...would inspire me to defend myself with this...
Posted on 06/18/2010 1:45:33 PM PDT by kirbyu
Dozens of arrest were made as troublemakers in several locations threw rocks and bottles, set cars on fire, got into fights, and in some cases harassed motorists trying to leave the area, police said. ‘As the crowds left the area, we had some groups that decided to celebrate irresponsibly,’ LAPD spokeswoman Mary Grady said.
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“You know what?GIVE Los Angeles to Mexico!”
That happened LONG ago!
This may be the ONLY time John McCain told the truth.
John McCain 2008 Prez election: no amnesty for illegal aliens could lead to France-style riots
...The man wasn’t satisfied with McCain’s answer. He asked McCain why the U.S. couldn’t execute large-scale deportations, as he had heard they did in France and other countries. The question seemed to pique McCain.
“In case you hadn’t noticed, the thousands of people who have been relegated to ghettos have risen up and burned cars in France,” McCain said. “They’ve got huge problems in France. They have tremendous problems. The police can’t even go into certain areas in the suburbs of Paris. I don’t want that in the suburbs of America.”
http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/search?q=McCain+france
“These are people that are looking for an excuse to destroy and loot..
This is the society that Thomas Dewy liberal education has built... no one can read or write, but they can all express their feelings and frustration.. IT IS ALL ABOUT ME”
Members of the ‘Something for nothing’ tribe.
I welcome them to Maricopa County, Arizona, the Home of Sheriff Joe Arpio to try the same behavior and see how they far they get and whwere they end up.
Right. I remember those riots at Augusta after the Masters; Pebble Beach will be ablaze after the US Open. And let’s not even think about Flushing NY after the US Tennis Open!
See photos post 49...these hoodlums proudly carrying the Mexican flag.
FWIW, it doesn’t appear that the preponderance of the rioters spoke Spanish. Just saying....
Better look again!
See photos post 49...these hoodlums proudly carrying the Mexican flag.
You might look up “preponderance” in the dictionary....
“You might look up “preponderance” in the dictionary....”
YOU might try being anything but an open border useful idiot!
n. Superiority in weight, force, importance, or influence. ...
” I welcome them to Maricopa County, Arizona, the Home of Sheriff Joe Arpio to try the same behavior and see how they far they get and whwere they end up. “
They will never come here, because they know they wouldn’t come out the way they came in ;-)
Even a number of liberals carry guns here, and they aren’t worried about tea partiers either ;-)
A ridiculously stupid comment that simply confirms my already very low opinion of you.
Theocrats and socialists are like two peas in a pod. They both want someone else making their discussions.
...would inspire me to defend myself with this...
ahh yes... the back turned hat, the International Sign of Idiocy.
I think it's mainly because people feel comfortable with unthinking sterotype and broad brush generalization.
Nah, it's more like people just forgetting that whole 1970s Free To Be You And Me fantasy and admitting that what they see and hear every day is real.
Basketball and football alike are just games. Most basketball and football players are not criminals.
Sure, there were always "bad boys" in the major sports — Mickey Mantle comes to mind here. But Mickey Mantle's boozing was never used as a marketing tool to win over the shanty Irish demo. It was hushed up as the mark of shame it was. And can you imagine a straight-arrow Catholic like Vince Lombardi being lionized in the press today? They'd probably have him up on hate crimes charges or something.
It's not strictly a color thing. Blacks have been in pro sports for over sixty years; things only went "ghetto" in the last twenty or so. No longer are truly admirable men such as Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Henry Aaron, Arthur Ashe, David Robinson, Gale Sayers, and their like celebrated as heroes and role models. Today it's the street scum, the "playaz", the bizarre transvestites, the guys that jump into the crowd with fists swinging — these are our heroes today, 'cause "dey bad and dey plays fo' real. Whut you got? You in my house! Gets out of mah kitchen!"
And of course these days you can never be sure if you're watching the man or the syringe out there on the field.
Yes, ball games do reflect the ills of society. Ty Cobb was in many ways typical of his fans in his attitudes and behaviors; Joltin' Joe and the rest were no saints. The difference is in the way these bad behaviors are presented. In the old days, a player's bad morals were hushed up, not celebrated; displays of anger on the field or court were seen as examples of poor sportsmanship, not lauded as being "in yo' face" as they are now. And, in the case of basketball, officials back then actually penalized players who broke the rules; today, a basketball superstar can practically run the length of the court with the ball in his hands, throwing elbows and punching people in the face en route to another jungle-style slam-dunk — and yet the referee never seems to notice. Because de fans woants dem some shtreet bawl, yo!
I was a huge sports fan in the 1970s. No more. For these and many other reasons, I no longer give a tinker's damn which group of ghetto thugs makes more meaningless baskets or scores more meaningless touchdowns. They could close the leagues down tomorrow, for all I care. Sports don't exist any more; what we have now is gang warfare with a ball.
“I was a huge sports fan in the 1970s. No more. For these and many other reasons, I no longer give a tinker’s damn which group of ghetto thugs makes more meaningless baskets or scores more meaningless touchdowns. They could close the leagues down tomorrow, for all I care. Sports don’t exist any more; what we have now is gang warfare with a ball.”
Well said.
BUMP
I can’t disagree with you that the quality of all sports have declined since the 1970s. I just think bad and ugly play of the court/field does not necessarily reflect thuggishness in personal lives. But I’ll admit that the way the league and basketball-related products often market themselves, people can easily be mistaken.
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