Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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