Sammy Sofa

We've all been there. Me, I'm usually there, so who am I really to judge?

Is this thing going to get moved to a different thread?

I'm not lecturing you, man; it was a good thing you saw what had happened and talked about who messed up it was. Thanks for the apology. I'm just replying to people like David and now Tim, who always seem to pop up wherever these types of discussions merge and try to explain it away or shrug it off. imb nailed it when he talked about how he was kind of taken aback by seeing someone use "rape" like that and how it made him feel, and I think that pretty much sums up how a lot of how things have shifted in the better in that regard. I wasn't aware I had such a reputation. I completely understand what you're saying but I seriously don't see how the in-congruence between the two examples is such that one is clearly bad and the other is acceptable. Well, you do now, because you managed to be That Guy. Obviously I'm not tagging you as some kind of "men's rights" nuts, but it's odd how this type of counterpoint always comes up. It's kind of a spin on the whole "I don't like it when things get political" non-point...or maybe it's just being contrary for the hell of it. Lord knows I've done that enough myself. Bottom line is that the word "rape" carries a lot more current and varied baggage than words like "murder" or "kill." Like I said, there's been a lot of very public discussion and debate lately about how women are treated or depicted or the lack thereof, and a lot of that has been in regards to how women are treated specifically based on their sexuality, or what is expected of them sexually, and how fear or avoidance of harassment or assault or worse is a such a prevalent thing even just on an everyday basis. Obviously being murdered is a horrific outcome, but "rape" is an even more loaded word that carries a lot of meaning because of how the act is so skewed in terms of a gender power dynamic. It's representative of a whole lot more than just rape. If you don't want people to say "that ball was murdered!" or "he killed that one" or whatever, that's your call. But it's simply not the same context and they don't carry the same weight.

That's cool; he can watch it with me on the teevee box.

I'm not lecturing you, man; it was a good thing you saw what had happened and talked about who messed up it was. Thanks for the apology. I'm just replying to people like David and now Tim, who always seem to pop up wherever these types of discussions merge and try to explain it away or shrug it off. imb nailed it when he talked about how he was kind of taken aback by seeing someone use "rape" like that and how it made him feel, and I think that pretty much sums up how a lot of how things have shifted in the better in that regard.

Murder is equal opportunity. Rape skews reeeeeeeeeallllllllllly far one way in terms of who is doing it and who it happens to. People being more sensitive to the flippant and casual use of the word just reflects the growing and welcome recognition of the inequality that a lot of people are realizing. It's pretty cool.

OK, let's not call it a stealing a base too to see how far you're going to take this silly bit of "it's just as bad." The use of "rape" reflects pretty big discussions going on right now as to how women are regularly mistreated in everyday society even by men who have no idea that they're doing it. Nobody's a fan of murder, but it's a pretty broad and universal concept, whereas "rape" brings a pretty specific image to mind. But someday we'll call it a murderdeathkill and all use the three seashells.

i definitely don't disagree but along this line of thinking we should also probably never use the terms "murder" or "kill", either. when it comes down to it it's just irresponsible use of language, i guess. Noooooooooooooope. Not the same.

PM that [expletive], yo.

Completely.

His nickname is "Captain Kirk," dudes; as we learned recently, nicknames in basketball mean a LOT.

I didn't think about that. Because it would be silly. Doooooooooooooooooooooooo telllllllllllllllllllll.

There were at least a couple years where Lake had the highest ceiling in the organization. Damning with faint praise.

They're just here at this point as cheap bodies because you have to have 25 players on the team and, sadly, there's nobody better who can be brought in at this point. No need to overthink it. And Lake was nowhere near as highly rated a prospect as Olt was.

Junior Lake was once a "high ceiling prospect" that you're comparing to Olt? The [expletive]?

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Gotta keep Kirk since he's the one guy our idiot star likes.

Someone's gotta get a clearer screengrab of his face.

WSR, he's talking about the lineup if Soler comes up before Baez and Bryant, you electrical socket.

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on the flip side, maybe more deserving of scorn are those who expect valuable content from pre- and post-game shows I'd settle just for someone likable. Frank Thomas seems pretty cool when he shows up for the White Sox shows. Norm Van Lier was entertaining for the Bulls. The Cubs and Bears should be able to do better than smarmy lumps of flesh like Hollandsworth and Miller.

Is sexy, yes.

Someone tell me there's hope Coghlan can be some kind of useful player. TELLLLLL MEEEEEEEEEEEEE.