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An AFP photo of one of the most moving moments in sport I've seen in years. Frank Lampard dedicates his penalty goal in the European Champions Cup semi-final to his mother who died the previous week. A moving moment, too, for Avram Grant, beleaguered manager of the Chelsea team. He said: "Today was Holocaust day in my country, and I will be making a visit to Auschwitz tomorrow. This was a special day for me. Hard but very special.... My father, who survived the Holocaust, buried my grandfather with his own hands, so this day always has an extra significance."

I know I'm biased because of upbringing, but does anyone really think another sport tugs the heart-strings as much as football?

For the full story on the Chelsea-Liverpool game go to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7376788.stm
 
Asher Kelman

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Michael_Stones said:
An AFP photo of one of the most moving moments in sport I've seen in years. Frank Lampard dedicates his penalty goal in the European Champions Cup semi-final to his mother who died the previous week. A moving moment, too, for Avram Grant, beleaguered manager of the Chelsea team. He said: "Today was Holocaust day in my country, and I will be making a visit to Auschwitz tomorrow. This was a special day for me. Hard but very special.... My father, who survived the Holocaust, buried my grandfather with his own hands, so this day always has an extra significance." [/url]
This poignant remembering is part of what must be done to keep alive the facts of yesterday to we do not allow people to be devalued as the people in Auschwitz and thousands of other concentration and slave labor camps. On this forum, using the camera to shine a light on ourselves and what we can do and should not do, what we should protect and what we should oppose.

Michael_Stones said:
I know I'm biased because of upbringing, but does anyone really think another sport tugs the heart-strings as much as football?
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Why? Wars, Michael! Wars are a need for man! I think it might be because football allows us to excel in athletics, have heros, create battles, have mass adulation but it's all with an inert ball and not with people's heads. In the end, we go home intact, having exercised our emotions and exorcised our hostilities. Then, maybe, we can wait longer for the next necessary war.

Asher
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