Leaving flowers and other "tributes" outside Bolton's ground

[Hetzkes Ballet Teacher]

Originally Posted by Cock Of The North

The way that anyone who doesn't go along with the 'teddy bear and candles' shite is instantly attacked as being callous is so pathetic it's beyond words.

It's very easy to take the moral high ground by attacking those who won't join in with the latest 'grief fest' but the 'let's all join hands and weep' brigade just can't see how ridiculous they've become.

I'm sure they actually believe it's them who've performed a miracle and pulled the player back from the grave with their sheer superior willpower and scarf laying.

You can just see the doctors saying,
"Take off his tubes & show him the piles of tatty 10 year old scarves, and pieces of cardboard with cringing messages scrawled on them, that'll do more than we could ever manage."

When you registered your username, why did you bother typing the last three words?

[Agnew's Head]

What concerns me more is this fashionable cynicism that follows most positive things these days.

[Medulla]

Originally Posted by Lankester Merrin

Most people I knew weren't that upset either, but it became really difficult to say to anyone that you didn't share their grief.

It was the first time when I remember the TV coverage reporting the emotional reaction to an event as the event, rather than reporting the event and allowing the viewer to decide how they felt about it.

Since then it is common place - when something happens the actual facts are only reported on for a short period and then the story shifts to the emotional reaction to it - the emotion, not the facts become the story.

People then "share" the emotional reaction - through facebook, twitter, etc. and then they become part of the story too.

It then doesn't matter whether it is only a few people who are genuinely upset, or everyone, the story has been decided on.

Reasonable and well-observed.

And somewhat different to the predictable hard-boiled cynicism.

[Hetzkes Ballet Teacher]

Originally Posted by Harry Angstrom

What's that got to do with anything?

Also, what were SAFC doing by turning up to the Reebok to gawp at some scarves? I do not see the point at all.

I think it's fairly obvious.

They didn't turn up to gawp at scarves, they turned up to add their own get well soon wishes. You know that.

So what's your post got to do with anything?

[Cock Of The North]

Originally Posted by Hetzkes Ballet Teacher

When you registered your username, why did you bother typing the last three words?

What a devasting turn of wit you have.

Could you have said anything more obvious

[Harry Angstrom]

Originally Posted by Hetzkes Ballet Teacher

I think it's fairly obvious.

They didn't turn up to gawp at scarves, they turned up to add their own get well soon wishes. You know that.

So what's your post got to do with anything?

I was asking what had the racist stuff got to do with anything.

Couldn't they have texted their messages and he could read them when he gets better.

There is something about the whole charade that I find distasteful.

[Hetzkes Ballet Teacher]

Originally Posted by not spavin

That's a good point actually.

Public displays of respect are on the rise while actual respect is in declined.

Mind, I think this Muamba thing is basically a few people feeling touched by what they saw and feeling the need to do something. I'm sure it was been a sense of comfort to his family, and a gee up for Muamba himself as begins his recovery.

It's not that different imo to applauding an injured opposition player off the pitch. As corny as it might sound, it's just a sign that we're all football fans together, outside of the rivalries and that.

Spot on. It would be a simple as that, were it not for some who are even simpler.

[Cock Of The North]

Originally Posted by Harry Angstrom

I was asking what had the racist stuff got to do with anything.

Couldn't they have texted their messages and he could read them when he gets better.

There is something about the whole charade that I find distasteful.

It is distasteful but the gullible sad old shites, like HBT, will go along with any old hand wringing nonsense if it makes them feel superior ... sad sacks tbh.

[Agnew's Head]

Originally Posted by Geronimo

.. is complete bollocks. The bloke is alive and recovering, thankfully

See it's easy to take that stance now. We now know he will prob be fine and the matter should certainly be put an end to and not get the shite dragged out of it. if they drag it out then that will be complete bollocks. But the day after was nothing ott in my opinion as his life was still hanging by a thread.

[Hetzkes Ballet Teacher]

Originally Posted by Harry Angstrom

I was asking what had the racist stuff got to do with anything.

Couldn't they have texted their messages and he could read them when he gets better.

There is something about the whole charade that I find distasteful.

He's just lucky he's not your dog, or he'd already be pushing up daisies.