asajoseph wrote:
Respect is like Morality - it doesn't objectively exist, but society works a lot better when we all pretend that it does 😉
Spoken like a true Confucian. 😃
asajoseph wrote:
Anyway, generally I agree with you (re: referees) - as I said, I think they should be more accountable at a higher level, but not to individual players on match-day, or indeed on Twitter.
It's pretty simple - bad refereeing riles us because we can't see the consequences, if there are any, for the officials who are at fault (whether refs or linesmen).
On the other hand, I think the regulation of channels like Twitter is a speech issue, essentially unrelated to the sport, that should be handled unofficially by clubs. No point censoring it absolutely, but football culture should ideally tend to the detriment of players and officials who can't rein in an ill-mannered need for attention. I actually think at Arsenal this is somewhat the case.
One can only imagine with mild terror an operator like Bismarck working the fabric of the modern EU :o
