So, you actually think it is courageous for someone to throw S#$t on someone else! Because they disagree with them????? I think most people would agree that is a pretty disgusting way to make a point.
What fricking world do you live in?
I tell you what, you tell me what swim meet you will be at and I will wear my leather shoes, belt, hat and a fur coat....eating a nice big juicy steak burger and let's see how long you last after throwing some S#$t on me!!!!!:duel:
You really need to chill out. I don't think Spock was condoning their actions nor challenging you to a shoot-out at the OK Corral.
Love them or hate them, no denying PETA does a heck of a job at keeping their cause alive and in the forefront.
So, you actually think it is courageous for someone to throw S#$t on someone else! Because they disagree with them????? I think most people would agree that is a pretty disgusting way to make a point.
What fricking world do you live in?
I tell you what, you tell me what swim meet you will be at and I will wear my leather shoes, belt, hat and a fur coat....eating a nice big juicy steak burger and let's see how long you last after throwing some S#$t on me!!!!!:duel:
So, now it's your turn to pull out the Geek style of verbal combat from the Jessica Hardy thread?!?!?! Why are you taking his comments so far out of context?
What did I take out of context? He said that an act like that was "Courageous"....his words, not mine!
Roid rage. Go take a swim and relax.
Lots of radical groups do radical things, get over it. It's called America, that stuff is allowed, and encouraged.
Not only does Spock never say that it is okay to assault somebody, even in protest, he never even mentions PETA. He simply said that he finds it courageous for somebody to take a stand against injustices. How does the fact that Spock thinks it's okay for Beard to support PETA (because maybe she believes in their core values and not necessarily all of their methods) equate to throwing poo? Step back and look at his comments and tell me how you haven't taken them way out of context.
Ah Sarah, I dunno. They may have just asked a question and she smiled before answering. In anycase I don't think she has to pout. I agree though typical protesters useually have a much more un-washed, straggly look, and smell of the forest.
Mr Liberal. I think you've now bashed country dwellers, the South and protesters!
C'mon guys. Protest and free speech are good. Throwing *** is not though.
He never cited a single act, tj, get off the high horse, or scuba dog, or whatever you are riding today. It was a general statement about taking a stand. If you have to interpret his statement then you have already acknowledged he did not say it, move on.
Not supposed to be about politics.....leave that garbage at home!!!
The Olympics are about sport.......that is why we don't Boycott them anymore....leave your personal and political BS at home....and just compete.....
We respectfully disagree.
I say good for her! I wish more athletes were willing to take political stands.
It's very easy to say "let's just keep it about sport" ... unfortunately, that ship has long ago sailed and trying to reframe/rewind a globalized, corporatized, and heavily politicized money-making endeavor like the Olympics is as silly as our President trying to bring us back to the 50's. Hopelessly naive.
Jackie Robinson, John Carlos, Tommie Smith, Wilma Rudolph, Billie Jean King, Mohammed Ali ... there were some athletes who took their social responsibilities seriously.
It's bad enough that China, with its abhorrent human rights history, got the games. That our country and our athletes are not willing to speak out more loudly is embarrassing on a global scale.
My 2¢ anyway, as a Chinese American.
So, this is Ok for her to do? So it's Ok to allow the Olympics to be used to further ones political and personal values?
I say shut up and compete.....don't rightly care what others think should or shouldn't be done with animals......that is definitely not why I am watching the games. As I sit in my nice comfortable LEATHER recliner.
Yes, I think it is not only courageous to do so, but also any conscious person's ethical imperil to speak out against injustice.
As I said before, we respectfully disagree.
Nowhere in the running commentary between you and Spock does the subject of PETA, illegal acts or *** come up. You mentioned it when you were debating with Hulk, but it does not come up between you and Spock. I don't even see how you can interpret this string as him saying that it's okay to assault somebody or throw poo on their fur.
You left out the one where I was talking about people throwing *** at others.....kind of changes the whole discussion when you leave that out! Put the whole thing in there!!!
Spock was responding to the comment I made to Hulk. If not, then yes...I apologize to Spock....I took it as a response to the *** comment.
If you click the little arrow on top of Spock's post about him thinking the act courageous, it will take you to his original post. There you will see that he quoted your original message about personal politics. The comment about *** was in a discussion with Hulk and it was not the topic of any of Spock's replies. That's why I left it out.
