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> > > > Playing the racism card because the
> stewards
> > > > won't turn a blind eye to his idiotic
> > driving?
> > > > Piss off.
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> > > so i take it you believe he was being
> serious?
> >
> > well if you were to i.e call an afro-american
> with
> > a certain word it won't really make it better
> if
> > afterwards you say you weren't serious. the way
> of
> > the world is dumb
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> well, if you were also an afro-american it
> probably would be.
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> anyway, the point i was making is the hypocrisy of
> the situation.
>
> we apparently want to hear sportspeople say what
> they think and be 'controversial' otherwise
> they're labeled as 'dull', 'lacking passion' or
> 'faceless corporate entities'
>
> we demand that immediately after a race, game of
> football, round of golf etc that right at the
> point when the persons just suffered a bad defeat,
> they're angry and adrenalin'a still pumping that a
> journalist must shove a microphone in their face
> and then then barrage them with loaded questions
> with the single aim of getting a rise out them.
>
> then when when the person being interviewed does
> react in the way we all want, everyone flies of
> the wall about it.
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> he made a joke. and though not a very good joke, i
> doubt the tabloids will care one bit.
I see your point but he talked like a 12 year-old girl bitching about her father not letting her go to the Beyonce concert, not like a frustrated adrenalin-pumped man.
This is in itself hilarious let alone the rubbish he was saying.