Vox Populi:–Letter to Editor: Japan’s football players worth emulating

Our basketball players recently figured in a brawl with Australia at the Fiba Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers. To say that it was a disappointment is a gross understatement, because it was, in fact, disheartening. To have ever engaged in violence in an activity like sports, which promotes fitness, excellence and sportsmanship, is truly unthinkable.

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In contrast, there is Japan, which bowed out of the 2018 Fifa World Cup. Despite a dramatic loss to Belgium, the Japanese fans still helped clean the stadium, while the Blue Samurais left their changing room spotlessly clean, and with a heartwarming thank-you note in Russian.

Japan is not a perfect country, but this gesture is worth emulating. Manners bring order to a society. An orderly society is an efficient society, and an efficient society is a progressive country.

CRISTINO S. SANTOS, [email protected]

Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:10 AM July 13, 2018

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