Re: Bob Ryan

["Sean Giovanello" <sgiovanello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How bout Shank Shaughnessy calling Offerman a piece of garbage or a human
sack of you know what.  Marty Barron defended the CHB as being a columnist
whose job it was to elicit an emotional response from his readers.  How
about the absolute character assasination and bald face lies that Derrick
Jackson puts in his columns?  The Globe lets all that go, doesnt even report
on the Ryan story, then when it goes national suspended him?  Thats pretty
lame.  How about Charles Barkley - should he be suspended for all the things
he has said?  The double standard and the hypocrisy of the Globe and society
at large is a joke.  Its too bad for Bob Ryan that he said something stupid,
but he shouldnt have his career ruined over it and he should expect his
employer to stand by him.  How the union over there could let this go is
beyond me...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kestas" <kkv@dartmouth.edu>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: Bob Ryan


> At 11:15 PM 5/6/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >This is being blown way out of proportion by the media. Of course,
> >Ryan didn't mean what he said literally. Byron Scott is a crybaby,
> >for calling for Ryan's resignation.
>
> Scott is just taking advantage of any opportunity to gain a mental edge on
> Boston. The Boring Broadsheet's response is equally predictable. No wonder
> their columns are so watered down. In retrospect, it's amazing that Ryan's
> line calling Antoine a punk a while ago got past El Globo's censo....err,
> editors. Maybe they fell asleep on that one, and nowadays are much more
> vigilant in  their quest for inoffensiveness. It's too bad, because Ryan
> was the least self-censored of all the BB scribes, and I'll miss his
> columns on the Celtics and the NBA in these playoffs. Everybody knew
(well,
> those who had no agenda not to) what Ryan meant, and I'm guessing most
> Celtics fans agreed with his assesment of Mrs. Kidd. However, in the
> current climate, when the abrogation of the constitutional rights of
> Americans is going full speed ahead in the form of USA PATRIOT act, it is
> little wonder that the freedom to say what you think is fast disappearing
> as well.
>
> >Did O'Brien call for Kenny Smith's
> >resignation when on Inside the NBA he said that Antoine should
> >have been smacked for celebrating during game 6 against the
> >Pacers?
>
> See, that's just boyz from the 'hood talking. If Tolbert or Ainge had said
> something like that, they'd be fired during the next commercial break.
> Similarly, Ryan's comments are made into some sort of a gender, or maybe
> even gender/racial thing. It's sensitized even more by the fact that she
> HAS been slapped around by her own dear husband. The interview with Jason
> Kidd was high comedy - a wife beater asked what he thinks of someone
else's
> comments about smacking his wife. He could barely conceal his incredulous
> smile - "you guys are asking ME what I think about that?! Well, haven't I
> SHOWN what I think about that, instead of merely talking about it?".  This
> whole incident is regrettable in so many ways.
> Kestas