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[quote=saKf]Thank you, reppy.
I'm a Christian, but let's not be ridiculous about Islam.
The people that we hear about (killing people and blowing stuff up) are a hyper-conservative minority.
In fact, we have our own little version of these people right here in the United States.
They're called the Ku Klux Klan.
Islamic extremist is to Islam as KKK is to Christianity.
It doesn't stop there. "Christians" who vandalize abortion clinics, etc.[/quote]
yeah but do kkk's commit terrorist acts?
[QUOTE=mhsbasketball]yeah but do kkk's commit terrorist acts?[/QUOTE] yes they do...
Dont forget the oklahoma city bombings. That was not islamic-related.
That aint right..
"A day after former Heat guard Tim Hardaway expressed his disgust over gay players competing in the NBA, Heat coach Pat Riley offered a rebuke, as well as perspective.
Riley offered his comments on Hardaway's stance on the Hank Goldberg Show on 560-WQAM.
"It would not be tolerated in our organization," Riley said Thursday.
A day earlier, on 790 The Ticket, Hardaway said, "I hate gay people. I let it be known, I don't like gay people. I don't like to be around gay people.
"Yeah, I'm homophobic. I don't like it."
Hardaway's comments came a week after retired center John Amaechi became the first active or former NBA player to publicly acknowledge he was gay.
Against that backdrop, Riley, who is spending the All-Star break at his Los Angeles-area home, was asked to comment on his radio segment.
"Yes, I was shocked by some of the words that he used," Riley said. "It's a tough subject to talk about if you're not really thinking about it a lot. It's one-sided. But I was a little bit shocked by some of the words that he used.
"But I do know that Tim's a good spirit and I'm sure now wished he could take all of that back. And I hope he's not severely judged by his spewing of some of those words. That kind of thinking can't be tolerated. It just can't."
Riley coached Hardaway for six seasons with the Heat. The team had been expected to eventually retire Hardaway's No. 10 jersey, a possibility that now could be in doubt.
During his interview a day earlier, Hardaway said he would have been asked to be traded had a teammate acknowledged he was gay.
"Well, I don't think he really meant that," Riley said. "He said it. But I think if the situation ever were to occur, with a team, I think it would be dealt with, dealt with like anything else.
"And I don't think any player would just sort of walk away from a contract or whatever. And in those situations, like it is in business, like it is in schools, like it is in society, that has to be dealt with from a leadership standpoint, from a corporate standpoint, and it just simply would not be tolerated."
Riley said he had yet to speak to Hardaway, but planned to do so. Hardaway does not have a working relationship with the Heat, although he frequently attends home games and is acknowledged on the overhead video screens.
"Some of our best friends are gay…," Riley said. "And I do think we live in a society now, and a time, when we have to understand that this is what is life…
"I think we as a country have realized it, our problem has always been something to do with discrimination or bigotry and judgments, and we've got to get that absolutely out of our psyche and the old patterns and the old things that we've lived by, they've changed."
Riley for president.
[QUOTE=L.Kizzle]Does this take away hi chances at beiing elected to the Hall of Fame.[/QUOTE]
I didn't think he would get in to begin with, but this will eliminate any chance he had.
He should get in regardless of him being wrong about something.
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"Tim Hardaway hates gay people."
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"Tim Hardaway hates gay people."[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=saKf]Non-human primates. So just Ewing.[/QUOTE]
That's messed up
is saKf being racist? I'm not even sure.
he did apologize for the remark he had made on gay people though... well doesn't change a thing. tim needs to think up a story to explain why he said what he said..."I WAS UNDER MADICATION" or something hah
every player in the nba should know by now that there are 2 things in this world that they can't touch 1. jews 2. gays ... hahaha
i am just kidding i have nothing against gay and jewish people. I MEAN IT. every human should be treated the same way no matter what color/race/whatever they are.
peace
because of his comments probably today every player in the leaugue went to practice this morning and had to listen to the teams pr man tell them what is not ok to say in public...lol
but comments like that have a silver lining too, they bring to the open and remind all of the fact that society still has way to go...
[QUOTE=geeWiz15]is saKf being racist? I'm not even sure.[/QUOTE]
I can see where the confusion would come in.
I just honestly think that Patrick Ewing strongly resembles a gorilla.
It just so happens that "gorilla" is also a way to be terribly racist.
The two coincide, but I have no negative feelings toward Ewing, of whom I was a very big fan.
[QUOTE=saKf]I can see where the confusion would come in.
I just honestly think that Patrick Ewing strongly resembles a gorilla.
It just so happens that "gorilla" is also a way to be terribly racist.
The two coincide, but I have no negative feelings toward Ewing, of whom I was a very big fan.[/QUOTE]
Sakf = Tim Hardaway