Comments on: A Valedictory sonnet for Georgie Best http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2005/11/28/a-valedictory-sonnet-for-georgie-best/ SinĂ©ad Gleeson's blog Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:19:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Cyprien Rageneau http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2005/11/28/a-valedictory-sonnet-for-georgie-best/#comment-773 Cyprien Rageneau Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:50:15 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2005/11/28/a-valedictory-sonnet-for-georgie-best/#comment-773 I think the point of the poem is, the TV only showed - about every ten minutes - the mazy dribbles, the clever lobs. The nasty side of George the footballer (and there was one) seems to have been swept under the carpet - the comparison with Keano is not too fanciful and doubtless he'll get the same treatment when he pops his clogs. So far as the liver transplant goes, there seems no doubt that Bestie only got it because he was famous. If I was waiting for one and I read that someone famous had got one and then squandered it I think I'd be pretty p'd off. I think the point of the poem is, the TV only showed - about every ten minutes - the mazy dribbles, the clever lobs. The nasty side of George the footballer (and there was one) seems to have been swept under the carpet - the comparison with Keano is not too fanciful and doubtless he’ll get the same treatment when he pops his clogs.
So far as the liver transplant goes, there seems no doubt that Bestie only got it because he was famous. If I was waiting for one and I read that someone famous had got one and then squandered it I think I’d be pretty p’d off.

]]> By: CyberScribe http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2005/11/28/a-valedictory-sonnet-for-georgie-best/#comment-771 CyberScribe Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:03:33 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2005/11/28/a-valedictory-sonnet-for-georgie-best/#comment-771 "We pray, as you traverse the stygian river You never meet the guy who gave you his liver" I'm wondering who has the final say on who can use a liver. I doubt if it's the patient. They surely just wait and hope that the liver is suitable and that they are suitable recipients. Do we need to blame someone with an illness? I'd hate to see the numbers of people that read this that drink over the recomended limit every week and what way they'll turn out, if they even live as long as George Best did. “We pray, as you traverse the stygian river
You never meet the guy who gave you his liver”

I’m wondering who has the final say on who can use a liver. I doubt if it’s the patient. They surely just wait and hope that the liver is suitable and that they are suitable recipients. Do we need to blame someone with an illness? I’d hate to see the numbers of people that read this that drink over the recomended limit every week and what way they’ll turn out, if they even live as long as George Best did.

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