Who-sane's

It’s really sad and frustrating to observe from afar what things have now come to.

What’s interesting is the definition that the situation has been described by: racism. It just doesn’t make any sense here. Think about it.

Racism: noun \ˈrā-ˌsi-zəm \ a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.

That’s why the word racism is inapplicable in this case by the lexical and cultural definition of the word. Simply because the two parties involved here, Jordanians and Jordanians of Palestinian origin, do not only share the same race, but also share the same nationality, language, religions, history, culture, demography, pains, hopes, dreams, etc, etc. Same … every … single … thing.

I suppose denying that a problem exists would be silly, but it’s definitely not a “national crisis that threatens the unity of the country” as all the media have portrayed it! And that’s why I like to believe that all the unfortunate events that took place in Amman recently are the acts of an insignificant segment of the society and that by no means does it reflect the sentiment of the united Jordan I know.

Football stadiums shouldn’t and were never the index by which a country’s national integrity is measured (otherwise England would have been the most divided country in the world, which it isn’t).

On a related note, Prince Ali was elected today as the new FIFA vice-president. Following the recent win Qatar scored to host the 2022 World Cup , Prince Ali’s election is considered the second achievement for Arabs in international football in a month’s time.

Credited for progressing Jordanian football, Prince Ali recently said:

“Football is more than a sport. It’s a culture. A lifestyle. A Powerful medium for uniting people. I’m running because I want to see Asia taking its rightful place in the football family. I am running because it is time for change. It is time to work together as one continent. United.“

This is why I am more confident than ever that winds of change are already blowing, and the mistakes that would occasionally happen every now and then will be something of the past.

Uruguay's Luis Suarez

For going down in history as the man who robbed Ghana of the chance of winning the world cup, and for breaking the heart of the entire African nation.

In the Ghana vs. Uruguay quarterfinal match, one of best matches of the World Cup 2010, Mr. Suarez decided to play goalkeeper right at the last minute of the extra time by deliberately stopping a guaranteed goal for Ghana with his hands.

Luis Suarez Swats the ball

As the pressure and tension were immense, Asamoah Gyan, very unfortunately, missed the penalty shot.

Now shit happens, and it could always be worse (it could’ve been the final match), but what infuriated me the most is that the Uruguayans considered this to be an act of heroism. “Taking one for the team”, the Uruguayan coach said.

The BS doesn’t stop here, Oscar Tabarez, adds:

“You are telling me the player had to let the ball go in? Is that football? I think you’re missing something really important here.
“I think you call it cheating when you try to score a goal with the hand, to take advantage when the referee cannot see that.
“We are missing something really important. When you are naive, you don’t win football games.
“Suarez put himself in front of the whole country and because of that Uruguay is in the semi-finals.”

What Tabarez is basically saying, it’s not cheating if you’re doing when you really have to. The ends justify the means.

I hope no one takes his words seriously or we’ll be seeing more sleazy acts of “heroism” and “taking one for the team”.

Now off to see some Germans getting their behinds kicked by the Ar-kh-antina!