[Vision2020] whoa nellie !!!!

[Scott Dredge]

Rose

Paul didn't invoke 'free spech', Sue did so maybe you should
 be berating her instead.  Paul was just asking if the NBA levying their
 maximum penalty of lifetime ban + $2.5 million fine was over top and 
was he the only one who wasn't shocked by Sterling's alleged racist 
sound bites.  Paul also is not too fond that 'we have become a nation of
 nittering ninnies'.

I myself am unsure of what a 'nittering 
ninny' is, but I'm not that thrilled that about the knee jerk emotional 
reactions on a wide variety of issues that occur several times per 
month.

FWIW, I don't think the punishment meted out by the NBA is
 'over the top', but I'm skeptical that it's being done based on 
principle as opposed to being done as a Public Relations stunt in 
attempt to shield the NBA itself from being soft on racism.  Sterling 
has been a known racist for decades and that hasn't been a problem 
because it was contained and no one was protesting it.  Now that we're 
in the brave new world or social media, it's easier for the mob to grab 
their virtual pitchforks and torches and chase unpolitically correct 
types back under the rocks from which they crawled from under.

BTW,
 what's the qualification for being a member of the 'good guys'?  Siding
 with the mob?  If so, I'll pass.  I'll just come to my own belated decision on this based 
on all the facts of the case at hand.  So far I haven't see a full transcript 
of the taped conversation and haven't been able to find one online.  My 
sense is that this whole blown out of proportion story follows the 
script of 'image is everything' from Sterling wanting a hot chick 
sitting next to him to improve his image, to Sterling not wanting black 
people around his hot chick because he thought (for some odd reason) 
that would hurt her image and his image, to the NBA dishing out punishment to Sterling
 to protect their own image.

Meanwhile everyone want to just 
sweep a small problem (Sterling) under the rug and do very little about the 
larger problem of racism and discrimination in general.

-Scott

From: donaldrose at cpcinternet.com
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 16:03:49 -0700
Subject: [Vision2020] whoa nellie !!!!

Donald
 Sterling (an assumed name by the way since his birth name didn’t suit 
him which is disgusting in itself) is a  jaw sagging, age bespeckled, 
whore mongering, adultery committing, billionaire who is also a racist. 
 Except for the billionaire part these kind of jackasses are thick on 
the ground, and if you don’t think so, Paul you don’t around enough.  
Probably none of the above is a crime,  although adultery might be in 
some states.  The NBA put up with his disgusting behavior – which was 
well documented – for thirty years.  Eventually, the NBA was placed in 
the position of having to do something.  (reread the second sentence 
Paul).  I am delighted they popped his sorry ass.  And, it sure as hell 
isn’t a privacy issue because girl friend shared the tape.  Guess, we 
can just call it a pretty spectacular lesson on the importance of 
discretion.    This
 isn’t a free speech issue Paul, no matter how you’d like it to be. It 
just kills me that you strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.  Why don’t 
you surprise us sometime and line up behind the good guys for a change? Rose Huskey  
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From: donaldrose at cpcinternet.com
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 16:03:49 -0700
Subject: [Vision2020] whoa nellie !!!!

Donald Sterling (an assumed name by the way since his birth name didn’t suit him which is disgusting in itself) is a  jaw sagging, age bespeckled, whore mongering, adultery committing, billionaire who is also a racist.  Except for the billionaire part these kind of jackasses are thick on the ground, and if you don’t think so, Paul you don’t around enough.  Probably none of the above is a crime,  although adultery might be in some states.  The NBA put up with his disgusting behavior – which was well documented – for thirty years.  Eventually, the NBA was placed in the position of having to do something.  (reread the second sentence Paul).  I am delighted they popped his sorry ass.  And, it sure as hell isn’t a privacy issue because girl friend shared the tape.  Guess, we can just call it a pretty spectacular lesson on the importance of discretion.    This isn’t a free speech issue Paul, no matter how you’d like it to be. It just kills me that you strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.  Why don’t you surprise us sometime and line up behind the good guys for a change? Rose Huskey  
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