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12/29/2004: "A Change of Plan"
Before I went to bed last night, I decided that I'd bang out a piece in
the morning called "Thank you, Jesus, for killing Reggie White"
If you read yesterday's Thoughtless, then you know that Reggie White (Whom
I'd not even known existed) died on Sunday at the age of 43. What you may
not have known about Reggie White is that during his lifetime he said some
rather crazy/cruel things.
Here are White's (who was also a Minister) thoughts on race:
Hispanics: "…gifted in family structure. You can see a Hispanic
person and he can put 20 or 30 people in one home"
Whites: "…blessed with the gift of structure and organization. You
guys do a good job of building businesses and things of that nature, and
you know how to tap into money pretty much better than a lot of people
around the world"
Asians: "…very gifted at creativity and invention. If you go to
Japan or any Asian country, they can turn a television into a watch."
Blacks: "… are very gifted in what we call worship and celebration.
A lot of us like to dance. If you go to a black church, you see people
jumping up and down because they really get into it."
Indians (I'm not sure if Reggie was talking about Native Americans
[AKA Pueblo Pals] or people from India: "…have been very gifted in the
spirituality."
But it was Reggie's thoughts on Gay Rights that I'm sure he'll always be
remembered for, and which probably caused CBS Sports to stop considering
White for a commentating job (a five-year deal that would've netted White
$6 million).
White claimed that the United States has gotten away from God, in part by
allowing homosexuality to "run rampant" and that "homosexuals have no
place in professional football" (What about Tight-End and Wide-Receiver?
Badda Bing!).
Here, Reggie gets to combine race and sexual wackiness:
"Homosexuality is a decision, it's not a race," White said. "People from
all different ethnic backgrounds live in this lifestyle. But people from
all different ethnic backgrounds also are liars and cheaters and malicious
and back-stabbing."
Also it seems that, a few years back, Reggie promised a school outside of
Denver a $50,000 donation, but never coughed up the cash.
Anyhoo, I thought there was a great deal of irony in a man who thought that
AIDS was God's punishment (And who had also played for "The Packers"),
dropping dead at a young age. Maybe this, too, was God's punishment for
being an intolerant asshole. So, I thought that I'd wake up and pen a
really vicious piece about Reggie White, but then something unexpected
happened…
I woke up around midnight and couldn't get back to sleep, so I started
channel surfing. One of the movies channels was showing one of my favorite
films: Amelie. I don't know if you've ever seen Amelie, but
if you have than you know that it's hard to write (or do) anything vicious
for at least a week after viewing it.
That's why the above piece about Reggie White is only about 1/100th as
angry as I'd originally intended it to be.
epie - since, when
present; be near
If the above word looks like ippojshit to you,
then you need to go here
and download the SPIONIC font for either MAC or PC. Dude.
existimabant - they thought
