I'm going to save my Twitter feed from probable explosion and rant to kingdom come in here. And I'm most probably going to detract from the fluent writing style I used in the post before and go full-on "teenager" when describing what my current annoyances are. There are so many things that have come to light this weekend that just drives me up the wall. Where shall I start?
Well, where better to start than my favourite topic of the moment. Racism in football. Skip to the next paragraph if you've had enough of me talking about this, but the problem persists and will not go away. This weekend saw the beginning of the 'Kick It Out' campaign that started with professional players wearing t-shirts in support of kicking racism out of football. Apart from being a toothless gesture of nonsense, that didn't actually do anything, the real story lay with those who boycotted it. Sorry, but since when did others have the right to tell others what to do? Sir Alex Ferguson publicly denounced Rio Ferdinand for refusing to wear a t-shirt. What the actual fuck? Apart from the fact that 'Kick It Out' has been around for 9 years, and the problem has probably got worse, what right does Ferguson have to say that? If anything, the boycott has probably done a better job than those stupid t-shirts ever would have done!
Secondly, "public relationships". Not in the way some of you may think. I'm all for public outpourings of love and affection. I think it's good to spread love and happiness that has eminated from your own personal relationships, but My God, please please please please please take your domestics OFF Facebook and Twitter and have them in the privacy of your own home. Why do people feel the need to publicise the ins and outs of their so-called "private" relationship, when it gives people the opportunity to pitch in and comment on things they have no right to comment on. At this current moment, I am witnessing a relationship unravel on Facebook, simply because the man put a status about his trouble with the woman and then his "lad mates" put some probably false comments and all of a sudden it's dominoed into a virtual fracas. Some would say he deserves it, for being clueless enough to put what he put, where anyone can see it, but most would say it's escalated into something that should never have begun at all. Hopefully he's learnt a lesson.
I mean, why would ANYONE put particularly hazardous comments on social networking sites, that have the ability to be reported to anyone at all, resulting in a harsh punishment for the author of the comment? .................... Oh yeah.
Thirdly, The X Factor. Now, usually I put a couple of comments on Twitter about how much I despise it and people think, "There he goes again!", so today I'm going to inundate you lot with my despise of this ugly, over the top program. Believe it or not, I quite like the idea. Giving someone an opportunity in the high-flying world of the music business is a fantastic concept, but seriously, how they come to that conclusion is unbelievably gut-wrenching. Looking past the rehearsal stage, where every year you get a collection of people who are willing to be embarrassed on national TV, amongst a selection of producers who clearly don't give a damn about how any of the contestants are perceived by the public, the live shows are watched by people who are CONVINCED that every weekend, there is some sort of fix going on. Excuse me? Every weekend, I see literally hundreds of people complain that the program is fixed, despite the obvious fact that ITV wouldn't get away with fixing the program, in fear of large fines and prosecution along with the programme facing a probable axing. Don't people think about these things before typing such outrageous claims?
Next? Opinions. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I have my own opinions, (clearly), on pretty much everything going. I express them at my own will, and am welcome to debates with anyone who disagrees. What I don't do however, is claim that this person's opinion is wrong. The main thing is that it is still here. Debates on Twitter and especially YouTube are ones to avoid aswell, as keyboard warriors take effect, and begin hurling insults at you when they believe their argument has run out of legs. There is no need to be personal when coming to reasoned debate. Yet some people believe that is the way forward. Also, especially this week, I have found that people get involved in debates that they know nothing about. Why? Every Sunday, I see mounteneous views from NFL fans. Why would I then go and point out I have a dislike of Tampa Bay Buccaneers? (I don't. I have no idea about any NFL team). I probably class myself as "agnostic" when it comes to religion, if you care at all. Frankly, I don't give one jot about how the world started. I have no interest in it, so why would I get into a debate about it? Some people have been doing the equivalent all week, then realise they know nothing, and hurl insults. Some people have no concept of humility.
I could go on, but I might well be here all night. This weekend has gone rather quickly, and has been rather eventful but for reasons that are not good. I didn't feel at all well on Friday night, culminating in roughly 40 minutes sleep before the most surreal shift on Saturday morning. Since then, I have been catching up on lost sleep and before you know what's happened, the cold walls of Monday morning have crept up on you. Never mind. Onwards!
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