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I know, this is not a sports
magazine but., Maybe it's not as much
about sports as it is about the condition
of today's society. Maybe it is a
statement about what the American
public will buy, accept or put up with.
It seems like we will buy pretty
much anything. We bought the Pet Rock.
The smokeless ashtray, sure why not.
Spray on hair?, yea we'll buy that. We
bought every fad that anybody said was
ever cool and made it 'Americana'. We
continually buy any product that tells us
we will look better. No matter what it is.
Lyposuction, oh yea . Face lifts, why not.
Stomach staple, sure that's good.
The facial flex? .. Come on.
What about the things we will
accept? We accept almost anything. Our
televisions are filled with stupid
disgusting talentless people who drag
shit in front of a camera and talk about it
like it is important. We accept that.
Tiger Woods speaks at a Leukemia
benefit and requires a six figure fee for
appearing. But we all love Tiger, so
that's Ok. He's good at hitting a ball
with a stick. Those cancer victims need
to hear what Tiger has to say more than
they need a cure. Very acceptable by our
standards. Half of the kids that go to
public schools cannot read or form a
proper sentence, but we think they need
to learn 'ebonies' That's alright,
as long as they
"wanna be like Mike"
What about what we will put up
with. Well, let's see. Will we put
up with murder? Sure, just let us
win the civil suit so we get the
money. We put up
with the grieving
family all over the
TV getting rieh off
the crime too. So long
as Geraldo has
material for his next
'show, We will put up
with people who kill
little kids too. Unless
they are rich white
kids from prominent
families, then we are
outraged. I'm sure no
8 year old poor black
girls from welfare
homes were killed
last year.
So when a sport like boxing that
has the tag of being fixed, full of thugs, I
convicts, rapists, organized crime and
people like Don King who was convicted
of manslaughter, why is this Tyson thing
so bad?
It's not like he raped anyone...
well not for a couple of years. It's not
like he refused to go to war for religious
beliefs like Mohammed Ali did. Then we
would be really upset. They took Ali's
title for that. And America called him a
nigger for it. Now Tyson the "black
man" does the most disgusting, chicken
shit, foul act his little mind can think of
to get out of a fight, and you think we
won't put up with it? Sure we will. All
the TV guys and boxing people are upset
and talking like they are going to do
something about it. Well, they aren't
going to do anything. They can't. They
made the rule. The worst they can do is
take ten percent of his winnings, which
is 3 million dollars.
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