Idiot comment of the week

deskslave · Nov 4, 2009

cjericho said:

deskslave said:

cjericho said:

isn't it Darren Rovell, who used to work for ESPN? the way he said it may have been wrong but i think his point was no America doesn't have the next Bill Rodgers, this guy grew up in and trained in another country.
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Of course, the guy moved to America when he was 12, and only began training as a distance runner in high school. And he moved to America from Italy, where he had been a refugee.

But don't let the facts interfere with your argument. Rovell certainly didn't.
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I wasn't making an argument there ace. I didn't see in his article where he was 12 when he moved to America. I was thinking if he was 20-something when he got here it's not the same as someone who went to high school and college and learned how to run in the US.
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Of course you didn't see it in the article. The article was a poorly researched hack job. If you'd read even three of the comments, though, the actual story would have begun to emerge.

cjericho · Nov 4, 2009

deskslave said:

cjericho said:

deskslave said:

cjericho said:

isn't it Darren Rovell, who used to work for ESPN? the way he said it may have been wrong but i think his point was no America doesn't have the next Bill Rodgers, this guy grew up in and trained in another country.
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Of course, the guy moved to America when he was 12, and only began training as a distance runner in high school. And he moved to America from Italy, where he had been a refugee.

But don't let the facts interfere with your argument. Rovell certainly didn't.
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I wasn't making an argument there ace. I didn't see in his article where he was 12 when he moved to America. I was thinking if he was 20-something when he got here it's not the same as someone who went to high school and college and learned how to run in the US.
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Of course you didn't see it in the article. The article was a poorly researched hack job. If you'd read even three of the comments, though, the actual story would have begun to emerge.
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i didn't read the comments. i definitely was thinking he came here as an adult. Rovell should've tried to talk to his hs and college track/cross country coaches or at least mentioned that he competed as an amateur in the US. i kind of quickly jumped to Rovell's defense because i think he's a good writer and a good guy but he didn't do a good job here.

The Big Ragu · Nov 4, 2009

Rovell screwed up on this, but he usually does good work. He's best when he's writing about the business of sports and sticking to straight reporting, not opining the way he did in that mess.

I do give him credit for stepping back in and saying he screwed up. He did it fairly well, even though I am sure there are some who will want him to flog himself worse.

crusoes · Nov 4, 2009

Ace said:

I bet you that 75 percent of the American born citizens could not pass that citizenship test if it were plopped down in front of them.

But I agree with Rovell, the problem with America is that we are letting in and celebrating too many people of different races, religions and viewpoints.

I wish we all still were uptight white people wearing funny hats and boots, eating turkey and fearing God.
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Seventy-five percent? You are, I bet, way too optimistic. I'd say about 90 percent.

Ashy Larry · Nov 4, 2009

crusoes said:

Ace said:

I bet you that 75 percent of the American born citizens could not pass that citizenship test if it were plopped down in front of them.

But I agree with Rovell, the problem with America is that we are letting in and celebrating too many people of different races, religions and viewpoints.

I wish we all still were uptight white people wearing funny hats and boots, eating turkey and fearing God.
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Seventy-five percent? You are, I bet, way too optimistic. I'd say about 90 percent.
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you're probably right....which means 9 out of 10 posters here couldn't pass it.

deskslave · Nov 4, 2009

For anyone who wants to try ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13442226/

I got, ahem, 20 out of 20.

Ace · Nov 4, 2009

deskslave said:

For anyone who wants to try ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13442226/

I got, ahem, 20 out of 20.
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I got 19. I didn't know the form question.

The Big Ragu · Nov 4, 2009

deskslave said:

For anyone who wants to try ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13442226/

I got, ahem, 20 out of 20.
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I got 20 out of 20, but I had to take an educated guess about the INS form required to become a naturalized citizen.

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