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Originally Posted by agzg
Also, general point: 1988 was 26 years ago. That's hardly "out of the blue."
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Thank you. I'm wondering if Kevin knows what "out of the blue" actually means.
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Originally Posted by als463
While the name of the team is offensive, what I think Kevin is asserting is that no one should be able to tell someone who is a property owner of something privately owned what they should do with their team. If that is what he is saying, I have to agree.
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The problem isn't what Kevin is saying in relation to the legal proceedings of the patent dispute, it's what he's saying about American Indians "not being permitted" to be offended, and that any who are offended shouldn't be allowed to force change.
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Originally Posted by als463
Okay, I get this. Thanks for the information. What was the basis of ousting the guy though? From what I understand, so please correct me if I am wrong, some of the hateful things he said were in private and not while at the games or towards his players. It's not like he did something awful during a game. If he said those hateful things, saying them in the privacy of his own home or with his mistress, albeit nasty and cruel, does not seem like a good enough reason to oust someone.
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I agree to a certain extent that what the NBA did was extreme, but the remarks he made recently are only a small number of offenses he's made toward minorities. Look up the history of things he's done; I'm surprised he wasn't called out nationally prior to those recordings being released.
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Originally Posted by als463
Hey now! I'm trying to give him the benefit of the doubt that he may have been saying something like that. As I said earlier, I could easily be wrong and he may not have been saying what I thought he was saying so, I don't want to assume. You know I'm not one to come to his side and say he is right. I just think that, sometimes, Kevin may actually have a somewhat valid point--even if I don't always think he's the nicest about sharing his view.
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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Any valid point he may have made about government control and trademarks was lost on his racial nonsense.
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Bingo.