If someone tells an “N word” joke, they aren’t condoning slavery. Both are still wrong.
Oscar Dominguez in UK tabloids, not good.
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If someone tells an “N word” joke, they aren’t condoning slavery. Both are still wrong.
So..... are you deliberately choosing to be ignorant for the sake of argument, or do you genuinely not know what rape means?
When consenting adults have rough sex, or slow sex, or upside-down sex or any other kind of sex, nobody is being raped! It has literally nothing to do with the type of sexual activity being engaged in. It's a criminal act that can deeply affect the wellbeing of victims for the rest of their life. It frightens me to think that some of the people defending his comments - which he has publicly apologised for, which the commentators immediately apologised for - don't actually understand why it was a stupid thing to say.
Remember when someone could tell a bad joke and the full repercussions that would be suffered would be the fact that nobody laughed? What a sad state of affairs this world is in. The pool hall is the last place left to be a man these days. Lets keep it that way for a little while longer.
By the way, the Sun is a god awful rag that as far as I know still have topless ladies on page 3, or at least did a few years ago. They are the absolute last that should sit in judgement of any human behavior.
By the way, the Sun is a god awful rag that as far as I know still have topless ladies on page 3, or at least did a few years ago. They are the absolute last that should sit in judgement of any human behavior.
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I'm all for that, but that was NOT the pool hall!
As I said earlier, I do too think that matchroom is responsible, but for mic'ing the players in the first place. You can't have tape delay on a sport when live betting is involved. You simply can't have it.
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I'm not going for this, Shawn...
..when you use the 'n' word, you're using an illiterate term for Negro, you're evoking the
images of slave times...and insulting a lot of fine black people.
When you say a man has the touch of a rapist....guess who you're demeaning?
....the rapist.
I won't be sticking up for them any time soon...f@@#$ 'em if they can't take a joke.
I've never used the term to describe a player who's finesse is suspect....
...but I might start.
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He should trade mark that line and put it on a tshirt. He'd make millions. Everyone up in arms over that? Shaw checked fillers oil in front of everyone!
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A seven second delay will do nothing to live betting. broadcasters have been doing this got years.
Everybody is butt hurt over something. Smh
The only guy that should truly be butt hurt is Filler lol
The only guy that should truly be butt hurt is Filler lol
That is some funny stuff!
It's a joke, and should be treated as such.
It's a joke, and should be treated as such.
It was a funny joke for the hall or the action room, but not for live international television.
It wasn't even a joke it was a offhanded remark and as the libs do they blow it up into something its not if there is anything to be said for Trump he is setting back the political correct thing back 10 yrs thank god because hello was going to offend someone real soon ,, its sickening where the bleeding hearts are taking us slowly but surly
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This is so on point.
As Brian rightly pointed out, whether such comments are offensive or not is irrelevant.
There are expectations when it comes to behaviour from networks like CNN. Expectations from the public about how athletes should behave.
Can you imagine the uproar if an NFL or NBA player made those remarks?
No way will they want to have to put out a statement after every show apologising for something un-PC. Why would they want to deal with that crap? It’s not like pool is drawing crazy numbers to justify the trouble. Big name sponsors would not want to be associated with the ‘controversy’.
If pool is to become ‘legit’ and have a shot at becoming a respectable sport/game where enough pros can earn a decent living and see some respectable prize money on offer then this sort of language has to go. If you want to keep this culture then we have to accept that pool will remain a bar game.
As much I loved the joke, unfortunately we can’t have it both ways.
It’s clearly something he shouldn’t say in that moment with the mic on. He apologized and I’m moving on.
But I’m not buying into any of this talk about cleaning up pool’s image to make it worthy of respect and money. I’m not saying it should embrace the gutter either. I simply think it doesn’t matter.
Pool won’t get the big reward as a sport unless significantly more people start playing casually. That’s a generational and cultural thing.
Something needs to pull more kids from video games and towards pool. I’m wondering if the only thing that’ll do that at this point is something like a major global depression and/or energy crisis. That or hope a well made movie truly nails it.
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But I’m not buying into any of this talk about cleaning up pool’s image to make it worthy of respect and money. I’m not saying it should embrace the gutter either. I simply think it doesn’t matter.
Pool won’t get the big reward as a sport unless significantly more people start playing casually. That’s a generational and cultural thing.
Something needs to pull more kids from video games and towards pool. I’m wondering if the only thing that’ll do that at this point is something like a major global depression and/or energy crisis. That or hope a well made movie truly nails it.
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Or refused to stand during the National Anthem ??
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Hi, my name is Tyreek Hill and I'm the top performer of the week in the NFL. - 12-05-2017, 05:33 PM
In 2014, I strangled and beat my pregnant girlfriend. Despite this, the NFL still allows me to play and I frequently get featured by them.
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The game dosn't need sanitizing..it's competitive, like boxing.