| George Best was a very good footballer, possibly the most gifted to date, however he was no hero.
It is not heroic to gamble most of your income away, or to have multiple concurrent sexual partners, or to spend a great deal of your time in an alcoholic stupor - they may be classified as "fun" in certain circles but not heroic achievements. Neither is wasting the gift of a donor organ.
His off-pitch activities are not the heroic deeds that society desires youngsters to emulate.
Let his on-pitch majestic wizardry be his epitaph - everything else is supercilious un-heroic nonsense.
[Edited on 30-11-2005 by Athelstan] |