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21 Feb 09
21 Feb 09
I see that Venus Williams just won the Dubai classic Tennis tournament, proudly holding the trophy aloft, as she smile for the cameras.
Do you think the event would've taken place if Venus was barred from the event because she was black ? And, after the return to cycling of Lance Armstrong (doper extraordinaire), is there any morality left in sport ?
21 Feb 09
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundWould you bare people because of the color of their skin?
I see that Venus Williams just won the Dubai classic Tennis tournament, proudly holding the trophy aloft, as she smile for the cameras.
Do you think the event would've taken place if Venus was barred from the event because she was black ? And, after the return to cycling of Lance Armstrong (doper extraordinaire), is there any morality left in sport ?
Would also want to bar people just because they had a smoke (pot) ?
23 Feb 09
Originally posted by generalissimoAddicted to Fake Outrage by David Sirota
Would also want to bar people just because they had a smoke (pot) ?
"...what's even more inane than our irrational reefer madness is our addiction to the same high that every pothead craves: the high of escapism. Nerves fried from orange terror warnings, Drudge Report sirens and disaster capitalism's roller-coaster economics, our narcotic of choice is fake outrage - and it packs a punch. It gets us to turn on the television, tune in to the latest manufactured drama, and drop out of the real battle for the republic's future."
The whole article from the San Francisco Chronicle here:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/13/EDMU15SUFP.DTL
23 Feb 09
Originally posted by generalissimoTwo more things worthy of a read:
Would also want to bar people just because they had a smoke (pot) ?
What Michael Phelps Should Have Said
Smoking pot shouldn't be a crime. Or the public's business.
http://www.reason.com/news/show/131438.html
Sheriff Lott's Pot Shot
Will Obama reject the anti-drug zealotry highlighted by the Michael Phelps farce?
http://www.reason.com/news/show/131730.html
23 Feb 09
Originally posted by The Dude 84The finger is in the dam: doping will be a fully integrated part of sporting excellence and record breaking before too long, because it has been for 50 years, but it takes a little while for the worm to turn. No wonder the world "is very tolerant of dopers".
The world is very tolerant of dopers and Black people. Only Israelis get barred.
And there's nothing wrong with black people.
23 Feb 09
Originally posted by FMFdoping will be a fully integrated part of sporting excellence and record breaking before too long
The finger is in the dam: doping will be a fully integrated part of sporting excellence and record breaking before too long, because it has been for 50 years, but it takes a little while for the worm to turn. No wonder the world "is very tolerant of dopers".
And there's nothing wrong with black people.
Whats that gonna be like?
''the one who takes more drugs without having an overdose wins"?
23 Feb 09
Originally posted by FMFSo you do agree with me that its nonsense to bar people because they smoke pot?
Two more things worthy of a read:
[b]What Michael Phelps Should Have Said
Smoking pot shouldn't be a crime. Or the public's business.
http://www.reason.com/news/show/131438.html
Sheriff Lott's Pot Shot
Will Obama reject the anti-drug zealotry highlighted by the Michael Phelps farce?
http://www.reason.com/news/show/131730.html[/b]
That would the first time we agreed in something.
23 Feb 09
Originally posted by generalissimoNo. I reckon it's a very serious thing to bar people because they smoke pot. It's not nonsense at all. We will just have to wait for that moment of unlikely agreement.
So you do agree with me that its nonsense to bar people because they smoke pot? That would the first time we agreed in something.