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Originally posted by ChuckElias
Yeah, great summary, Rut.  In the words of an esteemed member of the forum, "If that is what you read into my statements you did not really read them."
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Then I guess both of us misunderstand the issue. Remember, you agreed with the article and the claim that the comments by the coach were totally false. At least I am saying I have no idea to what took place. I was not there at all. All I can do is share with you my point of view and it is up to each person to draw their own conclusion.
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
I didn't say they were never true. I'm not naive enough to think that racism has been completely eradicated from the world. However, in THIS case, the accusations seem to be untrue, and merely inflammatory.
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So what if they are inflammatory. Who are the comments inflammatory to? They do not make me upset. I know others that would not only not be upset, but agree with the comments at their face value. This is after all a free country and anyone can make any claim they want to. If the coach feels that way, he has the right to make those claims. Now I would hope he has more evidence than just words. For all we know he might have some tape that backs up the actions or words from others about the comments from these officials. All we know right now is a he said, she said situation. If the coach violated some rules, he should be punished as well. The coach did not half to put the official's name in the paper.
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
I understand that, too. I guess it seemed to me that you thought the author was accusing the refs of that bias against an inner-city team.
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I did not say that at all. I said that it does not matter what the bias is, that bias can and is not greater than the claim of racism. According the author it sounds like we should never make a claim of racism and only push it under the rug. In my opinion that is the wrong message to send and much more irresponsible than anything the coach said.
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
If you weren't saying that, then I misunderstood your comment. As far as I can tell, the author has made no accusation of any sort of bias against the refs, whether it be based on race, economics, class or whatever. That was the only thing I was trying to point out. If that was already clear to you, then my comments were unnecessary.
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Once again, this is my opinion, you do not have to agree with my point of view or accept what I said in any way. I just think if people feel something they have the right to say it. It is very possible that this accusation of racism was just flat out wrong, but if that is how he feels he is not more wrong to call racism as he would to accuse the official of cheating for any other reason.
Peace