Pigeonho said:That's fair enough mate.Mrmcfc said:Pigeonho said:None taken, but you're wrong.
The defenders of Balotelli due to his age have no grounds to do so. Balotelli is a professional footballer in a highly privileged position. The things he does should not be defended because of his age.
The kid last night is just that - a kid. Throughout the land right now, tonight, tomorrow, Saturday etc etc there will be baby-faced little 17 year olds all doing stupid things because, well they can because they're 17. Add a few years onto him and put him in the same position as last night and I dare say he wouldn't have done it. Nothing controversial about that.
I don't agree. I think this lad is an arsehole, who has been boasting about what he did on twitter. I wouldn't have done that at 17, nor would I do it now. He's old enough to be responsible for his actions. The fact this was a one off case to an extent proves you're wrong, this sort of thing would be more common if age was the mitigating factor and not the individuals dickish personality.
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