Comments on: The Hand of Gillette??! http://sarahjlwest.com/thehandofgillette/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:52:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sarah http://sarahjlwest.com/thehandofgillette/comment-page-1/#comment-605 Sarah Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:27:05 +0000 http://sarahjlwest.com/?p=313#comment-605 I totally agree with you! It was the Ref's fault! And I'd say that for Ireland it meant going out on a high rather than being embarrassed in the first round by being knocked out by New Zealand or the USA! :-p And for Gillette sales... well there are 65 million people in France vs. 4 million in Ireland... I should start a "Acheter Gillette" campaign in France to help P&G sales! I totally agree with you! It was the Ref’s fault! And I’d say that for Ireland it meant going out on a high rather than being embarrassed in the first round by being knocked out by New Zealand or the USA! :-p

And for Gillette sales… well there are 65 million people in France vs. 4 million in Ireland… I should start a “Acheter Gillette” campaign in France to help P&G sales!

]]> By: Cookie Monster http://sarahjlwest.com/thehandofgillette/comment-page-1/#comment-604 Cookie Monster Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:34:04 +0000 http://sarahjlwest.com/?p=313#comment-604 I'm English.... so naturally I hate the French... it's a given! However, there are 2 ways to look at this. Firstly - the competitive side. Henry did what it took to win. He "cheated", yea, i'll accept it.... but he grasped an "opportunity"... and it worked for him. Players cheat in every game, at critical points in major tournaments.... it happens.. get over it. It's part and parcel of policing the game. What if they did have technology in sport, but they didnt have the right angle... would people still complain? Ofcourse they would. Second - Gillette will probably sell more blades now that Henry cheated than previously.... it's weird how these things work... but it definitely works for Gillette. It's amazing to see people go ballistic about a handball decision, but not about something which REALLY affects people. Shocking! I’m English…. so naturally I hate the French… it’s a given! However, there are 2 ways to look at this.

Firstly – the competitive side. Henry did what it took to win. He “cheated”, yea, i’ll accept it…. but he grasped an “opportunity”… and it worked for him. Players cheat in every game, at critical points in major tournaments…. it happens.. get over it. It’s part and parcel of policing the game. What if they did have technology in sport, but they didnt have the right angle… would people still complain? Ofcourse they would.

Second – Gillette will probably sell more blades now that Henry cheated than previously…. it’s weird how these things work… but it definitely works for Gillette.

It’s amazing to see people go ballistic about a handball decision, but not about something which REALLY affects people. Shocking!

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