-----Original Message----- From: Jankovic, Tika [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 6:45 PM Subject: RE: My ltr published in The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA): "The Other Side of Goran Ivanisevic" 30/JUL/2001 Long live Lady Stella! Tika Jankovic > -----Original Message----- > From: Miroslav Antic [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 9:36 AM > Subject: My ltr published in The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA): > "The Other Side of Goran Ivanisevic" 30/JUL/2001 > > > > The Patriot-News > > Monday, July 30, 2001 > > Harrisburg, Pa. > > MONDAY FORUM > > THE OTHER SIDE OF GORAN IVANISEVIC > > While tennis fans everywhere were impressed that Goran Ivanisevic > finally overcame his personal demons to win the Wimbledon > championship, the article in The Patriot-News regarding his victory > should have mentioned his exceptionally bad manners during the > tournament. In today's society we too easily overlook unacceptable > behavior by athletes, actors and other celebrities who, whether they > like it or not, are role models for our children to emulate, for good > or bad. > > The "Los Angeles Times" of 11 July 2001 reported Ivanisevic's comments > in the post-match interview in which he referred to an official who > made a call not to his liking as, "That ugly, ugly lady--she was > really ugly, very serious, you know." Next he described another > official as, ". . . that guy, he looks like a faggot little bit, you > know. This hair all over him." > > This isn't the first time Ivanisevic's bigotry has overshadowed his > athletic prowess. On Feb. 22, 1993, an article in "The New York > Times" sports section described how he had learned to shoot a machine > gun. "They showed me how to shoot, just for fun," the "Times" quoted > him. "They let me shoot a machine gun. It was tough to control, but, > oh, it was a nice feeling -- all the bullets coming out. I was > thinking it would be nice to have some Serbs in front of me." > > Harrisburg has a very large Serbian-American community and they recall > that during World War II, the Croatian Ustashi party ran the Nazi > death camps that exterminated over 1.5 million Serbs, Jews and Gypsies > so brutally that even the Gestapo was appalled. It was former Croatian > president Franjo Tudjman who said, "Thank God my wife is neither a > Serb nor a Jew." > > How sad that such honor is laid at the feet of one so prejudiced and > who openly slanders others. It takes more than being able to serve a > tennis ball at a 125 miles per hour to be worthy of respect and > admiration. > > STELLA L. JATRAS > > STERLING, VIRGINIA Serbian News Network - SNN [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.antic.org/
