JUST DO IT.


 

Godwin's Law (n.)
A facetious aphorism maintaining that as an online debate increases in length, it becomes inevitable that someone will eventually compare someone or something to Hitler or the Nazis. (OED)


I like Lineker.

And I agree with the sentiment of his tweet.

This current administration seem to be using a sledgehammer to 'fix a problem' that isn't a problem, and has been part of human evolution since we left the trees & walked upright, requires sensitivity, investment, and a lot fewer dog-whistles.

However..............

Our Gary did break the rules.
His contract is fairly specific (if that's not an oxy?) and the Beeb's desire to be considered 'impartial' is ostensibly part of the foundations it's built on.

We could insist the Beeb remove the impartiality clause.
We could ask for an exoneration for Saint Gaz.
Or we could accept that martyrs are made, not through miracles or beatification, but through having a strong sense of belief in what it is right - and more importantly in this case - what is wrong.

Lineker is not going to starve by missing a gig.

But he may lose a lot of 'followers'.
He may even lose his position at the top of the taxpayer-funded pecking order.

He (and only he) has to decide on whether he returns repentant, apologetic, and armed with 'Views Expressed Here Are My Own And Not Representative Of The BBC' tagged to his Twitter account, along with his Twitter verification & pinned tweet.

I'd like to see Salty leave MOTD for good and hand over to someone else (that isn't Clare Balding), having served his 24 years well.

Perhaps he could do it on his Silver Jubilee anniversary?
Perhaps we could have a Coronation AND a Jubilee in the same year?

I'd like to see him do the 'Full Rashford' (unlike Marcus), and become a politician.
We could do with his opposition.
At the moment, The Opposition seems rather benign.
The Post-Corbyn Effect has seen a determination to be 'a winner' all over again, rather than a counterpoint to the evil and fascistic regimes that our short-sighted electorate, and our broken political system deliver us.

But Vinegar needs to 'own' his actions this weekend.
He transgressed with regard to his employer, and I like to think he respects his employer enough to know that the contract he signed was genuine, and well-intentioned.

I sincerely hope he does the right thing.

All the views expressed here are my own, but shared by many.

Maybe not you.
Maybe not everyone.

But what a dull world it would be if we all agreed.

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