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Sean Taylor - RIP UPDATED

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Hustle, Nov 26, 2007.

  1. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    From the guy who would have every extremity amputated with rusty cutlery before entertaining the notion of the electric chair being any sort of deterrent, we get this crapola.
     
  2. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    Doubtful.
     
  3. jgmacg

    jgmacg Guest

    So you're saying the NFL isn't a violent culture?
     
  4. From a guy who's never pursued a coherent thought past the point where he gets distracted by his toes we get this crapola.
    Life is full of ironies.
     
  5. Flash

    Flash Guest

    LeBatard says it's all your fault ... and draws the Favre comparison, too ...

    http://www.miamiherald.com/1246/story/324931.html
     
  6. IU90

    IU90 Member

    C'mon, FB, you're completely dismissive of Whitlock's arguments, yet you're quite willing to entertain one that blames the sport of football?

    Both theories paint with an overly broad brush, but I'd say the one which points its finger at the influence of a corruptive culture that glamorizes self-destructive values hits closer to the truth than the one which blames a game.

    The Marvin Harrisons, Warrick Dunns, Mannings, and Barber brothers of the football world don't find these problems; the Pacmans, Tanks, Lewises, and Vicks do. Whether you'll acknowledge it or not, there are some fairly obvious distinctions, in terms of the type of friends and cultural influences they surround themselves with, that tends to separate the players who find off-field trouble from those who don't. And the distinguishing factor ain't football.

    Which, of course, is not to say that hip hop is inherently bad, or that all players who immerse themselves in its culture are prone to off-court trouble. Obviously that's not the case. But you can't deny that a pattern exists without being intentionally obtuse about this issue.
     
  7. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Fuck Danny. He's a taint licking apologist. I can't imagine anything he writes has a shred of credibility with anyone who isn't having his story read to him through the Plexiglas windows of a prison visiting room.
     
  8. wickedwritah

    wickedwritah Guest

    I wonder how much of this gossip Le Batard has engaged in on his radio show.
     
  9. beefncheddar

    beefncheddar Guest

    Oh. WE embarrass YOU. Now that's fucking priceless.
     
  10. BBJones

    BBJones Guest

    So it's hip-hop's fault? I'm no fan of hip-hop, nor do I know much about it's message. But if I had to guess (and this is just a guess; I have no links or research), it would be that white kids buy more of that stuff than black kids. When will they start killing people?

    The root of the Wild West nature in the black community, at least as purported by people like Whitlock and his ridiculous "Black KKK" notion, I would guess, stems from a lack of family structure.
     
  11. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

     
  12. Flash

    Flash Guest


    Yeah ... certainly a touch of irony there, eh?
     
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