You caption the photo

[Belanger, Roger]

Harsh, heck no, well not in my eyes anyhow. I manage an IT help desk for
a living, dealing with those people can be harsh. LOL

No problem here and thanks again for the chat.

roger


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-----Original Message-----
From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
Behalf Of Frederick Hurley
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 10:40 AM
To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List
Subject: RE: You caption the photo

On Fri, October 13, 2006 10:30 am, Belanger, Roger wrote:
> Hi Fred,
>
> Thx for your note and I appreciate & respect your thoughts. I was only

> trying to vent my frustration at the whole dance squad idea using my 
> admittedly cruel sense of humor.
>
> The reality is that the C's and the women are using s3x to put arses 
> in the seats. The entertainment should be quality played hoops. 
> Parading half naked women around to take attention away from an 
> inferior product is offensive to me as a fan.
>
> As for the "dancers", there are plenty of other places that they earn 
> their money jiggling their exposed body parts. It is neither 
> appropriate or necessary at the C's game (or any other sporting event 
> for that
> matter) IMHO. Hey I'm human, if there is bumping, grinding and flesh 
> flashing going on, I'll be looking, just don't like them pretending it

> has anything to do with the games.
>
> Anyhow, looking forward to seeing some more on court action real soon.
> Me and my crude sense of humor will be returning to lurkerville now. 
> :-)

Fair enough, Roger.  I certainly share you general level of frustration.

I also find it somewhat distasteful to use such a dance squad at an
event that is supposed to be so family-friendly.  Do I think it's as bad
as a strip-tease?  Of course not.  But at the same time, I wouldn't want
to take a kid to a game, and have to explain anything other than how a
pick & roll works.

And I'm sorry if I responded too harshly to your message.  My intention
was to stop the progression that had been going on for the previous
several messages.  I actually think a great halftime gimic would be to
have local high school coaches come out, and using the jumbotron,
explain various basketball plays simply and quickly.  Sort of a fan
tutorial to the finer points, so new fans can appreciate well-run plays.
I admit, the
punchline writes itself.   ;-)

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