It would appear, also, that there is a ‘crise de confiance’; there are only a couple of comments about the article that can be construed as a ‘disagreement of opinion’ yet it would appear that a ‘slurry of lies’ ensued.
As for me, I prefer to critique what I read (good or bad), if the author truely felt the need to berate those who he felt ‘dissed’ him then he shouldn’t have written the article. Write what you think, write with conviction, write with passion….but don’t whinge when someone disagrees with you. They are not ‘faceless cyber keyboard warriors’ they are the audience and if they want to throw tomatos then so be it.
As I said earlier, the article left itself open – as a ‘writer’ yourself you understand the pitfalls of verbosity, maybe a more succinct approach would have had more impact.
Personally, I’ve nothing against the intention of the article, it was the ‘lecturing’ I found distasteful – if we believed everyone who has ever written anything about the clubs’ history and it’s support then it began in the ‘Garden of Eden’ with a group of only 50 supporters…….oh and as early as the mid 70’s. :roll: I’m a little older than the author and believe me no one has a monopoly on who was the best, biggest, hardest, most loyal (away or home) supporter – they’ve come and gone….
………..as I said, and you alluded to earlier, it’s the JCL’s that frighten the Gerontophobics. We live in a different age, with different values…a technological age where the kids want everything NOW – even my boys get on my p@ps (sometimes) with their attitude, however, I move with them….I understand them…..I encourage them (men in their own right) and, as with any new fans (whinging or not), I will support and mentor them to continue to follow the club that I grew up with – for without them (the JCL’s) we have no future. I will not accept any self righteous epitaph – “Last of The Latics Supporters – God Rest his soul”.
Oh……it’s rude to assume (not you griff) that those who write on here do not know who ‘others’ are….. tut tut.
