Clearing equipment at the plate..

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Well, If you went around making racist comments, people would get offended.

It kinda looks like people get offended at homophobic comments too.

Pot...kettle...black.

[LMan]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Pot...kettle...black.

Careful, JR. The Tupperware in the kitchen just started grumbling.....

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by LMan

Careful, JR. The Tupperware in the kitchen just started grumbling.....

LMan, I've been married 40 years. My wife has every damn piece of tupperware ever made, I think. I also think that she's even got a tupperware coffin hidden somewhere, just waiting for me to go.

Did you know that there's a Tupperware Hall of Fame down in Florida? It's true, it's true....

And, btw, I think that anybody who officiates any sport should never be racist, homophobic or any other "ic". It's impossible to call a game fairly. Jmo.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

And, btw, I think that anybody who officiates any sport should never be racist, homophobic or any other "ic". It's impossible to call a game fairly. Jmo.

What about "fat-ic?" Still open season, huh?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

What about "fat-ic?" Still open season, huh?

It's still open season on people who make "short bus" and "retard" remarks too. That would be you also iirc.

I'm sure that more of your "ics" show up also in your internet wanderings.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

It's still open season on people who make "short bus" and "retard" remarks too. That would be you also iirc.

I'm sure that more of your "ics" show up also in your internet wanderings.

Once again, you are attributing remarks to me that I never made. I have never used the term "short bus" in my entire life. My mention of the word "retarded" was in response to a rule, not in a personal remark directed at a person who's feelings could get hurt. Saying that I think that a rule is retarded, and calling a human being a retard are two very different things. Please get your facts straight before cracking back on me.

I am getting a bit trollophobic, actually.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Please get your facts straight before cracking back on me.

I am getting a bit trollophobic, actually.

How about "fudgepacky" or "God abhors homosexuality. It is an abomination unto the Lord...".

Guess who said that?

http://forum.officiating.com/showthr...114#post323114

http://forum.officiating.com/showthr...899#post320899

And you're not homophobic?

Nothing personal, Soupy, but I feel like washing my hands after reading some of your posts.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

It kinda looks like people get offended at homophobic comments too.

Pot...kettle...black.

What homophobic remarks? Homophobic would by definition describe remarks made as a result of fear of homosexuals. On the contrary, many of my friends over my lifetime have been homosexuals, and I have a good grasp on what is considered an offensive remark. For example, the term "fag hag" refers to a woman who enjoys the company of homosexual males. It is not considered offensive in any way by the gay community.

Had I said, "I hate these damn fags," then that would have qualified as hate speech, and homophobic in nature, because the people who make those remarks think that homosexuals desire them in some way, and that they are in danger of being "converted." These neanderthals are truly homophobic.

The words "Queer" and "Fag" are used liberally by the members of the gay and lesbian community, and are not offensive by themselves, only in the context in which they are used.

One question: Do the Pot and the Kettle get offended by being called black?