Graham: So I think you can have a utopian vision and contrast it with your non-utopian reality. His understanding seems to be that aging comes through the slow failure of cells. An analysis of Eric Cantona's befuddling speech at the Champions League ), The Republican Debt Ceiling Debate Is a Shakedown. Theres pathos in seeing aged sportsmen too once sublime athletes now reduced to a snails pace and going grey. I have a feeling that its a reference to some literature or some myth. Eric Cantona sardine speech: the truth revealed - Daily Mail Graham: A fantastic cold opening to a speech. Can you name every club Eric Cantona scored against in the Premier League? Those were the days of proper football: cult heroes; muddy pitches; crumbling stadiums and playing for the love of the game. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Only accidents, crimes, wars will still kill us but unfortunately crimes and wars will multiply. Afterwards, people tried to analyse the words.. Archived from the original on 2022-12-12. All rights reserved. Quiz! 4) Colin Bell: 153 goles en 498 . On Friday, Cantona's speech, rife with the loudness and violence of the world and its people, emphasised that even in this mess, this clutter, this horror, one can find beauty, joy and 90-odd minute bursts of happiness in another human creation: football. But that also comes from the reductive idea that the body and the spirit are separate and a human being can exist immortally without a body. Soon the science will not only be able to slow down the aging of the cells soon the science will fix the cells to the state. But unfortunately crimes and wars will multiply. Instrumental reason will continue at pace, and perhaps to the cost of these human idiosyncrasies imperfect, inexact, unquantifiable. This content is imported from youTube. Gives bizarre cryptic speech to confuse everyone in attendance.Eric Cantona, ladies and gentlemen pic.twitter.com/qNgZB0cFoW, Cantona began with a line from William Shakespeare's King Lear: "As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; They kill us for their sport.". Graham: Right. Eric Cantona's Acceptance Speech at Ballon d'Or Ceremony Was The Frenchman Eric Cantona, who was a star at Manchester United at the time, gravely told a news conference that "when the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be. After saying we would become eternal, he says that though aging wont kill us, the things that still can, crimes and wars, will only multiply. 21+ (18+ NH/WY). Its certainly weird and poetic and sort of interesting, but its interesting mostly because he chose to say it for a speech at the Champions League draw. Much transhumanist literature is dedicated to the idea of humans becoming gods. Cantona was handed the Presidents Award at the event. According to the report, which is based on . The Guardian (2019-08-29). As a Liverpool fan (sorry Eric), I was happy with the Champions League draw and Van Dijks award, but in the grand scheme of things Cantonas speech was the most important moment of the event. To that, I can only say, thank you, Eric. Eric Cantona speech: World - including Messi and Ronaldo - baffled by Man Utd legend, Eric Cantona speech has raised many people's eyebrows. Former star baffles audience at the Uefa Champions League draw by quoting from King Lear, before concluding: I love football.