Post by McKenna on Nov 24, 2005 15:17:33 GMT 1
For those not in the know, it has been announced that "George Best's hours are numbered.
A brief analogy of his career. He played for Manchester United, and Northern Ireland, but became both the original fashion icon, as well as the original party animal.
A few years back, George Best jumped the waiting list for a liver transplant, as he had destroyed his through alcohol.
Against doctors orders he continued to drink, doing untold damage to his second liver, and a fresh chance at life.
He has been widely attributed as one of the causes why the amount of donors in this country has decreased. After all, would you want your organs going to someone who is just going to abuse them anyway.
So here we are, the man is dying, and I am hearing the words "brave" and "tragic" coming out.
I even heard one "friend" of his say, that it was down to the people he assosicated with, that he went down the path he did, with the booze.
I'm sorry, I know a man is dying, but really, is anyone going to mourn him?
A WPC was shot and killed in cold blood in Bradford this week. She was brave, and the situation was tragic.
What has happened to George Best was of his own decision, he chose to drink to excess, he chose to ignore doctors advice after he was fastracked to a second chance at life.
Okay, so the doctors are saying internal bleeding is causing this, but thats like saying "people dont kill people, guns do" He has pulled the trigger here himself.
If you think Im wrong, please tell me, but I'm not going to sit and mourn a man who will as renowned for his lifestyle, as his skill on the pitch.
He was a great footballer, no doubt about that, I just feel that the real lesson here should be the photo that the Best family allowed to be printed. It was of Gedorge Best, in his hospital bed, jaundiced, ravaged by years of alcohol abuse.
It's a lesson to be learned for us all, but I know if I were to pass on due to alcohol abuse, I wont be regarded as "brave" or "tragic".
Thoughts?
PS
I have continued to listen to the "obituaries" for the man this afternoon. It's seems as though the arrests for being drunk and disorderly, wife beating and all the bad bits have been erased from history.
Funny huh, how the death of someone in the public eye can make history so selective all of a sudden
A brief analogy of his career. He played for Manchester United, and Northern Ireland, but became both the original fashion icon, as well as the original party animal.
A few years back, George Best jumped the waiting list for a liver transplant, as he had destroyed his through alcohol.
Against doctors orders he continued to drink, doing untold damage to his second liver, and a fresh chance at life.
He has been widely attributed as one of the causes why the amount of donors in this country has decreased. After all, would you want your organs going to someone who is just going to abuse them anyway.
So here we are, the man is dying, and I am hearing the words "brave" and "tragic" coming out.
I even heard one "friend" of his say, that it was down to the people he assosicated with, that he went down the path he did, with the booze.
I'm sorry, I know a man is dying, but really, is anyone going to mourn him?
A WPC was shot and killed in cold blood in Bradford this week. She was brave, and the situation was tragic.
What has happened to George Best was of his own decision, he chose to drink to excess, he chose to ignore doctors advice after he was fastracked to a second chance at life.
Okay, so the doctors are saying internal bleeding is causing this, but thats like saying "people dont kill people, guns do" He has pulled the trigger here himself.
If you think Im wrong, please tell me, but I'm not going to sit and mourn a man who will as renowned for his lifestyle, as his skill on the pitch.
He was a great footballer, no doubt about that, I just feel that the real lesson here should be the photo that the Best family allowed to be printed. It was of Gedorge Best, in his hospital bed, jaundiced, ravaged by years of alcohol abuse.
It's a lesson to be learned for us all, but I know if I were to pass on due to alcohol abuse, I wont be regarded as "brave" or "tragic".
Thoughts?
PS
I have continued to listen to the "obituaries" for the man this afternoon. It's seems as though the arrests for being drunk and disorderly, wife beating and all the bad bits have been erased from history.
Funny huh, how the death of someone in the public eye can make history so selective all of a sudden
