It's Better To Be Thought An Idiot...

*blood boiling*
On Monday an article in El Pais, a leftist Spanish newspaper, was published about Zinedine Zidane.  He was interviewed about the World Cup and his current status with Real Madrid.  Invariably the question about what happened in 2006 entered the conversation.  This was Zizou's reply:

"After the game, I went into the dressing room and told them, 'Forgive me. This doesn't change anything, but sorry everyone,' " Zidane recalled of the moments after the game.

"But to him I can't. Never, never," Zidane added. "It would be to dishonor me. ... I'd rather die."
The match was Zidane's last after a sparkling career in which he became one of the game's most respected players. In the 20th minute of extra time, Materazzi insulted Zidane, who responded by headbutting the Italian defender violently in the chest. He got sent off and watched France lose the match from the sideline.
"Of course I reproach myself," Zidane told El Pais. "But if I say, 'Sorry,' I would also be admitting that what he did was normal. And for me it was not normal.
"Things happen on the pitch. It's happened to me many times. But I could not stand it that time," Zidane said. "My mother was sick. She was in hospital. This people didn't know. ... But it was a bad moment. More than once they had insulted my mother and I never responded."
Materazzi recently told Italy's La Repubblica paper he was still waiting for Zidane to apologize and that he was still so angry over the incident that he won't even watch this year's tournament in South Africa.
"If it was Kaka, an ordinary guy, a good guy, of course I would have apologized. But to this one!" Zidane said. "If I ask forgiveness of him, I lack respect for myself and for all those I love with all my heart." [end story]

Since then, the evil one himself has retaliated against Zizou and his comments.  On his website (as if anyone would care about him), the homepage has this photo:

Z passing the trophy as he exits the pitch

Deep down I'm sure the little worm knows that he will never be a Zizou...the greatest player ever to grace the Beautiful Game.

It is better to be thought an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt!