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Post by Doc Holliday on Oct 21, 2005 11:41:13 GMT -5
I agree with BC. Zero tolerance.
...and I personally don't buy the "I keep my racists slurs and comments for hockey games only". If someone is ready to make these comments in a hockey game, these words will also come out at other times for certain when they are mad, angered, etc...
The switch is on or off. You're either a racist or your not.
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Post by IamCanadiens on Oct 21, 2005 12:35:24 GMT -5
For me, this is a black and white issue, pun intended. There are no grey areas, nor should there be any leniency or mitigating circumstances. What do you say to the 10 year old black kid sitting at rink side who hears Jarome Iginla...... Iggy? Now you've made it a grey issue!  Seriously, assuming that Avery did use the n-bomb, the problem is that he doesn't see Laraque as a man, he sees him as a black man. However, my thoughts are somewhat moot as I'm white and will never comprehend being on the receiving end of racial slurs.....What I can comprehend is ignorance. My father is a 'closed door' racist. A very different person when he is at home. He didn't see a visible minority until his late teens or early 20s b/c he was raised in a small European mountain village. His parents had even less exposure. Once he left it was a different story but its hard to take the little village attitude out of my father. We always argue about racism and he has gotten better over the years but in the heat of the moment his true feelings come out. Riots in LA, conflict in the middle East, and flooding in Louisiana are the types of things that set him off. His anger is so unfounded and deep seated. Its terrifying. It is so ingrained and I know that he will never change but I 've seen how he was raised and the exponentially greater level of ignorance of those that raised him. Foretunately, my mother, teachers, friends, experience etc.. guided me. BC was so right when he typed [ i]Ignorance can only be corrected with knowledge [/i] |
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Oct 24, 2005 11:27:18 GMT -5
For me, this is a black and white issue, pun intended. There are no grey areas, nor should there be any leniency or mitigating circumstances. What do you say to the 10 year old black kid sitting at rink side who hears Jarome Iginla...... Iggy? Now you've made it a grey issue! Seriously, assuming that Avery did use the n-bomb, the problem is that he doesn't see Laraque as a man, he sees him as a black man. However, my thoughts are somewhat moot as I'm white and will never comprehend being on the receiving end of racial slurs.....What I can comprehend is ignorance. My father is a 'closed door' racist. A very different person when he is at home. He didn't see a visible minority until his late teens or early 20s b/c he was raised in a small European mountain village. His parents had even less exposure. Once he left it was a different story but its hard to take the little village attitude out of my father. We always argue about racism and he has gotten better over the years but in the heat of the moment his true feelings come out. Riots in LA, conflict in the middle East, and flooding in Louisiana are the types of things that set him off. His anger is so unfounded and deep seated. Its terrifying. It is so ingrained and I know that he will never change but I 've seen how he was raised and the exponentially greater level of ignorance of those that raised him. Foretunately, my mother, teachers, friends, experience etc.. guided me. BC was so right when he typed [ i]Ignorance can only be corrected with knowledge [/i][/quote] The color of a mans skin means nothing. The important thing is the color of the light behind the goaltender. The light is lit by a team of players, not an individual. If a player has Lafleurs skill, he lights the lamp by shooting. If he has Gaineys skill he stops Esposito from shooting, if he has Roys skill he stops the puck from lighting the light. |
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