Who's looking to corporations for moral guidance? I and others are laughing at their supposed moral posturing.
On Oct 26, 5:05 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > Zeb, > > Already explained reality to you lads once, read the posts. My post > dated 10/25 at 2:34pm. > DON'T look to Corporations for moral guidance lad, waste of time. > > On Oct 26, 3:30 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > LOL! Mr. Minutia. Carruth is hardly the only felon to have played in > > or currently playing in the NFL. The assertion that they are looking > > after their image is laughable. They are making a big mistake letting > > some uninformed, ignorant players try to dictate who can be part of > > ownership groups. These players should be permanently expelled from > > the league as an example. > > > On Oct 26, 12:14 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > jgg, > > > > Getting weary of this silly shit. Let's do a little actual research, > > > shall we? > > > The NFL player you refer to is Rae Carruth, a former player for the > > > Carolina Panthers. I say former because once he broke his promise to > > > turn himself in to the police after being accused of shooting his > > > girlfriend the Panthers severed all ties with him. He is currently > > > serving a minimum sentence of 18 years and 11 months. > > > > His ONLY association with NFL was that he was a football player when > > > he was accused of the crime, that's it. The Panthers did not even wait > > > until he was convicted of the crime. Would you please tell me how the > > > NFL was supossed to know that he would, at some point in time during > > > his career, be accused of a violent crime? How simple do I have to > > > make this for you people? > > > > On Oct 26, 10:19 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > You can associate with the NFL if you are a talented AA who shoots a > > > > pregnant girlfriend... But to associate the NFL with a Conservative > > > > who is deemed racist by fake quotes -- that's immoral... Get real > > > > Hollywood... Shooting the girlfriend is forgivable, being a > > > > Conservative isn't to some LW nutcases... Sad what passes for > > > > morality these days... > > > > > On Oct 26, 10:59 am, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > jgg, > > > > > > Well, terribly sorry the world does not work in a way you approve of. > > > > > Who on earth said it was OK to shoot girlfriends? > > > > > > On Oct 26, 9:15 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Once again you alter the thread... One point was the double > > > > > > standard > > > > > > imposed -- AA players ok to shoot girlfriends, Conservative White > > > > > > owners not ok if fake quotes are used to smear him as racist... > > > > > > Second point was how quick the LW accepted the fake quote as "truth" > > > > > > -- that is to say the LW are willing to quickly stereo-type and > > > > > > pigeon- > > > > > > hole their opponents as sub-human or human with sub-human > > > > > > qualities... The fact is many of the LW who fell for these quotes > > > > > > were as "racist" as the stereo-typed Rush Limbaugh... go figure... > > > > > > > Now what point did you seek to twist the thread into??? Because > > > > > > Rush > > > > > > was trying to buy a team, his character must be superior to the AA > > > > > > athletes... You have done you pandering to white guilt for the > > > > > > day... > > > > > > > On Oct 24, 9:25 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Jgg, > > > > > > > > Other than Rush was any of the people you mentioned trying to BUY > > > > > > > an > > > > > > > NFL team? > > > > > > > > Awwww, what don't you find "scary"? > > > > > > > > On Oct 24, 8:38 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Sadly, to the NFL it is the later... > > > > > > > > >http://www.blogher.com/free-speech-and-double-standards > > > > > > > > > >>> I don't think this is about Limbaugh, I never thought it > > > > > > > > >>> was, honestly. It's an indictment of all conservative > > > > > > > > >>> talkers, bloggers, activists, conservatives in general > > > > > > > > >>> because many liberals see him as a figurehead of > > > > > > > > >>> conservatism. But it's not about him. > > > > > > > > > It's scary to me that we live in an era where the > > > > > > > > double-standard is > > > > > > > > so noticeable that John Stewart makes fun of it on air. The NFL > > > > > > > > will > > > > > > > > allow animal abusers, wife beaters, guys who bomb houses, > > > > > > > > druggies, > > > > > > > > cop-beaters, dudes who shoot their pregnant girlfriend - but > > > > > > > > conservatives? Says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: > > > > > > > > > I've said many times before, we're all held to a high > > > > > > > > standard > > > > > > > > here. > > > > > > > > > Oh, forgive me. I didn't realize that being a conservative was > > > > > > > > worse > > > > > > > > than shooting your pregnant girlfriend or attacking cops.- Hide > > > > > > > > quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
