PC Takes over Baseball

The speech police have continued their assault. I've previously mentioned how you could very possibly go to jail in the state of New Jersey for actually saying the word "perversion." The absolute idiocy continues in Major League Baseball. Apparently now saying that someone is from the Caribbean is now also verboten.

At issue here is a radio show host that said:

brain-dead Caribbean hitters hacking at slop nightly

According to some loons, like the once-respected Felipe Alou, this insults and offends "hundreds of millions of people." Crackpot Alou did not expand his remarks to include whether he was offended by the fact that the radio host pointed out that people actually ARE from the Caribbean, or that the team is question cannot hit the ball (the team had a .239 batting average for July, worse than every other team in the league but one).

The thought police advance continues. This radio host was suspended for a week for offending "millions" by stating the truth. Once again it shows that speaking the truth, somehow, can be offensive. Folks, the truth is the truth. If you don't like it, I don't really care -- even if that offends you.

Indeed, Orwell's predictions are coming more and more true every day. I wonder if, on a night when I play poorly at a softball game if I can say, "Moronic French Immigrants who strike out," and offend myself.

Posted by: Ogre at 12:02 PM

Comments

1 I am offended by you calling yourself French!

That's it Ogre, I am lodging a complaint!

I bet Howard Dean will hold you in contempt for using his middle name in vein too (moron).

JK!!

Great post Ogre, and I hope you get a chance to check out my last post for a while.

Posted by: Michael R. Churchill at August 08, 2005 01:20 PM (eqaaP)

2 And is it now how they refer to themselves? "from the Carribean" *throws hands up in disgust!*

Posted by: Oddybobo at August 08, 2005 01:52 PM (6Gm0j)

3 You said "disgust." I think that word has been banned, too.

Posted by: Ogre at August 08, 2005 02:12 PM (L0IGK)

4 Well, it is rather superfulous to call the SF Ginats brain dead. And Bonds isn't even in the lineup!

Posted by: William Teach at August 08, 2005 06:53 PM (IRsCk)

5 Did you just type "SF Gnats?"

Oh, you're in BIG trouble in PC-land...

Posted by: Ogre at August 08, 2005 06:56 PM (L0IGK)

6 SF Gnats R' Us

Posted by: William Teach at August 08, 2005 07:18 PM (IRsCk)

7 That's SO wrong.

Posted by: Ogre at August 08, 2005 07:23 PM (L0IGK)

8 I wonder if Felipe will bare his soul?

Posted by: William Teach at August 08, 2005 08:51 PM (TFSHk)

9 You're in rare form this evening, Teach!

ROFL!

Posted by: Ogre at August 08, 2005 09:13 PM (L0IGK)

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