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Please Sir, can you spare a win?
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RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win?
(October 21, 2019 at 3:48 pm)Brian37 Wrote:
(October 21, 2019 at 3:38 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 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."

I know you don't think it's racist.  You said you didn't know the history of the name, so I was explaining it.  Sorry if it came off any different.

For whatever it's worth, I have never EVER thought or suspected that you are even a little bit racist.

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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Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - September 29, 2019 at 5:04 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by AFTT47 - September 29, 2019 at 6:35 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 30, 2019 at 4:21 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - October 7, 2019 at 9:01 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 7, 2019 at 10:25 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - October 7, 2019 at 10:32 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 7, 2019 at 12:05 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Anomalocaris - October 7, 2019 at 11:58 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - October 7, 2019 at 4:19 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - October 13, 2019 at 6:37 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 13, 2019 at 7:21 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - October 13, 2019 at 7:25 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 13, 2019 at 7:28 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 13, 2019 at 7:45 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - October 13, 2019 at 8:58 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 13, 2019 at 8:59 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - October 14, 2019 at 7:51 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 14, 2019 at 7:54 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - October 14, 2019 at 8:51 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 14, 2019 at 9:36 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - October 14, 2019 at 11:41 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 14, 2019 at 12:07 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - October 21, 2019 at 8:17 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 21, 2019 at 8:30 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - October 21, 2019 at 10:36 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 21, 2019 at 10:50 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - October 21, 2019 at 12:32 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 21, 2019 at 2:08 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - October 21, 2019 at 2:56 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 21, 2019 at 2:43 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 21, 2019 at 2:46 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 21, 2019 at 3:03 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - October 21, 2019 at 3:16 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 21, 2019 at 3:31 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - October 21, 2019 at 3:36 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 21, 2019 at 3:38 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - October 21, 2019 at 3:48 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 21, 2019 at 3:56 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 21, 2019 at 3:52 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 21, 2019 at 3:32 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 21, 2019 at 3:35 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - October 25, 2019 at 5:54 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 25, 2019 at 6:04 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 25, 2019 at 7:21 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - November 4, 2019 at 8:00 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 4, 2019 at 8:20 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - November 4, 2019 at 8:43 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 4, 2019 at 9:05 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - November 18, 2019 at 7:13 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 18, 2019 at 7:24 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 18, 2019 at 7:40 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 18, 2019 at 7:40 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 18, 2019 at 7:57 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 18, 2019 at 7:58 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 18, 2019 at 8:14 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 18, 2019 at 8:18 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 18, 2019 at 8:25 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - November 18, 2019 at 9:06 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - November 24, 2019 at 6:12 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 25, 2019 at 8:06 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 24, 2019 at 6:22 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - November 24, 2019 at 6:25 pm
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - December 2, 2019 at 9:11 am
RE: Please Sir, can you spare a win? - by Brian37 - December 22, 2019 at 6:29 pm

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