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I find your criticism of rev's signature line offensive. Why no criticism when people write Peace or Whack em or any of the many other signature lines that people have? If you don't like what his signature line is saying then ignore it. Don't slam the man for what he believes. [/B][/QUOTE] Why do you have to bring my signature into this. I think the offensiveness is quite different here. He is talking about a religous belief. "Peace" is just saying goodby. I think the too are quite different. I may not agree with the idea that the Rev's signature is offensive, but I do understand. Religion is a personal thing, and many people do not want to have beliefs pushed on them. What youw some of you say if someone said, "All peace to Allah." How many here would get offended or try to suggest something that is not there? Free speech only has to do with the government and certain entities that are directly affected by the government. This forum might not be the place for that. Remember we do have people here of many religions and beliefs. But then again, I really do not see the big deal either. But Blueref has the right to find it objectionable. I believe in Christ too, but I do not think this is the place for that either. But then again, I am just one person. Peace
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"proselytize (pròs´e-lî-tìz´) verb proselytized, proselytizing, proselytizes verb, intransitive 1.To induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith. 2.To induce someone to join one's own political party or to espouse one's doctrine." By telling us to accept Christ is proselytizing, no matter what you call it. I don't find Jesus' name offensive. What I do find offensive is having it shoved in my face in a sports forum. You want to invoke his name, do it on a religious setting. And Mark: You're so right about the First Amendment. The Constitution puts restrictions on the Government, not private entities. Bob |
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How would you feel then? Offended? Would you not say something about it? I can't believe there wouldn't be lots of comments about how inappropriate and offensive it was to many people. BTW - because of lack of punctuation, your post implies that RevRef is a friend of yours because of his signature line. I'm sure you didn't mean it that way and I just wanted to try to be fair and stop anyone else from making an issue of it just because of a minor error, which we all do sometimes. I'm not being sarcastic here - really - just trying to show some balance. I don't like to get involved in anything personal on this forum, but like others, I would like to stick to basketball and reserve religion for a different venue. That's all I meant.
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I am sure that you would have T'd every player that dunked and started the game with 30 foul shots, but I am not you and, thank heavens, have enough common sense to do the right thing. While you believe I blew it, those who evalute our performance at the tournament thought otherwise--I am working the quarterfinals tonight. BTW, I agree about the game management. I only mentioned it because someone else did.
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Free speech only has to do with the government and certain entities that are directly affected by the government. This forum might not be the place for that. Remember we do have people here of many religions and beliefs. But then again, I really do not see the big deal either. But Blueref has the right to find it objectionable. I believe in Christ too, but I do not think this is the place for that either. But then again, I am just one person. Peace [/B][/QUOTE] I only used it as an example. It was not intended to pick on you or single you out. |
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Aren't we, as officials, supposed to maintain some sort of composure?
Let's remember that officials come from all walks of life with different backgrounds, jobs, families, etc. This is a place that we can all come together to talk about sports officiating, regardless of other differences that we might have. Someone's signature line is simply a personal expression. In this case, the person is a reverand, so it is apt that his sig line is religious related. Posts unrelated to officiating are not allowed here. That is, if someone were to post something politial, religious, etc. it would be deleted, regardless of whether I (or anyone else at Officiating.com) agreed with it. The only reason that I have not deleted the off-topic posts on this thread is that I didn't see it until we had already reached two pages (read: too much trouble ). So, instead, I am simply going to close the thread so that we can get back to the discussion of officiating. Thanks, Brad |
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