myboyblue Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Mud wrestling with the Lady Scarlet Knights? If that is some sort of sick, racist or sexist comment, so help me... Link to post Share on other sites
JUDE Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Mud wrestling with the Lady Scarlet Knights? Live on ESPN-RD. Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 If I was a female stripper, my stage name would be Miss Ogyny Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Actually, I heard they hired the Lady Scarlet Knights to dance for them at their exoneration party. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 If I was a female stripper, my stage name would be Miss OgynyIf I were a porn star, my name would be Duke LaCrosse.(joke stolen from Adam Carolla) Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 How do they get their lives back? Easy they graduate from Duke and take advantage of the Duke degree which openns a whole lot of doors for them. These guys are actually in a better off position to move forward than some people who are flasely accused or imprisioned do. Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 If I were a porn star, my name would be Duke LaCrosse.(joke stolen from Adam Carolla)Nice one, Nedlos Link to post Share on other sites
Spawn's dad Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 88 professors signed a letter condemning them. Sure. I'd be doing handsprings to go back. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 If I were a real man I'd change my name to Poly Gamy. Douchebags or not (because really, does it even matter?), the stripper who started all this should have to pay the legal fees incurred to defend against false allegations. Maybe the Sharpton/Jackson camp can help cover the damages for her. Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 88 professors signed a letter condemning them. Sure. I'd be doing handsprings to go back. They're rich and white. Can't they just finish school at Harvard or something? Link to post Share on other sites
Spawn's dad Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 If I were a real man I'd change my name to Poly Gamy. Douchebags or not (because really, does it even matter?), the stripper who started all this should have to pay the legal fees incurred to defend against false allegations. Maybe the Sharpton/Jackson camp can help cover the damages for her. stripper.....pay how? seriously, I'm not sure how what she did doesn't warrant criminal charges. plus, crying rape in a crowded theater really should have women lighting their torches. Link to post Share on other sites
JUDE Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 How do they get their lives back? Easy they graduate from Duke and take advantage of the Duke degree which openns a whole lot of doors for them. These guys are actually in a better off position to move forward than some people who are flasely accused or imprisioned do. OK, just I Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 [quote name='JUDE Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 [quote name='JUDE Link to post Share on other sites
JUDE Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Has anyone here expressed both of these viewpoints? Thise whole thread reminds me so much of listenign to my father and his friends talking about MLK back in the 1960's. Dad did not shed a tear when King was killed and always considered him an unwanted agitator comming into situations he did not belong in. He always downplayed the situation at hand deriding the blacks for wanting any change. Later he was able to blame everything on King annd the Panthers. If dad were alive today he might have a diifferent view of the world since he would have a hispanic grand daughter and two black great grand kids, who knows, maybe not. How do they get their lives back? Easy they graduate from Duke and take advantage of the Duke degree which openns a whole lot of doors for them. These guys are actually in a better off position to move forward than some people who are flasely accused or imprisioned do. Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 So, reminiscing about what one's father said decades ago is the same thing as sharing and expressing his viewpoints? Awesome. Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 So, reminiscing about what one's father said decades ago is the same thing as sharing and expressing his viewpoints? Awesome.He's not agreeing with his father in the reminiscing. Link to post Share on other sites
JUDE Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 So, reminiscing about what one's father said decades ago is the same thing as sharing and expressing his viewpoints? Awesome. No but by stating that reading a thread about Imus Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 I think Jeff Gillooly, even if he didn't do the actual crime, should burn in hell. Poor Nancy can't even leave her house now! Link to post Share on other sites
ponch1028 Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 While I have read all of this with a slight bit of amusement, I really hope for the sake of Wilco's fanbase that much of the posts here have been sprinkled with a dose of sarcasm. If, in fact, everyone here ultimately holds to and believes what has been posted here, I would walk away thinking that a great many people have prejudices against white upper class kids simply because that's what they are. I think in the end we all view such a category as "the man" and we all love in one way or another to stick it to "the man". But, do we really want to take it a step further and cling to such prejudiced and stereotypical marginalization for all white kids whose parents have money or go to Duke or play Lacrosse? Some here have not made such judgments, but others seem to have made such conclusions. Maybe my fears are unwarranted. Maybe there is a healthy dose of playful banter going on in these posts I am just not picking up. But I found myself getting more uncomfortable with the content and tone of post after post. A lot of it just seemed uninformed and biased. I have found those who post on Viachicago regularly to be open, generous, openminded, loyal, empathetic, and vastly intelligent. I hope some good can come out of this mess. Maybe it's too sentimental of me, but I would hope that these three young men and their family, who have been subjected to this injustice for the past year, would use this experience to educate themselves about injustice, prejudice, racism and sexism and maybe make a difference in the world, much of which experiences these types of injustices on a regular basis. While these three men and their families have every right to move on and forget about this horrendous year, I would hope that simply forgetting about the experience and moving on in their lives as if nothing happened would not be the epilogue of this episode. It's funny, because I'm a pretty cynical person myself, and I tend to identify and empathize with the outcast, the minority (not just racially) and the oppressed. But I've come to realize that more than anything (especially in light of larger scale world events going on in our times) that what I am passionate about and wish for more than anything is justice and accountability. Why can't it apply here as well as to other world events. I don't know if these guys are nice, pleasant men - I don't know if I got into a conversation with them I'd have anything in common with them. But I do know that the District Attorney exonerated them from all the charges - he declared them "innocent". I get really worked up when the legal and justice system fails the poor, the uneducated, and the social outcasts. What would it say about me if I didn't get upset when the legal and justice system fails the rich, the educated, and the "social elite"? I really do hope this didn't come across as soapbox banter, because I also hate it when someone preaches to me in a condescending manner. I just thought I'd share my two cents. Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Wait, are you saying that these white LaCrosse players may not be douchebags? Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 $10 each of these guys spilled beer on somebody, used their chellphone and talked loudly at a wilco show. this thread is fucking amazing. again, I have to wonder if some people can see past the 50,000 pound chip on their shoulder and really want true equality. Link to post Share on other sites
Spawn's dad Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 sloppy $10 each of these guys spilled beer on somebody, used their chellphone and talked loudly at a wilco Dave Matthews show. this thread is fucking amazing. again, I have to wonder if some people can see past the 50,000 pound chip on their shoulder and really want true equality. Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 $10 each of these guys spilled beer on somebody, used their chellphone and talked loudly at a wilco show. this thread is fucking amazing. again, I have to wonder if some people can see past the 50,000 pound chip on their shoulder and really want true equality. $10 additional that they were wearing some sort of baseball cap. PROBABLY A DUKE LACROSSE ONE!! Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 nappy I'm requesting your resignation as I type this. Just know it's not about taking you down, it's about doing what is right. Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts