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RE: Donald Sterling
April 29, 2014 at 8:36 pm
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(April 29, 2014 at 6:52 pm)Manowar Wrote: He has been banned for life for comments he made in his own home, am I the only guy who thinks this is wrong?
You don't understand what freedom of speech is.
Obligatory XKCD:
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Since it may go over your head, Explaining XKCD will lugubriously natter on about the comic's meaning:
http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.ph...ree_Speech
Donald Sterling should've known better.
Insulting your team and audience (significant black presence in both) is the definition of stupid.
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RE: Donald Sterling
April 29, 2014 at 9:02 pm
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RE: Donald Sterling
April 29, 2014 at 9:35 pm
You don't need to quote a post if it is directly above.
And in the case of small comments, you can often omit most of the quote.
I've hidden the extraneous quote for you.
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RE: Donald Sterling
April 29, 2014 at 9:39 pm
(April 29, 2014 at 9:35 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: You don't need to quote a post if it is directly above.
And in the case of small comments, you can often omit most of the quote.
I've hidden the extraneous quote for you.
Sorry used to tta fourms where it snips. I will get used to it I adapt quickly. 
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RE: Donald Sterling
April 30, 2014 at 9:14 am
We always hear that gays can do what they want in the privacy of their own homes it's nobody's business, but this guy can't say black ( he did not use "N" word not that it should matter) and he is punished. P.C. is a disease that needs to be wiped out!!!!!
I already mentioned before his girlfriend is half black and half Mexican, how racist can he be?
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RE: Donald Sterling
April 30, 2014 at 9:21 am
Wow. First off he (was) an NBA owner, and told his girlfriend not to take pictures with black people, and not to bring them to his game. A tad different that just saying "black."
Second, gays are doing nothing offensive or hurtful to anyone in the privacy of their own home. It was not cool for Sterling to be secretly recorded, for sure, but he was, and he said some pretty terrible things that are offensive to a lot of people. When what you say or your opinions affect others' ability to make money, (NBA, facility, players) there are consequences for saying shitty things.
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RE: Donald Sterling
April 30, 2014 at 9:26 am
(This post was last modified: April 30, 2014 at 9:27 am by Kitan Etos.)
(April 30, 2014 at 9:14 am)Manowar Wrote: but this guy can't say black ( he did not use "N" word not that it should matter)
I am unfamiliar with the case.
However, when he stated the word in his own home, how did the world discover that he had used it?
Was it somehow recorded? ( Edit: I read the above post and discovered this to be what happened. Therefore:) Then he should choose the company of his friends more carefully.
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RE: Donald Sterling
April 30, 2014 at 9:27 am
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(April 30, 2014 at 9:21 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: Wow. First off he (was) an NBA owner, and told his girlfriend not to take pictures with black people, and not to bring them to his game. A tad different that just saying "black."
Second, gays are doing nothing offensive or hurtful to anyone in the privacy of their own home. It was not cool for Sterling to be secretly recorded, for sure, but he was, and he said some pretty terrible things that are offensive to a lot of people. When what you say or your opinions affect others' ability to make money, (NBA, facility, players) there are consequences for saying shitty things. that's true but he said in his own home not openly. There are many many people that say mean things, everyone is stupid now and then.
If half the people I know were recorded they would be banned for everything
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RE: Donald Sterling
April 30, 2014 at 9:30 am
(April 30, 2014 at 9:27 am)Manowar Wrote: that's true but he said in his own home not openly. There are many many people that say mean things, everyone is stupid now and then.
If half the people I know were recorded they would be banned for everything
manowar If half the people you knew were billionaires in the spotlight, you would advise them to be more careful what they say. I agree, he shouldn't have been recorded. But is your solution for everybody to ignore the comments once they are out there, and not react to some heavily racist commentary on his part?
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RE: Donald Sterling
April 30, 2014 at 9:31 am
(April 30, 2014 at 9:27 am)Manowar Wrote: If half the people I know were recorded they would be banned for everything
Yes, and probably rightly so.
It is one of the banes of a highly technological society where real privacy seems nearly non-existent.
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