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Originally posted by Misterlondon
Originally posted by TheLoneArcher
reply to post by JohnySeagull
Food for thought there. These guys are role models for many kids. What kind of signal does this transmit?
Good input, thanks.
They are supposed to be a role model, but if you see the behavior of some of the uk footballers.. You will see they are far from being role models!!
Originally posted by LiveForever8
reply to post by Misterlondon
Then, without sounding like a callous bastard, why was it allowed anywhere near the pitch where it was eventually hit by a football? What that football player did was inexcusable, but the whole issue should never have occurred in the first place.
It looked badly injured before the player even kicked it, which makes what he did even worse, but officials at the club should also be shouldering a good portion of the blame here.
Crap like this would never happen over here. Ridiculous.
Originally posted by iamsupermanv2
reply to post by danielsil18
No I have not played a "real" game of soccer but ran around with people who did when I was younger. When I played pick up games with them I was able to get the ball within 6 inches of where I wanted it to on a simple pass like that. I don't really think that player deserves any heat from this, but with the insanity some people are throwing out, why not? Why not have the team/people who run the stadium responsible?
I had much more to say but that would end up with us arguing back and forth on fundamental issues we are not going to agree on. So I am just going to leave it at this:
I don't blame the guy for not wanting to bend down and pick up a wild, scared, injured bird of prey. I have no idea the best way to handle a perfectly healthy owl, let alone one in that condition Would I have handled it the same way? No. I also don't get why people are calling for his head on a silver platter. It was an honest mistake. He was in the heat of the game and ws trying to get it going. I'm all about animal rights etc etc but apparently the owl was down for the count anyway. It doesn't excuse it and at the absolute worst maybe the team makes him sit a game and he apologizes to the other team and their fans, but thats it.
He doesn't deserve this treatment.
Originally posted by scobro
He could have easily picked it up and removed it gently from the pitch,but on the other hand,it may well have bitten or scratched him,leaving him with no option but to fall to the floor,clutching his leg and claiming a free kick!!
Big tough guy!
Originally posted by LordBaskettIV
Oh gawd! What's with all the holier than thou replies. We are all animals...sometimes we attack each other. So what.
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Originally posted by PurpleDog UK
The fact that this took place in an uncivilazed, piss pot country like Columbia where most of it's populations are interbred and high on drugs because it's the only way that they can forget the fact that as a country they are a pointless waste of space on the map, is irrelevant.......... and I know he is a Panamanian player BUT it is the stupid society that he plays in which allows disgusting events like this to occur !!!
Originally posted by LordBaskettIV
Oh gawd! What's with all the holier than thou replies. We are all animals...sometimes we attack each other. So what.
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Originally posted by Sherlock Holmes
Originally posted by PurpleDog UK
The fact that this took place in an uncivilazed, piss pot country like Columbia where most of it's populations are interbred and high on drugs because it's the only way that they can forget the fact that as a country they are a pointless waste of space on the map, is irrelevant.......... and I know he is a Panamanian player BUT it is the stupid society that he plays in which allows disgusting events like this to occur !!!
Aside from your xenophobic nonsense, did you miss the bit where Moreno has been roundly vilified and become a hate figure in Colombia ?
If Colombian society allows ''disgusting events like this to occur'', then why has there been a public outcry over his actions ?
And what's the problem that the majority of Colombians are products of ''interbreeding'' anyway ?
Originally posted by PurpleDog UK
Originally posted by Sherlock Holmes
Originally posted by PurpleDog UK
The fact that this took place in an uncivilazed, piss pot country like Columbia where most of it's populations are interbred and high on drugs because it's the only way that they can forget the fact that as a country they are a pointless waste of space on the map, is irrelevant.......... and I know he is a Panamanian player BUT it is the stupid society that he plays in which allows disgusting events like this to occur !!!
Aside from your xenophobic nonsense, did you miss the bit where Moreno has been roundly vilified and become a hate figure in Colombia ?
If Colombian society allows ''disgusting events like this to occur'', then why has there been a public outcry over his actions ?
And what's the problem that the majority of Colombians are products of ''interbreeding'' anyway ?
Sherlock Holmes.................. Yawn...........!
Good of you to ''edit'' the bits you want too in a bid to ''WIN a FEW STARS'' but MISS OUT the rest of my RANT which would illustrate that my angst is not solely with Columbia and it's 'inbreeds' but that I hold a much wider Derision of society in general, Countries generally being irrelevant ......
A little bit of xenophobic nonsense (big words for you - well done, i'll give you a star for that effort :-)) does little harm in a rant like this but ..... maybe, just maybe any Columbians or ANYONE reading this whom might have gone out and kicked a bird or any other sentient creature which did not deserved to be kicked MIGHT THINK hhmm 'No I won't now do that!"..... Just one makes a difference, just a change, however small makes a difference in all sorts of ways and activities in life......... ..
if my comments upset you or anyone -- TOUGH , sit on it and swivel. I do not care about that because as I have said , my REAL distain for our species is that a portion of society just DOES NOT CARE and that is UNACCEPTABLE................ don't you agree ???
Regards
PDUK
Originally posted by Revealation
Thank GOD he wasn't white, American or Christian..................
Can you imagine how VIRAL that video would have went with the anti white, American, Christian these days.