Friday, 28 March 2014

Racism

'No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite' - Late Nelson Mandela
'How do we stop racism? Stop talking about it. I'm going to stop calling you a white man, and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man' - Morgan Freeman
'I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character' - Martin Luther King Jr.
'Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism' - Eminem
Racism springs from ignorance'
'You can't delete racism. It's like a cigarette. You can't stop smoking if you don't want to, and you can't stop racism if people don't want to. But I'll do everything I can to help' - Mario Balotelli
'We must confront our own racism. Discriminatory housing and employment policies are nothing more than institutionalised racism' - Tariq Ramadan
'Slavery was never abolished. It was only extended to include all the colors' - Charles Bukowski




Friday, 21 March 2014

A little story

For everyone laughing at Manchester United, allow
me to
tell you a story. Railway workmen came together

to play
football once and dared to dream. A dream to make
something more of their lives.




That is Manchester United.
The team lost its first ever competitive game 6-0 to
Bolton
Reserves. It got relegated in its second season of
competitive football. In January 1902, it was asked
to shut down because of debts. It didn't. Instead it came
back up
and won the league, a FA Cup and a charity shield
2 years
later.




That is Manchester United. From 1922 to
1940, United were relegated again and again and again.
Faced
with bankruptcy in 1931, United were on the
verge of
disaster again. Instead, the team held on and
fought on. Finishing 2nd in 1947, 1948 and 1949; 1st in '52,
55 and 56.
It won the FA Cup in 1948 and became the first
English
team to play in Europe.




It had to wait 41 years for
glory. That is Manchester United. A plane took off on
February 6,
1958. To greatness it seemed. And came crashing
down. 8
players died. Facing despair and doom, the club
fought on.




It reached the final of the FA Cup that year. Without
a first
team, it plodded on and rebuilt. 7 years later, as the
fallen
8 smiled from above, the team won the title in
1965 and 1967. And the European Cup in '68. That is
Manchester
United.




For 25 years it waited to win again, getting
relegated, losing Managers and players as rivals
laughed. It
didn't fall then either. A league title in 1992, a double in '93
and a treble in '99. 




That is Manchester. Blood, toil,
sweat
and tears. That is Manchester United. Our squad
needs a
reshuffle you say. Our tactics are outdated you say. You
laugh because you think we are down. You laugh
because
you think we are lost. We smile because we have
seen it
all. We smile because we know we will ALWAYS be back.
Wins from incredible positions. Glory from the
darkest
despair. That is Manchester United. This is why I
love this
team, We may not be the best team in the world, we may
not be the greatest of them all but we are the most
inspirational team ever! That is what separates us
from
others, we are a team to look on to.




Here we stand
with 20 titles, better than anyone else. LFC fans, enjoy your
rare
moment of happiness thinking United will go
down forever ,
you truly deserve this rare moment after all the
success United have had for the past 21 years with
trophies and
victories! I don't know, when we'll be back,
maybe this
year, maybe next, maybe in 5-10 years time. And
no, this is not blind faith, but belief. Manchester United
forever!