Over the last few weeks the British press have renewed bribery allegations against former vice president of Fifa Jack Warner.In response, Mr Warner has lambasted his accusers for their "foolishness." Stating, "I have no interest in joining in the foolishness that is now passing as news on Qatar and Jack Warner."
As the UK Guardian points out, over the years Warner has been a regular victim of "foolishness." In 2010, it was "BBC foolishness," and in 2012, local footballers with allegations against him in hand were advised, "This foolishness must stop."Later in the year Warner described as "Damn foolishness" rumours of an FBI investigation into his affairs; while in response to questions on his political future he replied that the question itself "is foolishness."
Clearly, and perhaps more than most, Mr Warner is preyed on by foolishness. But what is this thing called "foolishness" and why does it attack some more than others?Professor of English Literature Vicki Janick, in her book Fools and Jesters in Literature, Art and History, points out that "defining foolishness is notoriously difficult, almost an illustration of itself."
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