All we can do is continue trying to tolerate them.
Ronaldo (37) Slaps Phone Out of Child’s (14) Hand | Charged after 5 months of deliberation
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All we can do is continue trying to tolerate them.
Maybe not outright saying it but definitely alluding to it.
Why was the kid a prick?
If you tolerate this then your children will be next
Apparently it goes back to the old days when Brits were famous for their skill with a bow and arrow.
The French would chop the middle fingers off captured British archers. So our archers developer the two-finger insult as a way of saying “feck you, I’ve still got my fingers”.
Every person who does what the kid did, is a prick. Doesn't matter if it is a kid, or not. You are intentionally trying to get in the way and record reaction of someone who is obviously unhappy with their professional performance.
If a kid comes in my office to record a video of me after I've failed to deliver something and my boss has just scolded me, I would slap the phone off their hands too.
As for the mother, please show me where I've said or even slightly insinuated that.
My kids already cost me a fortune on phones.
#JeSuisKid
You either;
a) have too many kids and need the snip
or
b) need to get them burner phones
What exactly did your impeccable sources tell you the kid did? Genuinely I'd like to know.
You don't see the difference between a football ground and you office with regard to phones being used to film? Unless of course its normal for a throng of numpties to be in your office?
Here you had a pop at the mother's integrity.
Some of the Olympic level mental gymnastics done in this thread to defend CR7 are really impressive. I didn't know brains could stretch that much.
I have two kids. Too many in lots of regards. The last one I got a Xiaomi for. She loves me a lot less since. But she lost a 2 month old phone. So feck her. This thread touches a nerve!
My sources did not cover this story at all. I found about it here. And while Ronaldo acted like a moron (because he is a public figure and has to keep his cool), this is just a media circus.
The point is not the venue, but the intent.
And my pop at her integrity equals me saying she is a gold digger? Well..nope.
That's a legend with no source material, I believe. Doesn't mean it's necessarily false, but.
What was the intent?
For someone so against the creation of a narrative around an event you are doing a hell of job to construct one about the kids actions.
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Also wouldn't you be fired if you slapped a phone put of a kids hand at work? And the doesn't the fact that Ronaldo won't prove that the Venue is important?
So you being careful about your sources means you belive the caf? Hmmm
As for the venue not being important, that's utter utter nonsense. Context is everything.
No you didn't say gold digger as much as manipulative. I withdraw that.
Yeah, I think Stephen Fry agrees with you.
The intent was to capture someone in their moment of misery. Which, to me, is a 100% prick thing to do.
What was the intent?
I entered this thread in response to several messages, which I found weird. I don't really care about the kid. I think it was always going to end up this way, since the media are hungry for sensations and this is an easy one for them.
I also find it disappointing how people continue accepting and forgiving poor behavior from fans, especially young ones. Paying for a match ticket doesn't absolve you of human decency.
Not at all my point. You want something to be made or said over a kid's very standard bantery behaviour. There is absolutely nothing in it at all that anyone would raise as an actual talking point. But you do you and keep highlighting the kid.
I want it to be reported, alongside other facts, that are far more irrelevant to the story.
And what you describe as "very standard bantery behaviour", to me, is being a prick. Kudos to the kid and his parents.
This is more sensationalist than any of the coverage around the kid/ his mother
he's a 37 year old man that lost a football match.Literally nobody here is doing that.
That's what I mean about you creating a narrative around the event.
You keep alluding to the fact that the kid was doing something wrong but you have to add some sinister meaning to it because the act of filming a sportsman in a stadium isn't a bad act.
Why didn't Ronaldo beat up the sky sports camera man?
And Barry Fry. He’s given a few two fingered salutes in his time
Young fan being a prick to rival player shocker. Feel free to want it reported. Some reporter with no life might read your post and grant your personal wish. Good luck.
I really don't like that man.
So slapping a kids hand causing the phone to fall on the floor is all good then? There’s a responsibility that comes with being a professional athlete that goes beyond being good on the pitch. There’s a reason why these people have public relations teams.
The kid didn't even do anything
Ronaldo fans are about to start a change.org petition to ban fans and filming from football stadia
Are they going to sue BT and Sky for crimes against humanity?
Ronaldo fans are about to start a change.org petition to ban fans and filming from football stadia
Are they going to sue BT and Sky for crimes against humanity?
Melodramatic.
It may not even have broke after all.
Where is Eric when you need him?
Yeah the phones broken, enough images of it in the press.
You're comparing Cantona being racially abused and kicking a racist fan to Ronaldo breaking a child's phone?
What a shambles
Otherwise you are just commenting a story with zero context. As most media stories.
Sure, but my point was simply that most people around the world don't do it with two fingers.
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Can you describe more in detail what you believe the kid did that makes him a prick? Because as far as I can tell none of us have a clue what gestures he did or what he said, if fact we don't seem to know if he did any gestures or said anything at all.
If you like objectivity: how do you know that this precisely was their intent, and the kid wasn't, say, trying to film one of the most famous footballers on the planet, regardless of circumstances?
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Nor would paying for a new phone.
I’m sorry, how do you know what someone intended? It’s normal for people to capture footage of events and famous people on camera. Perhaps he wanted to show people he saw Ronaldo? He doesn’t have long left in his career and he has been exceptional, not many people will be able to say they saw or met him when he retires. Would be a nice family story to share in the future.
Ronaldo is most definitely at fault here and it’s not a good look on the club that they haven’t taken any action to punish him.
The Ronaldo Defence Force in full swing as per.
fecking tragic thread.
fecking tragic thread.
Fun thread, Ronaldo is a prick. I can`t believe people are defending him and trying to make out the kid was out of order. What did he do? Take a video of him in his moment of misery, that`s bad shit.
Will the premier league accept star players whipping children or will they punish Ronaldo?
Charged by the FA.
Surely there's a statue of limitations on smacking an annoying kid? This happened ages ago.