[PeteBooth]

Originally posted by greymule

Bruce Froemming should indeed be criticized for his stupid and callous remarks, especially if they were public.

IMO we need the facts first.

This is according to sports shows articles etc. written by various authors.

1. Bruce Froemming was in the privacy of his own home. He was talking to someone via his cell phone and forgot to turn the cell phone off when he made his comment.

Do I condone what he said - Of cource not but the fact is he said these things in the privacy of his own home NOT in some public Forum.

2. The acting Commissioner of Baseball is Bud Seilig who is Jewish. He handed down a 10 game suspension so if in the eyes of the Commissioner who is Jewish, he must have felt that the comments even though derogatory were made in the privacy of someone's home and not as a Statement in a Public Forum.

If we are going to judge people on what they say etc. then IMO look at some of the Individuals in the Hall of Fame in all Major Sports.

Also, let's get down to the REAL issue. These types of things are printed not because someone really cares about ethnic slurs but for MONEY. Just look at this thread which already generated over 4 pages of comments, add that to the millions of newspapers sold plus the people who listen to sports talk shows.

If you or I said something similar no one would give a hoot except the people that know us.

The bottom line whether you agree or disagree is that in this Country we have FREEDOM of Speech whether you like that Speech or not. There was a Time when as individuals we couldn't say "BOO" without fear of being be-headed. Would like to go back to those times?

Does Bruce Froemming purposely "Cheat" when calling balls / strikes when a Jewish player is up at bat? or squeeze a pitcher who is Jewish? If he does those types of things then IMO he should be FIRED right on the SPOT.

I think we need to distingusih comments made in someone's home vs. a Public Statement to a group of people.

Pete Booth