Hey, everyone has a tipping point. I mean, if Busquets was accused of something again (or if he acted like Suarez did), I don't know if I'd be able to root for him ever again, but at this point bc it was kinda dropped, I'm merely lukewarm about him. But I'm different with Barça - not that I think they can do no wrong bc they're better than that or something, but that when they do something/are accused of doing something, it hurts more simply bc I care more about them. So...I don't know how I would have felt if you put the Suarez situation in Barça bc I don't know if I can *not* want them to win bc of that. I'd like to think I'd be a good person and say racism is too much for me and I can't support a team that stands behind someone who's racist, but that's the same as me saying 'oh, of course I'd risk my life to save a loved one' - I hope I'd do that, but I thankfully haven't been put in that situation so I can't say I would. So, altho I agree with you 100%, it's easier for me bc it's not a team I support anyway, so them losing won't hurt me as a fan. But if it's a Barça boy? I could either be even more disgusted or I'd get defensive about everyone not directly connected to the situation.
It's kinda like when Kaka got frustrated on the pitch and I think pushed a player? Or kicked the ball? Not sure what happened, but I felt really sad bc in my head that doesn't make sense, you know? He doesn't do that kinda stuff, imo, not bc I wanna say he's above that but bc it's not part of his personality? So...I guess I do expect more of him, maybe? *sigh* I'm not making sense and being contradictory I think. But that's kinda like I'd react if a Barça boy does something stupid. It's not part of the image, for me.
As for the shirts thing? Yeah, I completely agree. When Barça did it (lol, I just keep going back to them) for Villa? It was a great gesture of unity and support. When several La Liga teams honored Abi when it was announced that he had a tumor - that made me feel amazing. As did when the entire football community came together to support Japan and, more recently, Egypt. I love that unity that we get - but only in situations that warrant it. If he had been accused and treated terribly but in the end we found out that he was innocent (and in a way that could be proven, you know?). I'd feel terrible! And yes, then I wish the football community would come together and support him. But this isn't a situation like that and altho they can support him and say that it's innocent until proven guilty, he didn't deserve the shirts. That's something that to me shows a true loss of some sort. And after he refused to shake the player's hand? Ugh.
...I don't know if there was a point to this. And if there was, I'm not sure if I came to it? But yes, I agree as an outsider but I don't know what I'd do as a fan if City or, even worse, Barça did something like this. And sorry about the length.
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Date: 2012-03-04 01:13 am (UTC)It's kinda like when Kaka got frustrated on the pitch and I think pushed a player? Or kicked the ball? Not sure what happened, but I felt really sad bc in my head that doesn't make sense, you know? He doesn't do that kinda stuff, imo, not bc I wanna say he's above that but bc it's not part of his personality? So...I guess I do expect more of him, maybe? *sigh* I'm not making sense and being contradictory I think. But that's kinda like I'd react if a Barça boy does something stupid. It's not part of the image, for me.
As for the shirts thing? Yeah, I completely agree. When Barça did it (lol, I just keep going back to them) for Villa? It was a great gesture of unity and support. When several La Liga teams honored Abi when it was announced that he had a tumor - that made me feel amazing. As did when the entire football community came together to support Japan and, more recently, Egypt. I love that unity that we get - but only in situations that warrant it. If he had been accused and treated terribly but in the end we found out that he was innocent (and in a way that could be proven, you know?). I'd feel terrible! And yes, then I wish the football community would come together and support him. But this isn't a situation like that and altho they can support him and say that it's innocent until proven guilty, he didn't deserve the shirts. That's something that to me shows a true loss of some sort. And after he refused to shake the player's hand? Ugh.
...I don't know if there was a point to this. And if there was, I'm not sure if I came to it? But yes, I agree as an outsider but I don't know what I'd do as a fan if City or, even worse, Barça did something like this. And sorry about the length.