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Well of course it would be a bigger deal if team USA had done. They come from a country with an imperialist history of discriminating and destroying other cultures. Not like our friends the Spaniards.
You're right. I did not.
Well of course it would be a bigger deal if team USA had done. They come from a country with an imperialist history of discriminating and destroying other cultures. Not like our friends the Spaniards.
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Johnny, if you want me to say you are right on all counts, let me just do it now and save you some posting.
Some people just don't get it. I found it quite childish but it was wrong and I told my kids it was wrong.
Well of course it would be a bigger deal if team USA had done. They come from a country with an imperialist history of discriminating and destroying other cultures. Not like our friends the Spaniards.
^ being sarcastic
but why do people always mention America's slave history as if it was rare. Almost all countries had this at one point in history.
All these yahoos who fell in love with the Spartans after 300 probably have no idea they only prospered because the slaves kept the gears turning.
Actually, I would just prefer your acknowledgment of your own hypocrisy.
Seriously though, Spain is nothing like the United States when it comes to race relations. I have family that lives in Spain and I used to live there when I was younger and racism is just a part of the culture. The biggest difference is that political correctness doesn't really exist in Spain. Racism is out in the open and is just part of the everyday life that everyone accepts.
Looking at this from a US perspective, it's racist. But comparing it to what you'd see in everyday Spain media and culture as a whole, it doesn't even make a blip on the radar screen. That's why the Spanish players are dumbfounded because this ranks as like a 1.5 in the racism-o-meter in Spain.
You think the league is going to do anything more than a slap-on-the-hand to the Spanish players?
You're right.
I shouldn't have joked about the girl named " He" and there were definitely better sports stories than the wrestler one.
But just because I was wrong too doesn't mean the media was right in this instance, does it?
Damn, Blaze vs. Angel_Luv. Who woulda thunk this day would come?
You won't catch players like Nadal doing that though, he's a class above the rest.
I think the media did the right thing.
So it's OK when the media writes about Swedish wrestlers throwing hissy fits and possible cheating by the host country, just not when the Spanish teams makes slant-eye jokes? OK, just wanted to check... I'll send that around the way.
No. They won't even get a slap on the wrist. If the NBA starts policing racism in foreign countries, that would open a gigantic can of worms.
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The league is too concerned about being globally popular. They won't do a thing.
Nothing to see here.Damn, Blaze vs. Angel_Luv. Who woulda thunk this day would come?
I surrender.
How did you get that from my admission that I passed along stories written in poor taste, like the Spanish team one?
Hypothetical: Deron Williams makes a joke before the semis. Does the league come down or brush it aside?
Oops- I didn't mean to continuing arguing. I retired.
Well, you didn't complain about the media "making the story front page news" or "no good done by so increasing the audience who had access to" those stories.
Oh, I see... so all those stories were written in poor taste. I see now.
but let me guess, they are doing an ad for vine tasting.
It might be in poor taste but the media, not Deron Williams, would be the one causing a real scene with that picture and making it front page news. No good done by increasing the audience who had access to that photo. There are better stories to tell.
The league would punish him in some manner. DWill is an american though.
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