Makes sense, although NBA ran a promo on "stopping the R word" Just surprised since MLS' don't cross the line campaign seems to fit with the leagues "we're the most progressive sports league" rhetoric.
Whatever happened to "You ********ing suck, you piece of shit! You don't deserve to lick the bottom of cleat, let alone play alongside me. I hope you get hit by a ********ing tractor trailer at some point in life you waste of ********ing space"? I don't know about you, but that's a pretty rotten thing to say that doesn't offend anyone.
Not among the primary users on BS. Using the term in reference to a cigarette is virtually unheard of in the US, so asterisking it out isn't going to cause much in the way of collateral damage. That isn't necessarily the case for the "to slow" definition of retard. The "to slow" definition certainly isn't as common as the slur, but it is common enough that it would at least have some impact.
Out of curiosity, does society ever try to use sports to equip the younger generation with positive behaviors that we want them to use later in life? Do we want to teach the younger generation that anything, no matter how dirty or disrespectful, is fair game? If so, then can we really be surprised with the direction this society is headed?
Well, obviously, it would offend the person receiving the insult. In the middle of a heated game, I've said a lot of things, but I never used a racial slur, a homophobic slur, or used a slur like "retard". I've also never insulted someone's mother. To use just these things shows a complete lack of intelligence on the part of the person using them because they simply can't come up with anything better. I think the worst thing I've said in a game is calling someone the C-word, and I've only used it once or twice.
I remember years ago, perhaps in a World Cup game, a player acted like he was going to kiss Blanco. Blanco got enraged and, if memory serves me correctly (no guarantee), ended up lashing out at the player. I don't remember if Blanco got called for a card, a foul, or just simply botched a play. Regardless, what I enjoyed about it was using Blanco's own (presumed) homophobia against him. Instead of denigrating a bunch of other people in trying to distract him, the other player simply used Blanco's own bias against him. I got a good laugh out of it.
There's a reason the word ******** is censored here, on prime time television, etc, the use of it apparently is offensive enough that it's worth censoring it, not to the person being called it, but to those who would have to hear it.
I'm just talking about one person saying it to another in the middle of a game. I was just trying to show that you can say lots of denigrating things to another player, with or without profanity, where you don't have to use a racial/ethnic/homophobic/mentally-challenged slur or insult someone's mother. Obviously, the f-word is the most obscene (even though I think it's become so mainstream that it doesn't carry the same cache it once did, plus I think the c-word is more obscene because you just don't hear it, but I digress), but if we're on the field of play, if you expect not to ever hear it, ever, then that's just kooky talk.
If it had been picked up by the camera/microphone and broadcast over the airwaves, I'd say yes. It's already been noted that some presenters/advertisers are uncomfortable with the *ahem* creative chants/phrases that SG's can be heard bellowing out. Imagine if NBCS decided to televise the Special Olympics one year and promoted it heavily during MLS broadcasts...how would the channel/league respond to players or the crowd clearly stating "You're a retard," at the other team?
Ironic how Burch calls Johnson a ****** and everyone gets all butt-hurt over it. Sorry! I keed, I keed!!
Good. Be offended. I wish great pain upon you. May a deranged holy man sprinkle sand during your vascectomy.
If you've called someone a ************************, you've insulted their mother. Have you never said that?
No, I haven't called a player that, nor have I called anyone that outside of a game. Like I said, if you can't come up with anything better than that, you're not going to throw someone off their game.
Aight, I'm an asshole, evidently. I also say bhenchod, which in my dad's language means sister********er. I guess, i'm lucky refs don't understand that.