linusvanpelt

We continue to misunderstand each other.
Who said that "I do not recognize" my country?
Shall we read before we speak?
I said that "the concept of nation is a medieval thing," not that "I do not recognize" my nation or anyone else's.
I believe that I am a bigger patriot than many idiots who wipe their asses with the tricolor flag in the bathroom and their mouths at the table (in that order, by the way), who go to Switzerland to sing their racist chants (they can keep them). And I do this in a very simple way: by respecting the rules of this country, all of them. Even when I find them unfair. But I would love to see a world where nations do not exist, where the only thing that represents people is the simple fact of being human.

"Cheap foreign lover."
I don't believe in nations for spiritual reasons, not political ones. For matters, therefore, that concern me alone and that none of you know. To those interested, I can explain them, but not in this forum, where just breathing is enough to get caught in nonsense. Therefore, I would like to be respected for this thought of mine, because as you see, dear singular characters who remain anonymous, the idea of insulting any of you doesn’t even cross my mind.

Here we are talking about Zidane's "violence" with people who insult others for no reason?
But let's look at our own violence, not the alleged one of a billionaire who should just be out there tilling the earth. Zidane, Materazzi, everyone.

Listen, "dumbfounded," I don't know you, and you don't know me, so "little jerk" and "idiot" can be directed at someone else. I think what I want; the fact that you think differently doesn't give you the right to insult me. I said I don't believe in the concept of nation, not in the institutions of a nation. Unfortunately, I was born in one, so I respect the existing rules. And I respect ALL of them, including those unwritten ones (unlike you, who insults anyone who passes by). But that doesn't stop me from believing in a world without nations.

"Wasn't the review about Mameli supposed to be avoided so as not to provoke you, who doesn't love the National team?" But what drugs are you on, since you have issues with Italian... ;) Another negation, right? :)

And how many players haven't been sent off so many times in their career? Then if you define Zidane as an "attacker," it means you're missing a few details about football: Zidane is a trequartista, a midfielder, an advanced midfielder, call him what you want. Actually, more precisely, he's a "number 10," perhaps the category of player who receives the most kicks overall, and consequently dishes them out too. Moreover, if your name is Zidane, you take double the kicks and give double the kicks.
Furthermore, Zidane isn't at all "mine": statements like that only show that there's a need to lower the tones a bit. We're all in agreement that he messed up. When it comes to him being violent, especially in front of Materazzi, I completely disagree. Six red cards in a very long career don't seem enough to define a player as "violent." Violence is something entirely different, my dear friend who doesn't even have the delicacy to sign his name...

Look, Genoo. I don’t want to fuel the controversy, but I’ll tell you what I think.
I have never loved the national team, and I didn’t love this one either because I consider it, despite the victory (achieved through penalties, after being shoved aside by an aging team, benefiting from a nonexistent penalty against Australia, and so on), a mediocre squad. Their only merit was playing with heart (not always) and having a good amount of luck. But France had that too; that's how World Cups are experienced.
So I am not one of those who sang the anthem “7 times” after declaring that the national team doesn’t represent me. It didn’t represent me before, and it doesn’t represent me now.
Regarding Materazzi: for me, he is a player who should be banned from playing football. He is violent. We’re here discussing the three (THREE!) times Zidane lost his cool when this guy consistently makes tackles that risk his opponents' careers. Zidane is not violent. He made a mistake. Just like Totti did when he spat. The most violent act of the entire World Cup was committed by De Rossi, who broke an opponent's brow and then complained to the referee. And we’re here bothering Zidane? Fine, he made a colossal mistake. But there’s a world of difference between this and Materazzi’s behavior. If Zidane is “reoffending,” then 90% of football players are too. It’s just that we count Zidane’s mistakes, while we ignore all the others (especially Materazzi).
I’m only asking for a bit of consistency: if we had lost this final, I could have justified this mess. But since we won, let’s keep it and stay quiet; what’s the point of all this?
What’s the point of doing a “review” of the anthem of Mameli if not with the clear intent of provoking all those like me who don’t like the national team? And, mind you, I haven’t liked it since 1994, when I watched just to see if Baggio would do something.
I am someone who has always maintained that the concept of nation is a medieval thing, who wouldn’t want to see “Italian” written on their ID card because, damn, I wasn’t given a choice about where to be born. So I have never felt “represented” by anything in any sport or event. If I follow a sport, I do it in the hope of seeing great athletes who can move me, and I could care less about their nationality. This is what I think. However, Zidane’s father is right: with everything happening in the world, who the hell cares about Zidane’s headbutt? I am only interested in his feet, which are still damn good...

I find it peculiar to talk about Zidane and unfairness when we won the World Cup with someone like Materazzi...
Well...

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