firparker

cheers for that,picked up a couple today

most ludicrous poll ever.. ashamed to see it on a motherwell fans forum

point 1 Camus did not right that piece point 2 it reflects what our ruling suits thinks ,not me point 3 of course they should have paid their taxes and probably their taxi fares to

WHO OR WHAT DEFINES SPORTING INTEGRITY? Albert Camus wrote that what he knew most surely about morality, he owed to sport. Camus was an author, philosopher and amateur footballer (he played in goals for the University of Algiers). He held the view that political groups, religious bodies and other similar authorities, tend to create moral systems and frameworks that impose artificial and overly complex values on our lives, typically to suit their own ends and purposes. Whereas he believed that a more simplistic sense of morality could be forged through resilient participation in basic human activities and practices. A sense of collective purpose, work ethic, bravery, discipline and fair play, characterise playing in a football team, for example, just as much as they give a sense of meaning to our own individual lives. Building our idea of morality from the ground up as opposed to receiving it from external 'authorities' is the best we can hope for, according to this way of thinking. And there is a strong sense in which this view appeals to me. But there is a problem with it, which the analogy with football highlights perfectly: it would be one thing to cultivate a sense of collective purpose among a group of naturally individualistic thinkers; it would be another thing entirely to use this as a foundation for morality, especially when our individualistic preferences rarely leave us. There are too many instances of cheating and rule-breaking, bias and discrimination, self-indulgence and psychological egoism in football, as in the vast majority of human activities, that it hardly serves this purpose well. But on the other hand, Camus does seem to have a point regarding the artificiality and tendency to bias inherent in the alternative approach. So the question we are left with is this: through which source do we come to understand the values of honesty, equality, fairness and integrity that are assumed to sit at the heart of sport, morality and life? Who or what defines them? If we define these values through engaging in basic human activities and practices, they become susceptible to individualistic preference; if we have them imposed on us through external authorities, they become susceptible to authoritarian bias and corruption. When we talk about upholding the value of integrity in sport, how do we know that our understanding of integrity is authentic; how do we know that our sense of integrity is not in some way tainted by our own individual preferences, particularly in football, when individual preferences are partly definitive of the competition itself? Do we rely on the relevant authorities to define integrity in terms of the notions of fair play, sportsmanship, transparency and tolerance? Do we assume we understand this definition in a non-circular way? And how do we know that we can rely on footballing authorities not to subtly modify the meaning of integrity, as a direct consequence of their commercial responsibility to maximise revenue in the game? The crux of the problem is that if you try to define the notion of sporting integrity from a vantage point within the system that it is supposed to regulate, it comes under pressure from competing and contradictory demands. If you try to define it from outside that system, there is a danger that the definition will fail to cope with the complexities that emerge from within the system. It is incredibly difficult to get out of this tangle. Our interpretation of what sporting integrity consists in is dangerously close to losing its authenticity whichever way you define it. And its function as a standard is just as useful as one of Ludwig Wittgenstein's elastic rulers that shrinks or expands to fit the size of the object it is measuring.

any ideas on how he gets from firpark to hampden ?

from 1886 to punching above our weight in 2011 roll on tomorrow and another sucker punch cooooooomeeeeee on the weeeeeeeellllllllllll

I TO BELIEVE

just wondering,was thinking about looking mines oot

new songs,kids today........as said before HEY JUDE ........nah nah nah hey WELL .....never heard anything as good in 40 years of following the WELL. get it together youngsters........you know it makes sense.

mini barca..........we ought to promote that BIG TIME

am gonna need CPR ..............jeez what a long week

iv'e just ripped up my virtual season ticket

polish owners gie us a polished striker

deadline day

was it a trophy that scratched table?

NO DOUBT/INDEED

http://video.uefa.com/video/Competitions/U...videoFlash.html

I hate the term,but given our history are we the best out side,the city clubs ?

pub league bring on man city, villa or liverpool,and lets see

to much bucky? the hat?

they also said on their forum was only two teams in Scotland,they know better now, with all respect to them they were a class act

exactly and was reminded of the famous Norwegian rant by that commentator years ago

where else would you find famous Norwegians

Roald Dahl, British children's author of Norwegian descent. Ingvar Ambjørnsen, author Kjell Aukrust, author and illustrator Olav Aukrust, poet Ari Behn, author, and husband of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway André Bjerke, poet and author Jens Bjørneboe, author and poet Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, poet and author Ketil Bjørnstad, author, composer, musician Johan Borgen, author Johan Nordahl Brun (1745–1816); author, poet, dramatist, politician Lars Saabye Christensen, author and poet Olav Duun, author Tom Egeland, author Johan Falkberget, author Kjartan Fløgstad, author Jon Fosse, author, poet and playwright Erik Fosnes Hansen, author and poet Arne Garborg, author and poet Hulda Garborg, poet and author Jostein Gaarder, author YOUR BOYS TOOK ONE HELL OF A BEATING TONIGHT