GG Riva, Mon 13 May 06:57

Gary Lineker articulates how most sensible people feel about this horrendous human tragedy.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gary-lineker-tears-says-i-9279815

I doubt the BBC will suspend him again. It`s hardly controversial.

OzPar, Tue 14 May 03:22

Topic Originator: Tad Allagash
Date: Mon 13 May 12:59

Lineker described it as "the worst thing I`ve seen in my life".

Given that Lineker was born in 1960, there`s no way this is true.

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What have you seen that is worse than what is occurring today in Gaza? I was born in 1954, and this is the worst thing I have seen.

Genocides like those in Biafra, Cambodia, and Rwanda primarily occurred out of sight of our media. We grasped the extent of the killings only after the events. Today, the technology is there to live-stream every atrocity into our living rooms, with the highlights transmitted in two-minute bites on TikTok for millions to devour on their telephones later.

Much is said about how the events in Gaza will create a new generation of Hamas fighters seeking revenge for the loss of family members. That is probably true, but my more immediate concern is when many of those IDF fighters you see on TV blowing up buildings and firing indiscriminately into crowds return home to our countries and their jobs in the hearts of our cities.

I find it hard to believe that these evil rabid dogs, who one minute are capable of clubbing to death unarmed civilians, firing rockets into the living rooms of Gazan families, or shooting kids in bread queues, can suddenly transform back into mild-mannered civil servants or accountants, or teachers, on their return to Glasgow or Edinburgh or even Dunfermline after serving their terms of duty for another nation in the Israeli Defence Force.

Rather than putting all our focus on the contents of a few small boats off our shores, we should acknowledge that multiple mass murderers are walking unhindered through passport control every day at airports off El Al flights with seemingly no proper checks and balances in place.

How long before something triggers one of these vile creatures in our midst, and evil suddenly visits us?

Parboiled, Mon 13 May 14:02

He should stick to blethering about VAR with his fellow footie deep thinking intellectuals.

Not your average Sunday League player.

Tad Allagash, Mon 13 May 12:59

Lineker described it as "the worst thing I`ve seen in my life" .

Given that Lineker was born in 1960, there’s no way this is true.

Not your average Sunday League player.

Parboiled, Tue 14 May 13:14

My career was one I cannot disclose for security reasons. This incognitoness is a cross I must bear…

Perhaps if I was on the telly every week I too would have millions of folk to preach to

Not your average Sunday League player.

Tad Allagash, Tue 14 May 19:06

“How can you possibly know what the worst thing that Gary Lineker, or any other individual, has seen is?”

Well Lineker had plenty to say about Rwanda, so I know he has heard of it. And as Lineker is one of our most learned, erudite, scholarly, heavyweight public intellectuals, I’m sure he did his research and is familiar with its history.

Not your average Sunday League player.

Tad Allagash, Wed 15 May 01:02

‘we didn`t watch TV pictures of the Rwanda genocide tragedy…’

Yes we did. Take a look on YouTube at:

‘Rwanda Emergency DEC Appeal, Helen Mirren, 1994, ITV News’

Helen Mirren also presented a petition to John Major demanding that he act to stop the genocide and led a vigil in Trafalgar Square. John Major and Bill Clinton were well aware but turned a blind eye.

Not your average Sunday League player.