'I reacted badly and I would like to apologise for it,' Zidane said. 'I would like to apologise because a lot of children were watching the match. I do apologise but I don't regret my behaviour because regretting it would mean he was right to say what he said.'What happened to the old saying "sitcks and stones may break your bone but words can never hurt you"... I guess it must be struggling to hold true today. Today we regard our emotional stature as holy and sacred - anyone that challenges our emotional state is guilty without question. I guess we all do that because that is the only "property" or "space" we have soverignity over, since we have no money, no power, no thing, we're just born victim in this world ruled by people superior but stupider than us.
However, we still deserve the rights to curse someone to a miserable death and we are not guilty as long as we are the victim who is provoked first, right?
Way to go! But wait a minute.. isn't it a better way out?
What if Zidane had walked away after hearing the insults
- He's not on hair less, he's still the man that he his, not a bit less
- He could turn the rage into motivation... with the skills that he has, who on earth can stop him if he wants to charge through 11 players and score a goal?
- France could have lifted the cup for a 2nd time, that's a big revelation to the country and the sports, France no more flash in the pan.
- The minorities could look up and say "if ZZ can I can, this country does give me the opportunity".
- His wife and 4 kids could look up to him and said "you are the our hero who looked beyond your ego and do your country proud."
Nevertheless, it's always our rights to choose.
