George Best

[DodgyAgent]

Good point, many of the most talented people go off the rails. In football alone, look at Gascoigne, Maradona, even Rooney. I believe their tendency to "go for it" is what made them great players in the first place.

If that were true, then he wouldn't be in the news any more. He is what he is now. Having been a great footballer does not make him a great man.

He is the news because the likes of you and I are interested in him (if you are not interested in him then why enter a discussion?). Some of us remember his football, and others are taken by the legend, just like any other historical figure. Some of us sneer and say we should not be interested in these people. The point is that they have had considerable impact on the lives of so many others and will continue to do so long after they depart. The fact that they are news is part of human nature. Live with it.

[DodgyAgent]

Yeah, you wonder why they bother transplanting hearts and livers, I mean it's not as if the recipient is going to live for ever is it? What a waste!

You could say that the taxes raised from the sales of alcohol on account of keeping George alive can pay for more doctors

[wendigo100]

The fact that they are news is part of human nature. Live with it.

This is my point Dodgy, you have to live with it too. People are entitled to criticise Best for what he is today.

[NoddY]

Yeah, you wonder why they bother transplanting hearts and livers, I mean it's not as if the recipient is going to live for ever is it? What a waste!

I agree, I would have put the liver to much better use:

[wendigo100]

You could say that the taxes raised from the sales of alcohol on account of keeping George alive can pay for more doctors

Good point vis-a-vis people who smoke as well. 20 fags a day raises about £1200 a year for the tax man.

[Dundeegeorge]

Wtf?

This is my point Dodgy, you have to live with it too. People are entitled to criticise Best for what he is today.

Oh right, that's OK then.
I'll tell you what, don't those disabled people get on your tits, crowding up the place with their wheelchairs. And all those sick people, if we just let them all die we wouldn't need hospitals, think how much money we could save.

[DodgyAgent]

Good point vis-a-vis people who smoke as well. 20 fags a day raises about £1200 a year for the tax man.

That is five Indian software developers for 12 months

[DodgyAgent]

I agree, I would have put the liver to much better use:

That is a tasteless joke Noddy

[lORD lUCAN]

I think you may have missed my point a little,
all i was really trying to say is that given the chance, someone else may
have had a greater chance of life, rather than giving this pigskin
kicking ungrateful another go at it.

Don't get me wrong, I like football, I just don't agree with all this non
sense about George Best. There have been some great players over the
years, him being one of them, but they haven't all drunk themselves to death.

Tough, deal with it is what i say.

[Dundeegeorge]

And there of course is the problem

I think you may have missed my point a little,
all i was really trying to say is that given the chance, someone else may
have had a greater chance of life, rather than giving this pigskin
kicking ungrateful another go at it.

Don't get me wrong, I like football, I just don't agree with all this non
sense about George Best. There have been some great players over the
years, him being one of them, but they haven't all drunk themselves to death.

Tough, deal with it is what i say.

MAY have had a greater chance. MAY.
And anyway we all die, so why bother with transplants for anybody?