Alessandro made a mistake, he has already paid with a social massacre that has fallen on his family, more painful than the Sports Judge. Now we need to move on
A scream reaches 200 meters away, a whistle even a kilometer away. For this reason, the most ancient civilizations learned to communicate with whistles. Even today in the Canary Islands, thanks to Silbo Gomero, the Guanches speak to each other 10 km away. Alessandro Bastoni was booed 1,000 times, from Lecce to Como. Booed in Via del Mare, booed on the lake shore, from the first to the last ball. Was Bastoni wrong? Yes, he faked it and cheered after the scam. Did he regret it? At minimum wage, but he apologized. A phone call to Kalulu wouldn’t have hurt. Did he pay? Not with a disqualification, but with a social massacre, affecting the family, more painful than the Sports Judge. Does he deserve all-out persecution? No. Justifying it in light of other cases is a weak thought. If the horrors of history served to justify the current ones, we would be cool.
BACK TO NORMALITY
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The acoustic lynching of the alleged traitor Lukaku 3 years ago, organized by Inter fans who distributed whistles, was unworthy of sport and cannot legitimize the fury against Bastoni. It’s one thing to express dissent, it’s another thing to persecute. Fabregas said the wisest words: “Bastoni made a mistake, it happens under pressure. He apologized, he won’t do it again. He’s a good boy, he needs to be protected, he will be the captain of the national team”. The blue does not guarantee parliamentary immunity, on the contrary, it is one more reason to control oneself. But Alessandro apologized and now deserves normality. No more whistling. It is unlikely to happen in the derby, also because the whistle is an instrument of the Devil. In Boito’s Mefistofele, the Devil sings and whistles. Boito was called Arrigo, like Sacchi.
