Sterling display of moronic idiocy.

And this is the danger. It's a bit of a non-story that isn't in the public interest when all the facts about it have come out. But that paper don't care about that and as I have said, its another case of 'Write the story and ignore any context. The damage will be done and we won't have to answer for it'. This paper has had a very specific and weird agenda against the young lad for quite some time and its a bit disturbing.

 

HB1, you get a lot of unwarranted stick on here and generally you seem like a decent bloke, but you really don't help yourself in situations like this.

The confidence and authority you speak with on subjects that you are clearly ignorant about - and the mental gymnastics that you perform to double down when people point out the inconsistencies in your arguments - is astounding.

 

That's not really true though is it.
The tabloids "report" on stuff that the public do want to read up on. That's not a good reflection of the public but if there wasn't a groundswell of people who want to read the latest gossip or non story then they wouldn't exist. People love a bit of controversy as well and like to have their say on it. Just look at this thread.. 4 pages already. If nothing else Raheem's tat has awoken the WFC Forum from it's post season slumber!


PS I think those using the Arsenal badge comparison are a bit wide of the mark. When was the last time you saw a gang member pushing a canon around? Maybe they were in the 15th century but things have moved on.

 

Okay, I take your point and it’s correct.

 

Cue 3 pages discussing whether it deserves discussion?

 

Yes.. canons.. what are they thinking?!


Seriously though i get your point as well. Stories like this should be non stories.. but in this day and age, they increasingly are.

 

But Sssssilva was venomous.

 

In the days before Wenger’s eventual capitulation, a common sight in the Finsbury Park locale.

 

Silva has a tattoo of Everton on his ****.

 

No.

 

Yeah, but it just says Ever.

 

Then he clearly supports toffees/mints and in these days of increasingly obese children he must be moronically idiotic to sport such a tattoo.

 

Smudge, you’ve put your finger on a great human tragedy.

Humans should learn from their elders & betters, eradicate the mistakes of previous generations & in doing so create a better society.

The only reason they don’t is that most kids want to do things their own way.

And this is the key to progress. To improve you have to do things differently.

My parents were ok but could they be heard in a pantheon of Scullion, Endean, Bolan & Bowie?

I don’t expect today’s youth to be different.

It’s about power, influence, sex & success.

(Not sure where Stewart & Barry delivered against that agenda, looking back. Occasional success, I suppose.)

 

Genuinely shocked to see people siding with the likes of Piers Morgan on this.

Never wanted a player to succeed as much as I do Raheem Sterling, he gets a disgusting amount of ***** thrown at him for no reason, other than being a successful young black man.

 

Thanks...much appreciated.

 

I ******* hate the media. Sky have edited his original instagram message by adding a word in it. See the difference below:



Disgusting and surely grounds for a lawsuit.

 

I see The S*n have now gone to more parents of gun victims for response rather than take on board what Sterling said yesterday and realise he’s a victim of gun-crime himself.

Disgraceful.

 

Hope when he scores in the World Cup he gives it the old finger gun salute!

Never understood why our media try and derail our International campaigns at every opportunity, the National team can do it themselves.

 

When really they should have edited the "Gunned down to death" and"N still unfinished" parts.

 

I just can’t for the life of me see what gives anybody else the right to tell a footballer what he should do or not do, so long as it’s nothing illegal.

Social media seems to have gone mad in the last 24 hours with people busy pontificating as if the world might stop turning if they’re not spending all day posting their opinions on this topic and informing people exactly what they think.

I’m probably no different really, as I visit here a lot expressing my thoughts on the football, and my doubts about Gracia. But I do so as somebody who actually has some input on the topic, because I can decide whether or not to spend my money on going to watch his side. And I know the world won’t stop turning or the forum explode or cease to function should I shut up for a while. Whether you like or don’t like this footballer’s tattoo is personal opinion and it’s not going to have any influence over the matter. So why get worked up?

Surely the important things today are when will it stop raining, when we will make another signing, what’s for dinner tonight etc?

Yet people are falling out with each other over a footballer’s tattoo. Wtf.

The world is going mad.

 

I’m not sure anyone is failing out are they? It’s in the right part of the forum to discuss it?

 

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I wasn’t referring to the forum really. More so social media as a whole. I logged onto Twitter earlier to see P Morgan and G Lineker having a big spat!

 

Sterling’s going to get blamed for everything.

“Okaka was substituted with exhaustion after 55 minutes on the same week Sterling revealed his controversial gun tattoo”.

 

At least I now know it wasn't my fault my gf left me. Damm you and your tattoo Sterling.

 

Ah yes, Ye Olde Real Moron vs Smug Moron Gladiatorial Combat: I couldn't really care who wins as long as they both lose. A new take on the Heisenberg uncertainty principle along the lines of "What would you rather eat a hot **** sandwich or a cold **** sandwich...

 

Your GunFirer ?

 

This was the only decent thing Piers Morgan ever did, and the only time I've cheered an Aussie bowler against an Englishman:



As for Sterling - never been a big fan, nor did I particularly dislike him. But now I hope he bangs in a few important goals during the WC and rams the criticism from the press back down their throats, preferably with some kind of celebratory insult so we can see just what level of faux outrage they come up with next.

 

Blimey. That looked pretty terrifying. Respect to Morgan for sticking it out and Lee for making sure to hit him with a bit of bodyline.

 

S*n still at it
https://www.football365.com/news/mediawatch-special-raheem-sterling-and-the-sun-again

 

Can't believe what I'm reading in this thread.

If you seriously think any kids on the block are going to pick up a gun because of a Raheem Sterling tattoo then you are bloody deluded.

 

My kids school run is like syria since the sun exposed sterlings gun culture love tat. It was bad when gordan ramsey was promoting knives, but this is much worse.

 

Nobody has said that so far as I am aware. If however you think gun crime isn't a problem and promoting the gun culture is beneficial in any way then yep, I am deluded

 

Wish I could declare this as oxymoronic, just for the sake of the thread title, but I will have to settle for paradox instead. If my view on this comes from being a parent, OK. You got me. Utter stupidity. If my view comes from remembering not so long ago, murder being so rare in the UK that all bar domestic were reported on national news. London alone has had over 50 this year, and it's only May. Got me again.

Your view, unlike mine, isn't verging on anything. Yours is fully fledged stupidity. There is a wider issue of Sterling and his leg which you don't have the capability to grasp.