Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Forgiven not forgotten Besides that Nick, I think words hurts 10 times more then stiks and stones Insulting people and being crude on the field should give a yellow card - taking of the shirt like Scweinsteiger did should not imho I will as Didier mention look foreward to 2008 EC - and in the mean time change my Zidane shirt with my M6 best Ruben Nick Roberts skrev: > There's absolutely no doubt he was provoked, and what was said was > unpleasant enough (they had an Italian lip-reader go through it on the BBC > new last night) - but that just doesn't excuse in any way his response. > That sort of thing has gone on for years in professional sport, and if you > can't deal with it, you shouldn't be playing - it happens in every game on > both sides. There's a rhyme in English: "sticks and stones can break my > bones, but words will never hurt me" - a grown man should surely be able > to cope with it without getting violent. > > As to his legacy, well - I hope it's not the only thing he's remembered > for, and I hope he personally can get over it. Sadly the violence was > always there not far beneath the surface with him, the dark side of a > football genius. Forgive him by all means, but don't try to justify his > behaviour - it can't be justified. It is as a flawed genius I will > remember him, and I think more genius than flawed. > > Now, WC over, so I'm back to photography for four years. > > Nick > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Ruben <ruben@rhodos.dk> > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, 10 July, 2006 6:53:17 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Zidane's boo boo > > > I am sorry but I don not think that the incident will rock Zidanes > legacy and I have no doubt that he was povoced more than anyone in here > would have accepted. I am sure he had his reasons for what he did ( not > that it has any place in a football game ) In a day or two he will > reveals what the Italian player said to him, and when that happens I > hope the Italian player who provoced him will be meet with10 times the > boooing then young Christiano Ronaldo - prefereably the next 20-30 games > (unfortunatly no one watches series C mathes in the italian liga :-) ) > > Lawrence Zeitlin skrev: > >> On Jul 10, 2006, at 4:11 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: >> >> >>> To Nick: >>> Z. would have been allowed to collect the medal and he was even >>> invited by a Fifa official, but he refused. >>> >>> Didier >>> >>> >>> In which case I think he was probably right. The French supporters in >>> the ground hadn't had the benefit of seeing the incident replayed, >>> and clearly (mistakenly) thought the sending off unjustified - I >>> think his appearance would've been provocative. It is a terrible >>> shame to see a great sportsman end his career in such a way, and I do >>> worry for him - this will surely haunt him forever. >>> >>> Just as well he didn't play cricket - I don't think he could've >>> survived the "sledging" for long. >>> >>> Nick >>> >> It looked to me that the incident was replayed on the big screen TVs >> in the stadium seconds after it happened, even before the red card was >> awarded. Certainly it was shown almost instantly on the TV feeds in >> both English and Spanish in the US. And then, of course repeated over >> and over and over on every sports broadcast for the last two days. >> Some say that soccer is dull, but the emotional arguments go on >> forever. Just like the opinions on the Digital M. >> >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> Tekst indsat af Platinum 2006: >> >> Denne meddelelse er IKKE blevet klassificeret som spam. Hvis denne >> e-mail er u?nsket (spam), kan du klassificere den igen ved at klikke >> p? dette hyperlink: http://127.0.0.1:6083/Panda?ID=pav_35245&SPAM=true >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tekst indsat af Platinum 2006: > > Denne meddelelse er IKKE blevet klassificeret som spam. Hvis denne e-mail > er u?nsket (spam), kan du klassificere den igen ved at klikke p? dette > hyperlink: http://127.0.0.1:6083/Panda?ID=pav_35422&SPAM=true > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >