September 7th, 2006

What you don't apologize for is as important as what you do

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

In the aftermath of the Zidane head-butt incident, there was a lot of speculation over what Materazzi might have said to provoke Zidane’s response.

Zidane has said he attacked Materazzi because he insulted his mother and sister. Materazzi denied disparaging Zidane’s mother.

I immediately noticed the very precise denial from Materazzi. (I suspect any parent would recognize the same thing.) And my suspicion was vindicated earlier this week:

Italy’s Marco Materazzi said he insulted Zinedine Zidane’s sister.

Category
Old New Thing
Topics
Non-Computer

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Raymond Chen

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

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