PicaBoo
Soldaat van Oranje
I am way too cynical to believe any large organizations are capable of painting a complete factually correct picture. And I am more upset that we need a lie to rid the world of some nut case . But that is for another thread.I've always thought you Dutchies are wonderful people. So calm, rational, well mannered, cultured, speak better English than the English. But mainly because you invented gin.
Funny thing is I am very passionate about honesty too. But mainly in the public/political sphere where it really matters to peoples lives. Like when they lie to us about why we are going to invade a country in which tens of thousands die (and the media go along with the lie). When it comes to a dumb 21 year old football player lying to save his arse because he got in a punch up... it doesn't really arouse anywhere near the same level of passion for me. That's my perspective.
As far as the 21 yr old goes. Gubby got banned for trying to do the best for his players. Examples aplenty where clubs tell fibs to the public to protect the player. So we can assume that the club does their best for the players , even to our own embarassment but we don't hang them out to dry. You can say a lot about Bucks but he never turned on any of them, not even Cloke .
Now JdG story changes to self defense. A perfect excuse I would think. Enough idiots out there that want to become famous for 15 min by taking on an AFL player. Or whatever the reason was...
So why JDG thinks he has to lie to save his skin. Was there perhaps a curfew? Was there a request from the club and group to stay low and not repeat last years drama's? 3 matches for going out and hit back? It still stinks and doesn't bode well for JDG.