Ron MacLean being crucified for 9/11 analogy
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Ron MacLean being crucified for 9/11 analogy
http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/nh ... a-bad-idea
“It’s crazy to compare what the emergency responders did during that time, but a spirit has to start somewhere,” MacLean said. “You can’t help but be struck by the players and the way they play these games. They are like police officers. They are like firefighters. You can’t fight fire with ego . . . The pain these men have faced. The price they keep on paying. The hearts they keep on lifting.”
Huge faux pas by MacLean, and he's paying for it big time.
But I like the writer's take:
"The people kicking MacLean this morning are savvy enough to lay back, raise an eyebrow sky-high in print and let amateurs do the real hatchet work in the comments sections and on Twitter. That’s how a character gets assassinated these days.
More importantly, it’s another excuse to prime the motor on the Outrage Machine. That thing’s running 24/7 these days.
Outrage is becoming the only fuel of the sports conversation — whether it’s Amar’e Stoudamire’s temper tantrum or John Tortorella’s monosyllablism or Cole Hamels’ comments about a message sent by baseball or Mike Rizzo’s comments about Hamels’ comments or . . . it just doesn’t end. And that’s only the last week.
We’re all sitting around waiting for someone to screw up in public, so that we can vent righteously. The size of the offence isn’t an issue any more. Whether it’s actually an offence — or, as I would suggest in this case, a badly misjudged comparison that reveals nothing of the writer’s character, and matters not in the least in the context of the real world — isn’t considered either.
All we need is a chance to get furious about something, anything. Indignation has become our default setting.
If we require something to be outraged about, we could start with why so many of us are so goddamn angry all the time."
Yeah so why are so many of you guys so ANGRY??!!
Having asked that, I hope Ronald feels the ripping stab of every single pitchfork blade.
“It’s crazy to compare what the emergency responders did during that time, but a spirit has to start somewhere,” MacLean said. “You can’t help but be struck by the players and the way they play these games. They are like police officers. They are like firefighters. You can’t fight fire with ego . . . The pain these men have faced. The price they keep on paying. The hearts they keep on lifting.”
Huge faux pas by MacLean, and he's paying for it big time.
But I like the writer's take:
"The people kicking MacLean this morning are savvy enough to lay back, raise an eyebrow sky-high in print and let amateurs do the real hatchet work in the comments sections and on Twitter. That’s how a character gets assassinated these days.
More importantly, it’s another excuse to prime the motor on the Outrage Machine. That thing’s running 24/7 these days.
Outrage is becoming the only fuel of the sports conversation — whether it’s Amar’e Stoudamire’s temper tantrum or John Tortorella’s monosyllablism or Cole Hamels’ comments about a message sent by baseball or Mike Rizzo’s comments about Hamels’ comments or . . . it just doesn’t end. And that’s only the last week.
We’re all sitting around waiting for someone to screw up in public, so that we can vent righteously. The size of the offence isn’t an issue any more. Whether it’s actually an offence — or, as I would suggest in this case, a badly misjudged comparison that reveals nothing of the writer’s character, and matters not in the least in the context of the real world — isn’t considered either.
All we need is a chance to get furious about something, anything. Indignation has become our default setting.
If we require something to be outraged about, we could start with why so many of us are so goddamn angry all the time."
Yeah so why are so many of you guys so ANGRY??!!
Having asked that, I hope Ronald feels the ripping stab of every single pitchfork blade.
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Re: Ron MacLean being crucified for 9/11 analogy
Here's how it went down:
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Re: Ron MacLean being crucified for 9/11 analogy
Ron's original statement, besides being silly, is nearly incomprehensible.
.......waiting for Hughson's "Ward, streaking down the left wing like Obama to Glen Anderson's wedding".......
.......waiting for Hughson's "Ward, streaking down the left wing like Obama to Glen Anderson's wedding".......
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I'm amazed that so many people choose to be complete twats.
I'm amazed that so many people choose to be complete twats.
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Re: Ron MacLean being crucified for 9/11 analogy
One might even say it's just plane wrong.Topper wrote:Ron's original statement, besides being silly, is nearly incomprehensible.
2011..... the one that got away.
Re: Ron MacLean being crucified for 9/11 analogy
The irony of it all.Eddy Punch Clock wrote:One might even say it's just plane wrong.Topper wrote:Ron's original statement, besides being silly, is nearly incomprehensible.
How could he be so thoughtless?
Re: Ron MacLean being crucified for 9/11 analogy
On a rainy day in Andalusia.Eddy Punch Clock wrote:One might even say it's just plane wrong.Topper wrote:Ron's original statement, besides being silly, is nearly incomprehensible.
Over the Internet, you can pretend to be anyone or anything.
I'm amazed that so many people choose to be complete twats.
I'm amazed that so many people choose to be complete twats.
Re: Ron MacLean being crucified for 9/11 analogy
9/11 enthusiasts should see The Dictator, or at least the trailer.
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Re: Ron MacLean being crucified for 9/11 analogy
That jerk should have been fired when he started saying garbage about Burrows. Now he's comparing hockey players to the men and women who raced into the buildings on 9/11 to save lives. He would never last on any other network but the CBC. He not only embarrasses himsel,f he embarrasses the entire country by being on the State run tv network spouting moronic crap. Please CBC, fire this guy, enough is enough.
Re: Ron MacLean being crucified for 9/11 analogy
We won't hear about it, but he'll have another talk with his bosses who will tell him to be sensitive about stuff like that, he was trying to be all poetic and inspiring, but he lost it and sounded like he was just bullshitting it along after about 10 seconds.
Can the Canucks just win a Cup within the next 5 years.
Re: Ron MacLean being crucified for 9/11 analogy
"9/11 enthusiasts"?dhabums wrote:9/11 enthusiasts should see The Dictator, or at least the trailer.
Is that a new euphemism for al-Qaeda members?
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Re: Ron MacLean being crucified for 9/11 analogy
It looks good on him, can't stand him. Jackass.
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Re: Ron MacLean being crucified for 9/11 analogy
MacLean is a complete moron. After all the flack he took for his Burrowsgate he started sucking up to the Vancouver fans.
Fire him, HNIC needs to make some serious changes, might as well start by turfing his ass out of there.
Fire him, HNIC needs to make some serious changes, might as well start by turfing his ass out of there.
Re: Ron MacLean being crucified for 9/11 analogy
You know how HNIC has been running their "It Happened on HNIC" promo all season.
This was the greatest moment on HNIC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx33a0u3gmg
This was the greatest moment on HNIC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx33a0u3gmg
Over the Internet, you can pretend to be anyone or anything.
I'm amazed that so many people choose to be complete twats.
I'm amazed that so many people choose to be complete twats.
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Re: Ron MacLean being crucified for 9/11 analogy
I knew something like that had gone down but I had never seen it before. Awesome.Topper wrote:You know how HNIC has been running their "It Happened on HNIC" promo all season.
This was the greatest moment on HNIC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx33a0u3gmg
Can you imagine Hodges reaction if he was with NBC when they went to horse racing during overtime of an elimination game?
2011..... the one that got away.
Re: Ron MacLean being crucified for 9/11 analogy
Topper wrote:You know how HNIC has been running their "It Happened on HNIC" promo all season.
This was the greatest moment on HNIC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx33a0u3gmg
Classic.
Even gets a pen flip in at the end.
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