On Isiah

[E.H. Munro]

On Dec 20, 2006, at 8:39 AM, Gene Kirkpatrick wrote:

 >Like most Celtics (I have three sweatshirts, one cap, and two T's,  
which qualify me as a Celt), I won't forget his comments about Bird.   
 >What an idiot!

You already have. The comments you're objecting to were Rodman's, not  
Thomas's. Thomas ironically echoed Rodman to make a point about  
American racial perceptions (which I think he was wrong about), but  
he prefaced his ironic echo by calling Bird a great player. Rodman  
called Bird overrated, Thomas said that if Bird were black he'd be  
just another good player (after he'd already called him a great one)  
because he felt that African-American players got a short shrift by  
the American public and by the media. Given that Steve Nash got the  
MVP over Kobe Bryant (who carried a much worse team to nearly as many  
wins and into the playoffs), LeBron James (who carried a worse team  
to a better record), or Dirk Nowitzki (who carried an equivalent team  
to a *much* better record and further in the postseason), he might  
have a partial point (though I don't think the situation was as bad  
as he made it out to be).

E.H. Munro

"I have never been comfortable with people comparing politicians to  
whores. After all, whores are hard working, rarely think that they're  
better than you, never call the cops on you, and never force you to  
hire their cousin Bernie. All in all I think the world might be a  
better place if politicians were more like whores."