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As for the football ... I'm not a fan, it bores me daft and I'd sooner spend an afternoon lancing the dog's boils. But plenty of people who aren't morons watch and enjoy it. As usual with these things, it's a vocal minority of violent thugs who turn up to games solely to cause trouble who spoil it for everyone.

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January 25th, 2013, 5:54 pm
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Just to clarify, nothing in my previous post (included most of my posts...) was serious - you just have to take the piss!

I think we/I get it enough for owning and driving a 2cv so you have to give it back somehow!

Did it yesterday to a BMW driver by driving up a steep icy/snowy car park to get round him as he was stuck in the road! :lol:

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January 25th, 2013, 6:07 pm
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In my opinion anybody in the public eye should behave as a role model especially when they know they are watched and adored by impressionable children, like footballers and those hideous pop 'singers' like Cheryl Cole and Rihanna. Footballers are forever spitting, shouting, swearing and encouraging violence and always questioning the authority of those adjudicating the game. Off the pitch' behaving atrociously too, every week we hear of another footballer involved in some nefarious activity. I hold these pop singer types in equally low regard, as they know full welll that their sexually charged videos and explicit lyrics appeal to impressionable young girls who nowadays can access a lot of it (right or wrongly) very easily bypassing parental guidance. Whilst this is a sweeping generalisation as somebody with an eight year old girl I can see through the trends and conversations with her peers just what a problem this could be, likewise young boys watching football.

To condemn somebody for holding genuine concern about role models in the public eye seems slightly short sighted. I have no qualms in holding football in general in low regard, despite the few 'good eggs' that may exist within its wide reach. I don't expect perfection from what are, basically human beings, but I expect better than what I see on my television.

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January 25th, 2013, 10:04 pm
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Good on you Russ.Are you a journalist :o

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Strangely life afirming.


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dave 411 wrote:
Good on you Russ. :o


I second that having two daughters and a granddaughter together with seeing the dregs of life in 34 years police service may give me a jaundiced view, but I still agree with Russell :)


January 25th, 2013, 10:52 pm
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I must add, in a sort of 'apologetic and ashamed' manner, at some point over the last few years I turned into a supremely miserable old man.

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January 25th, 2013, 11:29 pm
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Welcome to the club. :lol:

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January 25th, 2013, 11:47 pm
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Jonathan wrote:
Welcome to the club. :lol:


What is the age limit for this particular section ?:mrgreen:


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No age limit, it's purely in the mind. :P

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