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.
It's all about the ostentatious affectations, you know.
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LOL! You weren't paying attention during the Charlie Weis era.
What we really need is a dedicated group of Freepers who will post such things with increased frequency - maybe it will drive these few “disturbed” and “offended” content-Nazis to seek help. Clearly, their meds aren’t working.
The content isn’t the issue, you learning-impaired cretin.
It’s the claiming of other’s work as their own that makes video blogpimps unpalatable.
Try to pay attention.
You are obviously unfamiliar with blog pimping. Blog pimps really don't give a damn if how many people visit a thread on FR, they are only interested in people clicking the link to the blog (hence the excerpt after a dozen words or so).
The problem with the blog pimps is that they actually harm the bloggers out there who actually have something to say and can do it without claiming that copywritten material that belongs to someone else is their own.
1. Scroll back up, see post 70.
2. Note who posted it. Click the link.
3. Crawl back in your n00bie hole.
clueless
Not too good with dates, are you?
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I visit many sites. I have many handles. I was around long before you.
It's pretty obvious that you don't know what you're talking about.
Do you even know what copyright infringement is?
If you support "bloggers that actually have something to say" - your content-Nazi ways here in FR aren't selling it well.
This sentence makes no sense. Is English your first language?
Instead of gaining support for your "cause," folks like humblegunner frothing at the mouth and spewing filth remove all credibility you might otherwise have.
First of all, humblegunner and I disagree on A LOT of stuff and we've gone at it a bunch of times over the years.
Secondly, whether you finds me credible is of no consequence to me.
Finally, my "cause" has nothing to do with ridding the world of blog pimps.
As I said, I don't have an issue with legitimate bloggers. I don't have a blog, but there are certain blogs (written by people who are actually recognized authorities in their fields rather than some anonymous basement-dweller who fancies himself as an authority on everything from macroeconomics to Old Testament prophecy) which I regularly post (and by post I mean the WHOLE thing and not just a sentence fragment) and HG has never accused me of being a blog pimp.
Yeah. Lots of weak-arsed n00bs claim that.
Funny thing, though.. none can prove it.
So. What were you banned for in this theoretical previous incarnation?
You're admitting to being a retread? Hmm. Interesting.
Spokane, Oregon is down the road from Aural, Washington.
Really? What are some of your other FR names?
Actually, I had a retread who proved it a couple weeks ago, then Jim nuked him.
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