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[JRutledge]

Originally posted by bluezebra
"Rut" is a good name. He's in one. He doesn't like youth, he doesn't like girls' games. Why in the world does he officiate those games if he has prejudices against them going in?

Bob

You are right, I hate kids. So much that I spend time in communities that you would never be caught dead in. I hate kids so much, that I never counseled kids about being better human beings and staying off drugs and out of gangs. I spend much more time with young people outside of a stupid court or field that you would not know what to do with yourself. And those that I have met through the arena of sports, I talk to them about college and what they are going to do outside of this arena. I have went out of my way to complement kids about their leadership ability and the positive things they displayed on the court, but stressed to them that athletics is wonderful, but you need to have other things to look forward too. And I tell them and show them ways they can be a positive force in their communities.

Sorry, I hate kids so much that I have sat in the rough places of Chicago and will coach a group of kids this summer baseball in a community that you would probably be too afraid to drive your stupid car in.

So what the hell am I prejudice of? I have done more with my little pinky than you will do in your entire life. And I am always willing to work with children to make their lives better. I was blessed with parents that are educated and never had to suffer a day in my life, and I want to give kids some hope that do not have parents or stable homes. Shut the hell up trying to tell me what kind of prejudices I have with some kids that you would probably lock your car if one of them walked by you.

What community or children have you tried to change today? But I am the one prejudice against them. Who the hell am I going to be prejudice of. I should be prejudice against these little privledged *** kids in the community that I currently live where there parents drive several $40,000 cars a second care.

And for your information, the kid I was talking to was BLACK!!! Because I am another African-American male, and care much more about how he is treated me, because in the end, when his athletic ability is not at use, the rest of you will throw away him as fast as you picked him up. I talked to him to make sure that he understood who the hell I was, because if he talked to me the same way on the street as he did me, he might not have any chance to take back those words. I am probably getting too deep for you, but then again, your life is wrapped up in officiating. Mine is not. I have a much higher calling in life than a stupid game.

Peace