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I saw another tweet in the news today. A Greek athlete was bounced from the Olympic team due to a stupid tweet.

A balance of some 'beauty' on an otherwise ugly roseanne thread.

If it were a just world, rosiebarr would be the 'bounced' one for a stupid tweet.

33 posted on 07/25/2012 2:15:06 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)

To: Servant of the Cross

I saw another tweet in the news today. A Greek athlete was bounced from the Olympic team due to a stupid tweet.

I had to look it up. Per ESPN:

But it was her attempt at a joke Sunday that got the most attention. Commenting on the widely reported appearance of Nile-virus-carrying mosquitoes in Athens, Papachristou wrote: "With so many Africans in Greece, the West Nile mosquitoes will be getting home food!!!". Her tweet prompted thousands of negative comments that snowballed Wednesday.

A stupid attempt at humor, but not in the same league as Barr's. The real reason they axed her was that she was a supporter of the Golden Dawn party.

Very much not-guilty.

87 posted on 07/25/2012 3:02:39 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (If I can't be persuasive, I at least hope to be fun.)

To: Servant of the Cross

Greece is determined to be the World’s greatest loser in every category of human endeavor.

88 posted on 07/25/2012 3:03:59 PM PDT by Deb (If you wanna laugh everyday, follow Deepak Chopra on Twitter)

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