple. There are no shades of grey. Everything is black and white.
Yet this case was hugely complex. Of course, he was convicted and imprisoned for rape, but the case and its aftermath have brought many issues to the fore.
What is required is a debate about rehabilitation and forgiveness, of what constitutes consent, especially when alcohol is involved, sentencing of serious crimes and a whole host of other philosophical and moral issues, not least, those pertaining to role model and footballer (I laugh whenever I see those two terms in the same sentence).
None of which can be afforded the gravitas they demand by some plum reacting in the way many have (not on here of course) by abusing victim or perpetrator without cause for reflection or consideration. Just because they can. Just because they have a Twitter account.
Thankfully there is a refuge from the madness of the Internet. For it is here.
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