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Please Sir, can you spare a win?
#31
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win?
Essay. Definitely essay.

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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#32
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win?
(October 21, 2019 at 2:08 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The All Blacks haven't lost a test match since November of 2018.  Just saying.

Boru

The "all blacks"?

Raiders? Steelers? John Cutler's? <-----Passenger 57 "Always bet on black"?

FYI in "Merka" they are not called "matches" but "games". 

I guess I don't get the reference "The All Blacks"?

(October 21, 2019 at 2:08 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The All Blacks haven't lost a test match since November of 2018.  Just saying.

Boru

"The  All Blacks"?

Raiders? Steelers? John Cutler's? <-----Passenger 57 "Always bet on black"?

FYI in "Merka" they are not called "matches" but "games". 

I guess I don't get the reference "The All Blacks"?

Sorry folks, for some bullshit reason the internet and my clicking created a double post.
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#33
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win?
All Blacks are a rugby team in, IIRC, New Zealand.
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#34
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win?
(October 21, 2019 at 3:03 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: All Blacks are a rugby team in, IIRC, New Zealand.

No way? HA HA HA , just looked it up.... That would not fly here.

I am sure the name history has nothing to do with racism, but still.

They need to have a rugby team "The All Whites"....
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#35
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win?
(October 21, 2019 at 3:16 pm)Brian37 Wrote:
(October 21, 2019 at 3:03 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: All Blacks are a rugby team in, IIRC, New Zealand.

No way? HA HA HA , just looked it up.... That would not fly here.

I am sure the name history has nothing to do with racism, but still.

They need to have a rugby team "The All Whites"....

They're called the 'All Blacks' because of their uniforms - black jerseys, black shorts, black shoes.  Until now, no one has ever said or intimated that the team name is racist in any way.

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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#36
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win?
Agreed. Americans might be the only ones who construe it otherwise.
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#37
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win?
Well, Indonesia have a team called 'The White Rhinos', and England have one called 'The Red and Whites'.  I'm sure someone could find something offensive here as well.

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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#38
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win?
(October 21, 2019 at 3:31 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(October 21, 2019 at 3:16 pm)Brian37 Wrote: No way? HA HA HA , just looked it up.... That would not fly here.

I am sure the name history has nothing to do with racism, but still.

They need to have a rugby team "The All Whites"....

They're called the 'All Blacks' because of their uniforms - black jerseys, black shorts, black shoes.  Until now, no one has ever said or intimated that the team name is racist in any way.

Boru

BORU, please, I wasn't accusing anyone of anything. Go read my post "I am sure the name history has nothing to do with race"...<---ME

I just found it funny word wise only.

Just like you can find humor in this... 



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#39
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win?
(October 21, 2019 at 3:36 pm)Brian37 Wrote:
(October 21, 2019 at 3:31 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: They're called the 'All Blacks' because of their uniforms - black jerseys, black shorts, black shoes.  Until now, no one has ever said or intimated that the team name is racist in any way.

Boru

BORU, please, I wasn't accusing anyone of anything. Go read my post "I am sure the name history has nothing to do with race"...<---ME

I just found it funny word wise only.

Just like you can find humor in this... 




Oh, I wasn't offended, I've just never heard anyone connect the team name with racism, however tangentially.  I was explaining, not criticizing.

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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#40
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win?
(October 21, 2019 at 3:38 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(October 21, 2019 at 3:36 pm)Brian37 Wrote: BORU, please, I wasn't accusing anyone of anything. Go read my post "I am sure the name history has nothing to do with race"...<---ME

I just found it funny word wise only.

Just like you can find humor in this... 




Oh, I wasn't offended, I've just never heard anyone connect the team name with racism, however tangentially.  I was explaining, not criticizing.

Boru

Dude, sometimes humor is just that.

It was not implying racism on their part, but it is still true that a team name like that would not fly here in the states. You'd in reality if we had an NFL team named "The All Blacks" have a response from the white anxiety right saying "Why cant we have a team named "The All Whites".

I totally accept that that rugby team name has nothing to do with race.

Just like if I joked "I can find Fort McHenry on my GPS but not Fortitude."
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