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To: stormer

“Did you wake up this morning deciding to be a victim? “

Well, OK you maybe right. I actually didn’t get a chance to send the email since I was rushing off to work.

You think that the article is accurate and doesn’t make fun of the man’s religion.

Hmm. Seems to be that the language are gratuitous attacks on the man’s religion. Perhaps I was reacting more to the graphic. http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/PJ-BG087B_SP_TE_G_20120321224702.jpg

Other minorities, like gays, feminists and Muslims are treated deftly, but now it seems open season to make fun of Christians for no other reason than their faith.

Call me crazy but singling out a person’s religion for deprecation when it is unrelated to the news is unprofessional journalism, even if it is on the sports page in a satirical piece.

Tebow is known for the “hail marys” and the “conversion” reference is technically accurate but at the same time these references are double entendres that are meant to get a chuckle.

In other words, he may be a mediocre athlete, but way make fun of his religion?


33 posted on 03/22/2012 1:35:20 PM PDT by garjog
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To: garjog

You’re putting way too much effort into being offended if you think the hail mary and conversions references are double entendres. They’re standard football terms, they were standard football terms before Tebow was born, and assuming the sport finds a way to survive the concussion crisis they’ll be standard football terms long after he you and I are dead.


35 posted on 03/22/2012 2:08:22 PM PDT by discostu (I did it 35 minutes ago)
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