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08-15-2008, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: The Frenchie Farm, Where We Grow 'em Big!
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It's not just the Spanish Basketball team....try the Tennis team as well!!!
As an Asian-American, I am totally outraged at the stupidity of the Spanish people. This is not a gesture of being funny or friendly to the Chinese people. It's an insult! I wrote to both the IOC and BOCOG and attached the Spanish team website expressing the disturbing images that the spanish team seem to think is OK.
That's my story....... 
Real Federación Española de Tenis >> Galería de Fotos
Real Federación Española de Tenis >> Galería de Fotos |
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08-15-2008, 12:13 PM
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Now hear this!
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Disgusting, racism is a cancer I fear we as people will never cure  |
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08-15-2008, 04:33 PM
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ma'am? do you mind if I work on my pick-up line?
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: still in exile......
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mr.man
Disgusting, racism is a cancer I fear we as people will never cure |
couldn't have said it better myself 
yeah, I don't know what goes on through the Spaniards minds when they're playing sports  , or are they just naturally like that?? |
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08-15-2008, 04:41 PM
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Oy vey!
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Birmingham, England
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This may just me being naïve but I don't think they are doing it to be racist, I think they are just totally out of touch with what is acceptable and unacceptable. Why would a country want to show themselves up to be racist on the world stage in front of possibly the largest audience you will ever get? I think it is good-natured but they just drastically misread how people would take/view it.
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08-15-2008, 04:44 PM
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ma'am? do you mind if I work on my pick-up line?
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: still in exile......
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^^
I think they were trying to be funny...but it didn't work.
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08-15-2008, 04:52 PM
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Now hear this!
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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08-15-2008, 04:54 PM
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ma'am? do you mind if I work on my pick-up line?
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: still in exile......
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^^
they're famous for pretty much making black footballers lives a living nightmare during the soccer games.....it's actually quite disgusting  |
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08-15-2008, 05:05 PM
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Rangers FC supporter
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Western Chicagoland
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Screw em. Simple as that. Buncha wankers!
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08-15-2008, 05:48 PM
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Not a member
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Toronto
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Lol relax everybody. They are not doing it to be racist, they just don't know any better. They have a different culture than in the US.
Even when i lived in Russia, it was common there to openly say the "N" word. Nobody thought anything of it.
It seems that Americans and Canadians overall are a little uptight when it comes to race compared to the rest of the world.
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08-15-2008, 10:41 PM
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Moderator
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Ontario
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Let's stick to just one thread on this topic, shall we?
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