Wayne Rooney: Role Model
Every so often, someone in the public eye does something that sparks fire in the bellies of the media and the general public at large. As you can imagine, that fire needs no such prompting in me. In fact, it always amazes me that these repeated ape-like actions by the more inept and brainless of our public figures are required in order for the general public to view them for what they are! And it further amazes me that, given a week or so for the “scandal” to blow over, the moron in question becomes everyone’s favourite little scamp once again.
The perfect example of this happenned just this week when Wayne Rooney decided he needed to scream obscenities at a camera during a televized football match.
First, are any of us surprised?
So, a footballer said “fuck”. And that footballer thought it was a good idea to shout “fuck” at a TV camera he knew to be broadcasting live.
I can’t get my head around the concept that anyone in this country is the least bit surprised by this. The guy is a footballer. Or to give the job it’s proper title, “Professional Thug“.
In “the modern game” as so many of those brain damaged ex-footballer pundits like to call it, a complete lack of intelligence, a severely limited vocabulary and an uncontrollable urge to either punch or fuck (or both) everyone you meet are pre-requisites for becoming a footballing superstar.
The behaviour is not only accepted – it is REWARDED.
Second, the reports lambasting Rooney for his behaviour on the grounds of him being a role model leave me simply astounded. Are we really acceping this as fact?
Wayne Rooney is a role model? WAYNE ROONEY!?
I’m not saying that there are no kids obsessed with football that watch Rooney play and want to be as good as him. There’s nothing wrong with that. This is what will happen when people with the IQ of a glass of water are given huge sums of money for doing things that simply do not matter.
I’m saying that his sullen, aggresive demeanor and his tedious, seedy personal life are totally separate from that. Instead of telling the thug to pretend he’s not a thug, we should be showing these kids that his behaviour is not what makes him successful. That simply being good at something will suffice and acting like an arsehole is NOT actually required!
Simply being in the media does not make you a role model. It is sociey’s acceptance of you as a good example of how to live your life that does that. These people should not be allowed to obtain that place in society. Accepting that they ARE role models and then whining about their behaviour is incredibly hypocritical.
It’d be like hiring a bunch of monkeys to raise your kids and then expressing surprise when returning home after a year away to find your kids dead and the walls covered in monkey shit.
MisterShouty 