A meaty appendage to an earlier entry
For some crazy reason I had a feeling that the Grand Old Damien might issue an apology today for his over-wrought and hyper-moralizing condemnation of Jiri NSFW on Wednesday...However, much like Simmons on a Sunday, I was completely wrong...That isn't to say that the Toronto Star's Moral Authority didn't have more to say on the earth-shatteringly important matter of Jiri's dew-flinger:
Poor Jiri Tlusty. First he's victimized by a gal pal. Then he has those who insert synonyms for the male appendage into their every writing rising to his defence. Otherwise, he's mostly getting support from those who can't argue the point so simply blast everyone who differs as a rascist and a homophobe. Meanwhile the basic argument, that the Leafs need to insist on a higher standard of behavior from their best young players should they ever hope to become a winner, is totally lost. And I know dozens and dozens of quality young teenagers who wouldn't be caught like Tlusty was. Don't you dare stigmatize an entire generation by saying this is what all kids do today. . .
Is he talking about us? Homophobia? Racism? Synonyms for the male appendage?
Of course my ego wants me to believe that Cox's little tirade was directed at us, but there are many bloggers, message-board posters and even journalists who have commented on Cox's bizarre polemic over the past few days...Pension Plan Puppets and Bitter Leaf Fan both gave Cox a cyber-beatdown, while David Shoalts (who is almost completely rehabilitated in our eyes) and James Mirtle (great, as always) pointed out the inherent silliness of Cox's piece...However, none of these dwelt on the topics of homophobia or racism.
If Cox was referring to us, we should note that nowhere in our exhaustive coverage of Wang-Gate did we ever call him homphobic or racist...Mr. Till criticized the media for validating the "witless homophobia" of the bloggers who originally posted the pics of Jiri (as well as for driving up their hit counts) and I made sure that I did not infer that Damien was a racist when I wrote about the Conn Smythe - Muhammad Ali business...Accusing someone of homophobia and racism is a serious charge which can permanently and unfairly taint a reputation. It is a much-too-easy charge to make, and very difficult to disprove once it gets out there...We may believe that Damien is a flawed sports columnist, but we definitely do not, for one second, believe that he is a racist or a homophobe...On the other hand...accusing your detractors of viscous name-calling isn't really the most honourable debating tactic...
As for the "synonyms for the male appendage"...that is what really made us think that Cox had dropped by the site for a visit...We may have under-delivered on dick jokes yesterday, but there was no shortage of synonyms for the male appendage...which in itself is really just a prudish synonym for penis...I, personally, would have gone with the Little Soldier...or maybe Wang...or Willy...how about Captain Winkie?...Summer Sausage?...Meat Stick?... One-eyed Monster?...Joystick?...Pork Sword?...Love Truncheon?...Pocket Rocket?...Giggle Stick?...Trouser Trout?...Mutton Dagger?...maybe I'd just go with the classic Wild Baloney Pony...
Poor Jiri Tlusty. First he's victimized by a gal pal. Then he has those who insert synonyms for the male appendage into their every writing rising to his defence. Otherwise, he's mostly getting support from those who can't argue the point so simply blast everyone who differs as a rascist and a homophobe. Meanwhile the basic argument, that the Leafs need to insist on a higher standard of behavior from their best young players should they ever hope to become a winner, is totally lost. And I know dozens and dozens of quality young teenagers who wouldn't be caught like Tlusty was. Don't you dare stigmatize an entire generation by saying this is what all kids do today. . .
Is he talking about us? Homophobia? Racism? Synonyms for the male appendage?
Of course my ego wants me to believe that Cox's little tirade was directed at us, but there are many bloggers, message-board posters and even journalists who have commented on Cox's bizarre polemic over the past few days...Pension Plan Puppets and Bitter Leaf Fan both gave Cox a cyber-beatdown, while David Shoalts (who is almost completely rehabilitated in our eyes) and James Mirtle (great, as always) pointed out the inherent silliness of Cox's piece...However, none of these dwelt on the topics of homophobia or racism.
If Cox was referring to us, we should note that nowhere in our exhaustive coverage of Wang-Gate did we ever call him homphobic or racist...Mr. Till criticized the media for validating the "witless homophobia" of the bloggers who originally posted the pics of Jiri (as well as for driving up their hit counts) and I made sure that I did not infer that Damien was a racist when I wrote about the Conn Smythe - Muhammad Ali business...Accusing someone of homophobia and racism is a serious charge which can permanently and unfairly taint a reputation. It is a much-too-easy charge to make, and very difficult to disprove once it gets out there...We may believe that Damien is a flawed sports columnist, but we definitely do not, for one second, believe that he is a racist or a homophobe...On the other hand...accusing your detractors of viscous name-calling isn't really the most honourable debating tactic...
As for the "synonyms for the male appendage"...that is what really made us think that Cox had dropped by the site for a visit...We may have under-delivered on dick jokes yesterday, but there was no shortage of synonyms for the male appendage...which in itself is really just a prudish synonym for penis...I, personally, would have gone with the Little Soldier...or maybe Wang...or Willy...how about Captain Winkie?...Summer Sausage?...Meat Stick?... One-eyed Monster?...Joystick?...Pork Sword?...Love Truncheon?...Pocket Rocket?...Giggle Stick?...Trouser Trout?...Mutton Dagger?...maybe I'd just go with the classic Wild Baloney Pony...
Poor Damien Cox. Not only does he have to defend himself against accusations of racism, but apparently his accusers can't even spell it. What exactly is a rascist?
Good catch, and one that I never noticed until you pointed it out...Not sure what a rascist is...usually we give these guys a pass on spelling errors since they are generally the fault of typists, proof-readers, copy editors, etc,...but when it comes to his blog, I imagine Damien enters that into the system himself with no editorial supervision...which I guess makes it fair game.