Posted on 12/02/2010 6:56:23 AM PST by Brittany Pounders
Occasionally we come across a story like this and the injustice can only make you sit back, shake your head, and wonder what we are coming to. A extraordinary young man, Ronnie Hastie, who plays high school football in Spokane, Oregon, always makes it a habit after scoring a touchdown to quickly kneel in the end zone and point to God in an effort to give him the credit for the score and for his talent.
In this particular game, after a 23 yard touchdown, he took 1-2 seconds to do what hes always done traditional quickly kneel and point to God. But this time, the ref didnt appreciate it and threw a penalty flag directly at his chest- docking the team 15 yards. KOMO-4 writes:
"Hastie said hes pointed up as a gesture to God after every touchdown hes scored in every game and never had a problem before.
Its usually one or two seconds long, he said. Its something Ive done as a tradition.
Hastie said he asked the ref why he was penalized, and the ref responded that Hastie wasnt supposed to draw attention to himself.
That wasnt the point (of the gesture), so I guess I was a little confused, Hastie said. I do that to give glory to my heavenly father, Jesus. He gives me the strength. Hes the one who gives me these abilities in the first place.
Hasties father said his son points skyward in an effort to recognize something more important, actually trying to draw attention away from himself.'
It wasnt flagrant, it wasnt drawn out, and it sets a great example to young people everywhere. My opinion? Political correctness needs to die a slow, painful death.
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Ha! That’s awesome!
An odd stance for a presumably conservative website.
This latest iteration of homegrown Free Republic trolls obsessed with Blogs, while new to me, is basically the tail end of a long line of trolls who apparently date back to the founding.
An early secure border advocate by the name of Madfly was heckled into Freepercide before Secure Borders became an acceptable topic of discussion.
Schisms between Free Republic factions first became widely noticed with the legendary Massilon, Ohio threads which ultimately led to the creation of the Smoky Back Room Forum.
For a website dedicated to the preservation of "history in the making" the high command exhibits a remarkably cavalier attitude toward the content generated by contributors.
Threads are not "locked" they are deleted outright if they are deemed sufficiently contaminated by just a few nitwits who pollute the dialogue with their tripe.
A troll poster by the name of Robert Paulsen raised havoc on banglist threads for months before his account was closed. But in at least one thread he generated some of the most passionate and well reasoned response comments I have ever witnessed on Free Republic.
Some moderator just came along and deleted the entire thread.
If you did not archive the material before it was deleted it was just lost forever.
Very demoralizing.
So this is the dragon you confront.
If you can exert some positive influence on this sad state of affairs have at it.
Within reason, I would be happy to assist.
Best regards,
Okay, I will bite.
WHAT are you talking about THIS TIME????
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2636843/posts?page=552#552
Best regards,
Especially if you don’t make a show of it
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Way back when they started the end zone celebrations - and some of them were like dance numbers - John Riggins was asked why he didn’t celebrate — his answer (more than less) ‘I have been there before and I hope to be back there again’.
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