Re: Atlanta Game

["Michael J.King Sr." <kingpin@primenet.com>]

At 03:08 PM 12/22/99 +0100, opi@unesco.org wrote:
>Not that we all should need any extra motivation to try to whup Atlanta
>tonight (other than defending our parquet floor one last time), but
>below are some quotes from Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker concerning
>New York City (and I suppose by extension "the North"):
>
>p.s. I'm glad he didn't mention Ukrainians. :-)
>
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>(copyright Associated Press)
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>``The biggest thing I don't like about New York are the foreigners,''
>the Macon, Ga., native said. ``You can walk an entire block in Times
>Square and not hear anybody speaking English. Asians and Koreans and
>Vietnamese and Indians and Russians and Spanish people and everything up
>there. How the hell did they get in this country?''
>
>The 25-year-old reliever, whose team beat the Mets in this year's
>National League championship series but got swept by the Yankees in the
>World Series, made disparaging remarks about New Yorkers in this week's
>issue of Sports Illustrated.
>
>``Imagine having to take the 7 train to (Shea Stadium) looking like
>you're (in) Beirut next to some kid with purple hair, next to some queer
>with AIDS, right next to some dude who got out of jail for the fourth
>time, right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids,'' Rocker said.
>``It's depressing.''

He really said all the above?? I have to say Mr.Rocker has some stones as 
he alienated just about every race, gender and lifestyle known to man!! 
Look in the dictionary under cracker and there will be Rockers picture. 
Yikes!! I feel ashamed for him as well as sorry. It is hard for me to 
fathom such insensitivity in a grown person. I am far from a PC zealot and 
have said stupid things and had some insensitive thoughts and  ideas but 
Rockers comments make me cringe. I guess that is a good thing. I still 
suffer from the USA is number  1 mindset but I through the internet have 
met so many neat folks that I tend to be less obnoxious when showing pride 
in my nation!! Hey I'm a disabled veteran and it isn't easy to alter my 
jingoism!! Well at least now we know how Rocker learned his famous dash to 
the mound as he has had lots of practice from hurling epitaphs at 98% of 
the planets inhabitants!!! Happy holidays everyone! Later.Mike