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Jackson Says New Code is Racially Motivated
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| Wednesday, October 19, 2005
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Posted on 10/20/2005 6:41:50 AM PDT by WmCraven_Wk
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To: WmCraven_Wk
"When I saw the part about chains, hip hop and throwback jerseys, I think that's part of our culture,'' Pierce said. "The NBA is young black males.''
It that is what he and other players think than the rule is good. It may challenge those players to think ouside the robotic, mind-numbed hip hop culture box. BTW the NBA is being integrated by talented players from other countries. If spoiled American basketball players (of all races) aren't careful the NBA may very well become the NHL some day!
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posted on
10/20/2005 10:54:44 AM PDT
by
Kokojmudd
(Trade the US Senate for the Iraqi Parliament!)
To: blaquebyrd
Where's the wringing of hands about role models when in hockey a player attacks his opponent from the back driving his head into the ice until the molested players lifeless body slides across the ice leaving a bloody trail.Maybe you weren't paying attention, but there was national outrage and that player was suspended for the rest of the season...I think there were criminal charges as well but someone else will have to give the details.
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posted on
10/20/2005 11:00:50 AM PDT
by
Junior_G
To: bk1000
I say let them holler racism. The more frivolity associated with the word the less impact it will have on society.Good point.
83
posted on
10/20/2005 11:02:49 AM PDT
by
Junior_G
To: Texas2step
The throat-slit incident did happen, though it was a one-time thing and was a complete accident as opposed to being the commonplace act of intentional on-ice thuggery that the cretin is trying to make it out to be. Fortunately the player ended up ok.
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posted on
10/20/2005 11:07:36 AM PDT
by
Junior_G
To: WmCraven_Wk
because chains are associated with hip-hop culture, Why would a culture derived from ex-slaves want ANYTHING to do with chains?
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posted on
10/20/2005 11:08:30 AM PDT
by
Centurion2000
((Aubrey, Tx) --- Truth, Justice and the American Way)
To: WmCraven_Wk
Has anyone else noticed how Hip-Hop fashion is almost completely identical to Rodeo Clown fashion? Somebody should post a collage of images with the question, Hip Hop or Rodeo Clown?
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posted on
10/20/2005 11:09:00 AM PDT
by
Junior_G
To: Texas2step
"Another example of you not knowing what the h#ll you're talking about. I watch a lot of hockey, and cannot ever remember a situtation such as you've made up above." Evidently you don't watch enough or you don't know what the hell you're talking about. Do a search on "Clint Malarchuk".
To: Kokojmudd
This is as much age-driven as race-driven. And it's the age and race of the ticket-holders, not the players. The players are not the customers. And the hip-hop crowd aren't the customers, either.
No, it's all about connecting with a bunch of pudgy, bald pate white lawyer schmucks who like to act out their slam dunk NBA fantasies on the 7 1/2 foot basketball goals they put in their driveways (for their "kids", of course). They (and/or their corporations) pay for the season tickets. That's who the league is trying to please.
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posted on
10/20/2005 11:15:10 AM PDT
by
soxfan
To: blaquebyrd
I thought we were talking about sports? You're not seriously considering the modern day NBA a sport are you??....The NBA hasn't been a "sport" in 20 years....not very much basketball talent out there....prolly 90% of NBA players couldn't play if they actually had to follow the rules of basketball....even the NFL is going to hell in a hand basket.....can hardly stand to watch the NFL this year...it's pretty damn boring...
To: Junior_G
"The throat-slit incident did happen, though it was a one-time thing and was a complete accident as opposed to being the commonplace act of intentional on-ice thuggery that the cretin is trying to make it out to be." I'm assuming I'm the cretin you speak of. I guess because I state facts that "Mr. Hockey" himself has never heard of that makes me a cretin. At least you had enough courage to admit that Mr. Hockey from Texas doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. Cretin--out!
To: Getsmart64
".....can hardly stand to watch the NFL this year...it's pretty damn boring... Texan fan?
To: Texas2step
Correct me if I'm wrong....I'm not a hockey fan and never will be...but I had a co-worker from a few years ago who was from Detroit and he loved hockey....I mentioned something to him about noticing more blacks in hockey...he said that the teams just use the black players as thugs on the ice....
To: Getsmart64
NBA players couldn't play if they actually had to follow the rules of basketball..
Exactly why I don't watch and haven't for years.
If they can't force the players to follow the rules on the court, I don't see how they think they can elsewhere....
ooops... he just carried the ball?.... carry the ball? what's that?
To: blaquebyrd
To: Getsmart64
To: GeorgiaDawg32
I agree. How absurd to see everything as racially motivated.
Now they should also make a ruling against chocking the coach and sex with minors (e.g. DeShawn Stevenson serving alcohol to and then raping a 14 year old girl).
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posted on
10/20/2005 11:51:30 AM PDT
by
Dante3
To: mlc9852
We had to wear shirt and ties the day of the football game, usually Friday. One year, we were allowed to wear our road jersey (home game) all day for one particular game, but still had to wear the shirt and tie with the jersey over it.
I think it was homecoming, and luckily it was later in the year and not as hot! But I don't think it would have mattered to most of us.
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posted on
10/20/2005 11:55:47 AM PDT
by
1L
To: blaquebyrd
Evidently you don't watch enough or you don't know what the hell you're talking about. Do a search on "Clint Malarchuk".
Maybe, just maybe, if you bothered to do the search yourself, you would see that this incident was an accident. Somebody's skate sliced his jugular vein. This is not an example of "thuggery" that you wish to site.
Here's the link, in case you want the scoop of what happened:
http://www.ubersite.com/m/32313
As you can see, this is an example, not of thuggery, but of someone giving their all for the love of the game.
I specifically said that hockey was dangerous. But it's the nature of the game that makes it dangerous, and it's not riddled with thuggery as you so wish to show.
Now, who is it that doesn't know what the h@ll their talking about? It ain't me.
To: Getsmart64
...he said that the teams just use the black players as thugs on the ice....
I'd say he's wrong. I don't think anyone would say that Jerome Ignla was used as a thug on the ice...
Captain of the Calgary Flames, and IIRC, the leading scorer in the NHL the last season they played.
To: Melas
"Oh by all means we need stiff penalties for psychological assault with a deadly article of clothing. /sarcasm."
I was thinking more in terms of open season.
But the thing is, I said, "I don't really know what can be done about it," because there doesn't seem to be any practical way to objectively define antisocial costumes.
"As a biker, I've more or less laughed throughout this entire thread. I really sympathise with these young black men, because I experience the same kind of prejudices daily."
It's not prejudice. If by "biker" you mean that you costume yourself as one of the "1%", an outlaw, then you are voluntarily choosing to set yourself apart from the rest of society. You are choosing to tell people, "I dress like this because I do not feel constrained by society's customs and laws. I may stomp you. I may shoot you. I may rape your daughter."
You can't go around in costumes that are deliberately chosen to convey that message, and then expect people not to get the message. Nor can you expect them to like the message, or like you for deliberately trying to frighten them.
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posted on
10/20/2005 3:40:37 PM PDT
by
dsc
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