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no , I didn't even know that term existedI've never heard it before
Seriously, is that the best smack you can bring? you embarrass yourself sis
no , I didn't even know that term existed
Same , different verse. He's one of the last koolaid drinkers when it comes to Iraq. Definitely some sort of pathology there.
America?
I agree. Let's be serious here, what's the real reason he wanted to come to the NBA? Top level compe ion? It's plausible.
I'm willing to bet it's because of the money. What league in Australia would pay him so much? I agree that it's ridiculous how athletes get paid so much, or that anyone should get paid that much. He's in the lucky percentile of well-paid people who contribute very little to society. If he doesn't like it, then EssaySpur is correct - he should pack his bags and go home. There are two ways to deal with something you don't like: change it, or learn to live with it. There is no in between (like complaining, nonstop Mavs fans...). And no, ing about it to a newspaper is not "doing something about it."
He should be glad that he's making more than any of us probably will. AND, he'll get to retire at 40. Is it fair? Not at all, but I've learned to live with it. Additionally, it's ignorant of him to conclude that the actions of a group of NBA players amount to what American culture is all about. If you've got it, flaunt it? Generalize much?
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Thats crap. Do you live in Australia? No. Australia is full of different cultures and races of people. I date a Sri Lankan girl born in Australia. My best mate is Kiwi. I play Basketball in a team with some Aussies, 2 Serbians, 1 Asian and a Saudi Arabian. There is a family of Africans living on my street. There is a Lebanese family on my street. Italians next door, and Australians the other side... My street is all of 300 meters long, there could be all sorts of people in the other houes.Until then...this guy is a country boy that can't handle living in a culturally and ethnically diverse country like America. He hasn't had to do that living in Australia...
What I am trying to say is you are full of if you think Australia isn't diverse in the people we have living here. You wouldn't know, you don't live here.
So yeah, I'm not reading most of the other crap, and you could be right in regards to what you are arguing, but that little statement stood out like a sore thumb and it needed correcting.
At least someone sees it from my point of view.
whott will now probably convince you that 30 diferent nationalities live in his neighbourhood and only 29 in yours
i basicly stopped commenting on his silly statements because he just comes back with even more ridicoulos ones
Of course He did,But for what I understand He didnt critiziced People making money but throwing it away.
Most worthless thread of the year.
...or, he could speak up and try to change it. It is possible to have a positon between blind follower of the status quo and voluntary exile.
Um, it is. That just shows how ignorant you are. You can't lump all white people together. People have different cultures. I don't think Bogut for example identifies himself as a white person, he identifies himself as an Australian.
lol at people thinking that the states is culturally tolerant. It only takes an OJ Simpson or Rodney King to tip the scales.
...or the fact the US is the most culturally diverse country on the planet.
You foreigners have no idea what youre talking about. Tolerance to you is putting up with minorities.
America's ethnic demograhpic FAR exceeds any other country in terms of diversity.
Conflict is/was inevitable.
There is a lot of people in this thread talking about things they know nothing about and just generally making up bull and treating the opinion they hold as fact.
It doesn't surprise me though.
Did everyone miss the amazing irony in this statement?
So it's okay for him to rip other people, but if he gets ripped, it's "just the way the media portrays you"."I don't know why, but people do try to cut you down in Australia," he says. "Look at Lleyton Hewitt. From all the things I read about him, I thought he was an idiot. But then you get to a similar position, being around a big sport, and you start to see things a bit differently.
"Whenever I used to read about Hewitt, I'd read that he was all just for himself. But then you start to have people say that about you and you realise it's just the way the media portrays you and there's nothing much you can do about it."
Also good to see noted cultural expert ArgSpursFan weighing in here with his expertise:
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/show...4&postcount=20
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/show...3&postcount=32
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1769192&postcount=37
Actually,I was the one on this thread who said that everybody in the world discriminates one way or another(and that includes me)
And also said that Americans wanna pretend that they´re opened minded and tolerants with other Cultures while that isn´t true.
BTW,thanxs for taking the time to look at all my posts,It looks like My words made an impact on somebody.
What does that gotta do with the racist you said?
Bottom line is that any credibility you try to pass off in this thread about cultural issues is ing laughable.
The only reason why your idiotic posts were dug up is because you actually had the balls to post in this thread.
I do,and they´re bigger tham what you imagine, face.
The only reason why your idiotic posts were dug up is because you actually had the balls to post in this thread.
Of course it'd be nice if a lot of that money went to charity. What's he expect, that everyone hoard that money? That would deal a tremendous blow to the economy. He's mad that people are throwing away money when he should be equally mad that people have that much money to throw away. I wonder what he does with most of his? He admitted that he bought a nice car. I bet it doesn't stop there
I guess you can't handle the truth, eh essay?
I've never seen whottt this full of .
Seriously, when did this became a black people (way of living) criticizing thread?? it is this kind of insecure mentality that hurt most minorities. (wether you're black or not, I can't see anywhere in that article any criticism of the black culture).
Can you tell me where it is written that every black man should bling bling(show off).
By directly targeting the black community as you did, you are being a racist your self. Racism can have so many forms, and overprotecting is surely one of them.
I'm african living in canada, and completely agree with what bogut said. Class and humility is in every culture and mostly in the black culture (which the majority is in africa).
What you are defending is the hip hop culture, or the new black american business WHICH IS NOT A CULTURE. (did you see bowen show off?? how about duncan??? but you did see some white teens wanabees show off right!!! It is what the new black american living style is intended to do. SHOW OFF BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA MAKE MONEY OUT OF IT.)
Bogut critisism were probably against the hip hop culture, but I, as a black man, never felt concerned.
You're defending a business culture, not the black culturer and stop calling other people racists, because you were the first one to pull the race card, which is lame considering the article above didn't make such insinuations.
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Is the US really the most culturally diverse country in the world? What makes you say so? How about Canada? Australia, despite all of whottt's claim about having no black people (or very few), is actually made up of many different cultures. Is it tolerant of other cultures? I don't know, I experience great hospitalities there, but I have also encountered some pretty nasty stuff just because I am a visible minority. The same could be said of the States. And what about Hong Kong (not really a country), Dubai? Singapore? These cities are built on expats and are probably overly culturally tolerant.
Is the US one of the better countries dealing with foreigners? Sure, I am not going to argue that, but I have doubts about it being the best, and I doubt the picture of it being painted as a utopian society where race is not called into question no matter the cir stances.
Just read the Yi Jianling threads, although I am not sure where the posters originate from, but there seems to be a strong sense of "this guy must suck because he is a soft Chinese". It took Yao how long to gain acceptance as one of the better players in the league now? Shawn Bradley didn't even get as much crap as Yao did when they first came into the league.
The US's cultural tolerance is based on just that, tolerance. Race is a very sensitive subject in the States, and given the harrassment Muslims have been enduring the last few years, where innocent people have encountered troubles at the border strictly due to their creed and appearance, you do not make a strong case that the US is indeed culturally accepting at all.
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