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Oh for Pete's sake. The quote by Shankley (yes, a great coach) is supposed to be funny. As in "See? I take this game way too seriously. Hardy har har!" It was clearly hyperbole, and meant to be a simple but memorable way of saying that soccer is his life. If I were to call coach Shankley right now and ask him, I'm sure he'd say that a world leader speaking about a real chance for peace is much more important in the grand scheme of things than South African soccer.
I'm sure this isn't about soccer, it's about China. South Africa isn't stupid, it looks like China has a real shot at being the world power a bit down the road and they'd be antagonizing China by allowing his holiness the 14th Dalai Lama speak. Which is a shame, because I won't live in a world where the same China that is bullying Tibet is in charge. I'll be fighting them with everything I have.
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