Ten Bobsworth wrote:Who agrees with Dale Vince's pal, G Neville, and tax-avoiding broadcaster, G Lineker, that Matt Hancock has an 'fxxxing cheek' in suggesting Premier League footballers should give up some of their pay packets in the coronavirus crisis?
I hadn't heard this before but it doesn't surprise me in the least.
We all develop into who we are from a mixture of 'nature' (what characteristics/what's inside us when we are born - what makes us 'tick') and 'nurture' (what 'bubble' we group up and live in/the morals, values and norms we grow to believe in and hold true).
Footballers in this day and age live in a different bubble to the rest of us - even as kids, those who are better at kicking a ball than everyone else are 'elevated' into someone who is highly regarded and feted in their own society - Jesus you only have to look at that moron who has just published his CV for the ST board he's just been elected to, who states that his proudest moment of his son is playing for BWFC academy for God's sake!!! What about his son growing up in to a fine, honest and decent human being perhaps - would that give him more justification to be proud of him?
If Neville, Lineker, et al, believe they are 'entitled' is that really their fault - or is it the fault of the society they lived in since their ability to kick a ball well was noticed, encouraged and deemed more worthy of value than anything else in the world?
The royals such as Andrew (knocking around with a well known peado and seeing nothing wrong with it) and Harry and Megan (thinking they would just opt out and live very well thank you, off his royal name, whilst the rest of us tax payers should continue to keep him and his mrs in the life they've come accustom too; The Islamic jihadist blowing themselves and everyone else up because we aren't the same religion because they firmly believe it is a fast track to their heaven; Are just the same as Neville and Lineker - in a different bubble to the rest of us - and all think they are genuinely doing no wrong by their actions.
We've created monsters - is it really their fault when they say/do monstrous things?
I'm not excusing Neville and Lineker - I would have thought they had enough brains to understand the public distaste of these 'entitles' still getting their eye-wateringly high wage packets (even at third tier clubs like ours - compared to people who do 'real' work as opposed to kick a ball about - how many have been furloughed at our club whilst the players still are receiving their full £2kplus pw?) whilst the country's economy collapses, millions have no longer any work/income and doctors and nurses are dying daily.
I'm all right jack - fuck you mentality.
We get what we deserve I guess.