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I am probably one of the 0.1%you speak of. In the swimming world results are everything. And a comeback is big news.
I don’t reckon there are many people who ‘like’ Nick D’Arcy but if he swims fast who really cares?
As for redemption, the journo had no idea what he was talking about and neither did D’Arcy, it seems:
<blockquote>“When I was going to bed last night I tried to cleanse myself of all that, at least for today, because it’s not going to help anyone me thinking about that stuff,” D’Arcy said.<blockquote>
i saw an interview with him. he used the language of redemption - something like: “i’m now on my way to redeeming myself” (not verbatim)
It strikes me that in this context, redemption is entirely about internal feelings (“private step towards redemption”) and is nothing external or objective. In other words, he’s now feeling a bit better about himself having broken the record, and so the guilt has lessened. If the sense of Dave’s quote is accurate, then it’s also the sense of shame that’s lessening - entirely through doing something “good”. Without God in the picture, it’s not surprising the first person we feel we have to please or live up to is ourselves.
A shame the paper’s site doesn’t allow comments. I think the writer of the story needs to buy a dictionary.
Rotten pun alert…I noticed a number of sponsored links at the bottom of the page. One of them was “The Facial Club”.
Which came first, the bizarre redemption or the bizarre repentance:
“I’d just like to apologise to all the sponsors, all the fans out here, my family and my girlfriend especially,” Seymour told the crowd, which applauded him loudly. “This has been a tough week … and I just look forward to getting back on the paddock in a couple of weeks and repaying the faith of you guys.”
http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/seymour-says-sorry-as-club-player-seek-closure/2009/03/23/1237656848524.html?sssdmh=dm16.367804
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