Is it right to disregard where the money comes from? No! Money does indeed talk, but so does the actions of people with money. And I think one universal constant that most people would probablly agree on now is that people's lives cannot be bought off. No price is acceptable and if Portsmouth were offered £200million as long as John Smith was shot, most people would quite rightly be outraged, there are some things that just cannot and should not be tolerated. Sometimes ocsts are just too great to bare, and Libyiaian money may just be one such example.

The recent case of the freed (accused and convicted) Lockerbie bomber being, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, showed the deep upset that is felt by the victims of that tradegy. Then when it emerged that potentially was related to trade talks between Libyia and the United Kingdom, the outcry was large. Clearly closer ties with Libyia, a country that welcomed home like a hero a convicted mass murderer would not be popular with people generally. And the public senstivities should be, if not at the forefront, still an important point to bear in mind.

Football clubs are very sadly now becoming dominated by foriegn owners who have little affinity with that particular club and see the investment potential as more important. Clubs that have owners who have a strong affinity with the team is becoming rare. This is a shame because it takes some of the community away from football clubs, if you want to see an example of this you only have to look at lower league clubs where the cahirman and the fans have a good working relationship. The fans support the chairman and the chairman caters for the fans. This link becomes broken and the club loses a strong part of what makes its soul. This normally leads downwards as can be seen by Southampton, Stoke City while they had foriegn owners and indeed Portsmouth's current plight. Such activity should really be discouraged.