World Cup, cry baby athletes, and poor sportsmanship

[CoasterMatt]

When I saw that insult, the first thing I thought of was...

You son of a motherless goat!!

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Calling someone the son of a terrorist whore is funny? How about if he had called him a n***er? Would that be even more hilarious?

I didn't think I needed your approval first before I decided on whether something is funny or not. I find this issue to be ridiculous and the athletes involved to be spoiled brat children.
The word 'terrorist' is being overused. It's losing its meaning.
And if that guy called the other one a 'n***er', it would be funny. It would just prove me right that some grown adults can be so silly and childish.

CM ~ Totally. Son of a motherless goat!

[Stan4dSteph]

Glad to know that racism is so hilarious then.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Glad to know that racism is so hilarious then.

Yes, I find racism hilarious. Yes, that's exactly how I am. I think you're taking this whole story way too seriously.

[CoasterMatt]

At a lunch in honour of Les Bleus, President Jacques Chirac reserved his warmest comments for Zidane: "Dear Zinedine, in such a hard and intense moment for you, I would like to express the entire nation's affection and admiration for you. You are a virtuoso, a genius of soccer and an exceptional human being. You are also a man of heart, commitment, conviction. That's why France admires and loves you."

A blow to the chest like the one Zizou or Zidane or WTF the crazy idiot is calling himself today (just don't call him a terrorist, cuz that's racist somehow) inflicted can KILL somebody - all because he can't handle some trash talk. But of course, that's why he's loved in France, I guess.

[scaeagles]

Steph, I realize I am taking this perhaps to an extreme, but freeway driving during rush hour can be stressful. If someone honks his horn at me one too many times, can I get out and assault him?

Someone who can't handle words like a man shouldn't be in a situation where he has to. If this was a one time thing, and "oh my lord I can't believe what I did and I snapped" kind of thing, I think it would be excusable. But the guy has a reputation as a hot head.

[Prudence]

I don't get the kerfluffle. So Europeans enjoy their "sports entertainment" as much as Americans apparently do. The performers give the audience what the audience wants and good performances are compensated.

[Gemini Cricket]

If I head butted someone at work when I got mad, I'd get fired.

"Huh? You want what Mail Merged?" Headbutt to my boss's chest. *Wham!* "Here's your Mail Merge, dinglecheese!"

Then again, my boss is like 5'1" so I'd have to crouch down and then headbutt her. It would kinda lose it's effect...

[Alex]

And if, instead of asking for a mailmerge she said "do the mail merge you faggot, you probably get your rocks off sticking your **** up the asses of four-year-olds until they bleed to death" there would be plenty of people who, while not thinking your violence was the correct course of action, could understand it.

The whole idea behind the progressive advancement of "speech codes" and "fighting words" is the idea that some words are so dispicable that violence is essentially an inevitable response.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

And if, instead of asking for a mailmerge she said "do the mail merge you faggot, you probably get your rocks off sticking your **** up the asses of four-year-olds until they bleed to death" there would be plenty of people who, while not thinking your violence was the correct course of action, could understand it.

"I suppose..." (And I say that in an Eartha Kitt voice as she looks doubtfully at Kronk.) That's grasping at straws there, Alex. But if one must point out the one thing that sets you apart from everyone else just to prove a point about something idiotic, then so be it.

And if my boss said that to me, I'd find that funny, too. She has this crazy Boston accent that makes me laugh. And she would do it with hand motions, because she uses hand motions for everything.