Appreciate that insight Cambasso and it intrigues me learning about other cultures.Cambiasso wrote:
This .... if we're talking about football. They have an "all is fair in war" footballing mentality. Whatever it takes to win. They're proud of their "garra charrua". Uruguayan sides, club or national, have been and are some of the dirtiest playing sides on the planet. Suarez is just the ultimate embodiment of the "garra charrua" philosophy. That's why I think there's so much support for him back home.
It pains me to say this about Uruguay. I want to like them --- as an Argentine I identify with them culturally --- but they make it so damn difficult.
I'm off to learn about Garra Charrua now as I've got a feeling it's going to amaze me.
I don't condone biting whatsoever and still see it as mainly an animal instinct and not a normal one, but I'm really gonna find this " all is fair in war " mentality interesting.
Just wish it didn't include biting but there we go, we can't have it all.