World Cup, cry baby athletes, and poor sportsmanship

Alex · 07-12-2006, 10:59 AM

Well, there's where we are fundamentally different. How I feel about things is about the least important aspect in how I reach a conclusion.

That word may be ineffective to you, but you still got upset when you felt someone had implied that gays are more likely to commit arson. For you, terrorist is a word that is used in the context of 9/11 and the ensuing political battles. For Zidane it has a different context of the decades long strong between France and Alergia and an awful lot of violence.

The question isn't whether I would be offended or if you would be offended but whether there was reason for Zidane to be offended. You don't think so, so you find what happened to be unwarranted and bizarre. I do think he had reason so I find what happened to be unwarranted if understandable.

Nobody (here) is saying he was justified but I find it somewhat bizarre to say he was unjustified in being upset. And equally bizarre to equate what (reportedly) was said to a punchline from a bad Steve Martin movie.

I'm sure it is just that I lack a sense of humor that allows me to see the humor in a racial epithet and retaliatory violence.

07-12-2006, 10:59 AM	#28
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, there's where we are fundamentally different. How I feel about things is about the least important aspect in how I reach a conclusion. That word may be ineffective to you, but you still got upset when you felt someone had implied that gays are more likely to commit arson. For you, terrorist is a word that is used in the context of 9/11 and the ensuing political battles. For Zidane it has a different context of the decades long strong between France and Alergia and an awful lot of violence. The question isn't whether I would be offended or if you would be offended but whether there was reason for Zidane to be offended. You don't think so, so you find what happened to be unwarranted and bizarre. I do think he had reason so I find what happened to be unwarranted if understandable. Nobody (here) is saying he was justified but I find it somewhat bizarre to say he was unjustified in being upset. And equally bizarre to equate what (reportedly) was said to a punchline from a bad Steve Martin movie. I'm sure it is just that I lack a sense of humor that allows me to see the humor in a racial epithet and retaliatory violence.
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