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"John Walsh" <j1walsh@lava.net> wrote in message news:440FEBBF.93394A15@lava.net... Quote:
DID any signs of hyperkalemia appear during or after Bonds' surgery? That stuff is supposed to be by law, totally confidential. |
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Wretch wrote:
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Jeez, talk about reaching. What's the difference between saying "lynching" and saying, say, "burning in effigy"? Neither is meant literally, so why's it got to be a race thing? Just so you know, too, lynching victims in this country have not exclusively been black people. Gregg |
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Gregg Pearlman wrote: Quote:
Barry Bonds + lynching is enough to make any sentence inflammatory. What, you think when your average schmoe thinks about black men being lynched that they conjure up images of negro cattle rustlers who got their just desserts? Nah, I don't think so. That sort of language in the Bonds context strives to achieve other ends, which would be to portray in a highly exaggerated manner Barry Bonds as the victim. W Quote:
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I hate to disagree. Bonds is intimately familiar with racism. He
single handedly was able to determine that the entire city of Boston is racist. Furthermore, he has a little first hand knowledge of practicing it. When he leaves the game, I'm sure he'll be heading the next administration's Council for Racial Awareness. For Bonds supporters, I realize that there is no audio or video evidence of the occurence. Ron Kittle is probably just another lying racist out to bring down Bonds because he's not as good as Bonds, and in general can be described as "A Hater". .................................................. .................................................. ............................ Quote:
The setting was the visitors' clubhouse at the Chicago Cubs' Wrigley Field home in 1993, when Bonds' San Francisco Giants had come to town. Kittle, by then retired from the game, had asked Bonds to sign two jerseys he'd worn in games, so that Kittle could auction them for Indiana Sports Charities, his charity helping kids with cancer. I paid about $110 of my own money for them, so they could be auctioned off at the golf outing. I did that all the time for stars like Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Derek Jeter and Roger Clemens. When I tell them how their autographs help the cause, every player gladly signs - with one exception. I walked up to Bonds at his locker in the Wrigley Field visitors' clubhouse, introduced myself and said, "Barry, if you sign these, they'll bring in a lot of money for kids who need help. Bonds stood up, looked me in the eye and said, "I don't sign for white people." If lightning hits me today, I will swear those were his exact words. Matt Williams and other Giants were in the room and they heard what Bonds said. I stood there for a minute, and the veins in my neck were popping. I've only been that mad a few times in my life. I was going to beat the (heck) out of him, really kick his (butt), but Williams saw what was happening, so he came over and got between us. Matt said, "Ron, that's just the way he is." |
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