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Fox fires Steve Lyons for racially insensitive comment The veteran broadcaster, responding to a few comments in Spanish last night by booth partner Lou Pinella, said he wasn't "hablaing Espanol."
posted by liam at 04:16 PM on October 16
Finn takes Gold at Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships. Showing once again why the Finns lead the world in new and innovative sports. Considering that competitors came from as far away as Canada, is it only a matter of time before this too is an Olympic sport? What the heck throwing a stick is and so throwing a really heavy Frisbee, so why not a phone?
posted by commander cody at 10:22 PM on August 29
i don't get it steelergirl... why do you have to go there anyways? let the poor old man be...
posted at 04:16 PM on August 29
Back to the Future?
The Golden State Warriors have parted ways with former coach Mike Montgomery. Montgomery's dismissal paves the way for Don Nelson to become the next head coach.
posted by lilnemo at 12:13 PM on August 29
somebody should have told the warriors that the raiders are 4-0 in the pre season after re-hiring their coach from the late 80s and early 90s ha seriously though, as a warriors fan i'm all for it. montgomery seems like a nice guy, but i think nelson will do a much better job. it's the same way i felt when cal let go of tom holmoe and hired jeff tedford.
posted at 04:05 PM on August 29
Most people who can easily make statements like "Society is too PC today" or "People overreact to the smallest things" in response to backlash for racist/sexist/homophobic/etc comments just don't understand what it's like to be the subject of those kinds of comments at a national level. Two friends of different races joking amongst each other is completely different than a representative of a major broadcasting company making the same joke. The problem is people make judgements of others' situations without being able to truly put themselves in the others' shoes. The mentality is, "I wouldn't care if someone made a racist joke about my race, so what are they getting so worked up about?" Without experiencing what it's like to be judged negatively because of someone else's perception of you, it would be hard to understand why "small" comments like Lyons's fire people up. If nothing else, healthy discussion about these topics won't hurt anybody. I don't understand why some posters are so hostile, as if we are trying to take away Lyons's right to free speech. All we're doing is exercising our right to free speech. If you read with an open mind you might even learn something.