周日，爱尔兰国家足球队的球员们低下了头以示抗议。他们确实应该感到羞愧。
Irish national soccer team players bowed their heads in protest Sunday. They should be hanging their heads in shame.
这个国家以在关键时刻表现出强烈的正义感而闻名；但令人不安的是，他们选择的饮品却是 Kool-Aid（一种碳酸饮料）。
This is a country known for its love of throwing a few back when the moment strikes. But it's disconcerting to see that their drink of choice is the Kool-Aid.
点击此处查看更多 OUTKICK SPORTS 的报道：在周日于匈牙利举行的国际联赛比赛中，爱尔兰球员们拒绝与以色列对手握手，他们的守门员加文·班祖努（Gavin Banzunu）也以“认为杀害无辜者是错误的行为”为由拒绝为以色列队效力。这看似是爱尔兰队试图彰显自己道德优越性的举动，但仔细想想，其实正是他们自己违背了基本的道德准则。
CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Ireland's players opted not to shake the hands of their Israeli opponents before Sunday's Nations League match in Hungary, and their goalkeeper, Gavin Banzunu, refused to play against Israel because of his "personal belief that the killing of innocent people is wrong." It was one giant virtue signal in the team's attempt to announce its moral superiority, but upon a closer look, it was the Irishmen who fell short. Some background.
一些背景信息：由于以色列政府对 2023 年 10 月 7 日哈马斯恐怖袭击的反应（那次袭击导致近 1,200 名以色列人死亡），爱尔兰足球队面临抵制与以色列队比赛的舆论压力。尽管大多数媒体的说法认为以色列的反击行为属于“种族灭绝”，但这种说法毫无事实依据。
The Irish soccer team had faced pressure to boycott Sunday's game against Israel due to the country's response to the Hamas terror attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, which killed nearly 1,200 Israelis. The narrative pushed by much of the media is that the counter-attacks have been akin to a "genocide," which has no basis in reality. Nevertheless, the Irish soccer team has seemed to deem Israel the villain in this conflict, and took out their resentment on the Israeli players. They wouldn't even shake their hands??? Pathetic.
然而，爱尔兰足球队似乎将以色列视为这场冲突中的“恶方”，并将自己的不满情绪发泄在了以色列球员身上——他们甚至拒绝与对手握手……实在可悲。
ISRAELI OFFICIAL SAYS EU SANCTIONS REVEAL ANTISEMITISM HIDING BEHIND 'SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE MASK' Let's pretend for a second that Israel was, indeed, the "bad guy" in this conflict — something I don't believe to be true. Does that mean it's OK to shun the athletes representing the country?
以色列官员的评论：“欧盟的制裁暴露了隐藏在‘社会可接受的面具’背后的反犹太主义。”
ISRAELI OFFICIAL SAYS EU SANCTIONS REVEAL ANTISEMITISM HIDING BEHIND 'SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE MASK' Let's pretend for a second that Israel was, indeed, the "bad guy" in this conflict — something I don't believe to be true. Does that mean it's OK to shun the athletes representing the country?
假设以色列真的是这场冲突中的“坏一方”（我认为这并不属实），那么这是否意味着就可以排斥代表该国家的运动员呢？这种逻辑还能用在其他情况下吗？
Where else could you apply that logic?
比如：朝鲜的反对者是否应该因为朝鲜的专制政权（该政权犯下了无数侵犯人权的行为）而拒绝与朝鲜运动员握手？俄罗斯的反对者是否应该因为弗拉基米尔·普京政府入侵乌克兰而拒绝与俄罗斯运动员握手？
Should opponents of North Korea's teams refuse to shake their players' hands because of a brutal dictatorship responsible for an innumerable amount of human rights abuses? Should opponents of Russian teams refuse to shake their players' hands because of Vladimir Putin's government invading Ukraine? What about not shaking the hands of Sudanese players because of a catastrophic war involving atrocities against civilians? Or not shaking hands of Chinese players because of their government's treatment of the Uyghurs?
那么，因为苏丹发生的那场导致平民遭受暴行的灾难性战争，我们是否应该拒绝与苏丹运动员握手呢？又或者，因为中国政府对待维吾尔族人民的恶劣态度，我们是否应该拒绝与中国的运动员握手呢？
I was on hand in Seattle when Iran took on Egypt in a World Cup group play match. I didn't see Egyptians deny handshakes with Iranian players due to their government's extermination of protesters against the Tehran regime. I never saw players at the World Baseball Classic snub the Venezuelans because of Nicolás Maduro's brutal regime, either.
在伊朗与埃及进行世界杯小组赛时，我就在西雅图现场。我从未见过埃及运动员因为伊朗政府镇压反对德黑兰政权的抗议者而拒绝与伊朗运动员握手；同样，我也从未见过参加世界棒球锦标赛的运动员因为尼古拉斯·马杜罗的暴政而拒绝与委内瑞拉运动员握手。这样的例子还有很多……这个世界确实很残酷，冲突无处不在。但是，抗议一个国家的政府与将这个国家的运动员视为“异类”之间有着本质的区别。爱尔兰足球队似乎并不明白这一点。
I was on hand in Seattle when Iran took on Egypt in a World Cup group play match. I didn't see Egyptians deny handshakes with Iranian players due to their government's extermination of protesters against the Tehran regime. I never saw players at the World Baseball Classic snub the Venezuelans because of Nicolás Maduro's brutal regime, either. I could go on and on. The world is brutal. Conflict is everywhere. But there's a big difference between protesting a country's government and treating players from said country as pariahs. The Irish soccer team doesn't seem to understand that.
其实，以色列的袭击行为基本上都是对其自身遭受的攻击作出的回应；无辜的人们之所以丧生，是因为哈马斯将这些地区当作“人肉盾牌”，将他们的战斗人员及军事设施隐藏在学校、医院和居民区中。以色列政府经常会提前发出袭击警告，并向巴勒斯坦人民提供援助，但这些信息却被大多数媒体和艺术家（比如麦克莱莫尔）忽视了。他们错误地将以色列的这些行动称为“种族灭绝”，这种言论既毫无事实依据，也毫无歉意可言。
Never mind that Israel's attacks have essentially always been in response to attacks brought upon its country. Innocent people die tragically because Hamas uses them as human shields, embedding its fighters and military infrastructure among civilians in schools, hospitals and residential areas. The Israeli government regularly gives warnings that these attacks are coming, and provides aid to the Palestinian people. This is lost on much of the media and artists such as Macklemore, who falsely decry an attempt at "genocide." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!
不过，这些都与以色列的足球运动员无关——他们只是运动员，而非政治家；他们无法左右自己政府的决策。爱尔兰足球队拒绝与以色列运动员握手，其实只是他们试图博取“英雄形象”的一种错误行为；事实上，这样做只会让他们显得愚蠢可笑。
But that's neither here nor there in regard to the Israeli soccer players. They are athletes, not politicians. They don't dictate what their government leaders do. The Irish soccer team's players slighting them is a misguided attempt to make themselves look heroic. In fact, they look foolish. Politics are messy. Sports are supposed to be an escape from them.
政治确实很复杂，但体育本应成为人们逃离现实、暂时忘却烦恼的途径。
The Irish soccer team players deemed themselves the empathetic group. The Irish soccer team players deemed themselves the empathetic group. In reality, they were simply the latest people to confuse moral posturing with morality.
爱尔兰足球队的队员们自认为是最有同理心的一群人。但实际上，他们只是又一批将表面的道德姿态误认为是真正道德的人罢了。
The Irish soccer team players deemed themselves the empathetic group. The Irish soccer team players deemed themselves the empathetic group. In reality, they were simply the latest people to confuse moral posturing with morality.