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  1. I want to thank all the mods, past and present, for doing a good job here. I have been here for a very long time, so I've had my good and bad moments here. I've been wanting to change my persona from what I used to be, so I will no longer be the same poster, if in fact I move into the new forum.

    The mods have been extremely lenient with everyone, including myself, so they absolutely deserve a good deal of credit.

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  2. 15 minutes ago, Putgolzin said:

    It sounds to me like both sides of this story are 100% true.

     

    There's an old dude legitimately trying to be chummy and says, 'hey it would be nicer to see those tiny pictures on the big screen, and they even learned me how to do that technology'.

     

    There are members of a younger generation that feel weird about that, because it's legitimately a little weird.

     

    Intentions and the way they are received can be very different, especially with regard to generational stuff. No chance my dad could tell you why this was weird.

     

     

    I think this is the most fair take so far. I would THINK (and I could be out of bounds with this one) that Babcock knows this is his one and last shot at being in the NHL. A controversy is not what he wants right now, especially when he hasn't even proven his worth yet in Columbus.

     

    Babcock's reputation precedes him and it's not a good one. At the very least he didn't cover up a sexual assault, which is not in any way meant to justify his atrocious treatment of players that he coached. What I meant is there's different tiers of douchebaggery.

     

    One thing for sure is that the hate for Babcock will always come back to haunt him. That is something he can't control, no matter how many 'apologies' he makes. From what it sounds like, his apology sounds very sincere. Yet it doesn't matter because no one is obligated to forgive him, no matter how sincere it may be.

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  3. 2 hours ago, Barnstorm said:

    This was simply laughed off…

     

    This is a difficult subject to really talk about - and it's certainly not a black and white scenario. Consent is needed for a kiss here (and other things), which was not obvious at this time for both people. I'm not sure Green truly consented to this, but so far he has not said otherwise. Green and Palffy were teammates at the time, so there was no power dynamic, which is a different scenario with the f**king HEAD of Spanish soccer and a soccer athlete.

     

    Trying to compare the two situations is a poor way to make a point on a subject that none of us are truly qualified. What we DO know is that the soccer athlete did NOT consent to the kiss and has stated as such.

     

    Consent can be taken away at any time. There's a big f**king difference there.

     

    The underscore with this: don't be a f**king idiot and get your consent before you f**king do anything.

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  4. 1 hour ago, -DLC- said:

    Richmond News reporters aren't as sports savvy as you and I. I actually believed he was a Flame for a second...I mean, every other ex Canuck is.    ;)

    It's kind of a major oversight, since the event is about Tony Stretcher [sic]'s charity and they couldn't even get the detail about which team he is currently playing for right. It's not the end of the world, but it might very well highlight just how rushed these writers are for time and probably low pay for them to verify every single detail.

     

    Writers are criminally underappreciated, much like nurses and teachers. They can shape our lives in different ways. I mean if we have to deepdive into which professions are also important, they all are, such as paramedics, firefighters, and police officers. Society has neglected these people, including cops (poor training).

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  5. 2 minutes ago, Citizen Erased said:

    God dammit I wish people would stop posting that pic. It creeps me out. 

    Canuck fans as a whole are boring as hell. They keep looking to the past and drilling on the exact same tired points. Benning will be forever remembered for the memes, unfortunately though.

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  6. 55 minutes ago, Slegr said:

    I grew up with a dog and get the love for dogs, but honestly, I think it’s going too far. Dogs on planes? It’s already happening a lot, and my wife, who is allergic to dogs, often has a lot of problems on airplanes now. 
    I see dogs in all sorts of shops / stores, and thinking it’s just wrong. I’m sorry, but these are creatures that just piss wherever they like. Dogs are not people. They’re very loyal and friendly to their owners, but let’s not treat them like people in public please.

    I agree. I think the love of dogs has put consideration of others on the backseat. Then again, people have not always been considerate of others.

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  7. 7 hours ago, Drive-By Body Pierce said:

    I'm so divided by this. I am not necessarily a fan of fighting, but I understand its role in the game. We also have lots of "rats" that will do anything and everything to instigate a fight, without ACTUALLY fighting. We currently don't have an effective way to police against those said rats.

     

    Safety is important, but still... I'd like to see more done on awful hits (something like how it's done with the IIHF tournaments).

     

    What we don't want is a situation where someone gets punched in the face (ala Sedin), but there's NO penalty.

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  8. 1 hour ago, VancouverHabitant said:

     

     

     

    Professor John McWhorter is a child of two black activists from the 1970s, who has seen things progress to where we are today.  His point of view is very interesting and accurate especially with this offshoot that's come up in the last few years called "anti-racism".

     

    Thought it was worth sharing. 

    It is worth sharing. I agree with his presentation on the social commentary. It is truly bad that one can be robbed of an opinion because of their skin colour, for example. I witnessed a certain student be 'shushed' for their opinion for being white, but he later identified in that same forum that he was in fact mixed race. Oops. What an egg on the face of those so-called 'anti-racist'.

     

    It should be clear that being anti-racist should not mean silencing 'white' voices and I'm not saying that because I'm white; I'm actually NOT white. Without denying that there's been a lot of progress on the race front, the issue of racism is STILL an ongoing issue towards minorities. If we expanded beyond race, lots of other minorities (religious, gender, or underwise) are under attack as well. I won't claim to speak on their behalf, only that I am aware of those issues.

     

    Something that needs to be added in that discussion is that with any movement, there will always be opportunists. We've seen black members of society scam people, INCLUDING their own brethren for a 'quick buck', for example. The BLM movement was unfortunately tainted by a certain group of people who decided to RIOT, rather than protest peacefully. We seen that level of RIOTING happen in Paris, which had absolutely nothing to do with the pension issue itself.

     

    For anything to be anti-racist, we need to have EVERYONE talking about racism. White people may not have been targets of racism here, but they sure were/are targets in South Africa. Asians were/are certainly targeted in North America, but other races of people were/are targeted in Asia. Racism requires no skin colour. We are all capable of hate, but we are also capable of love.

     

    Communication is important. Social media does not help with this in any way whatsoever. It just worsens things. We've seen the bold racist online. Those people may or may not have the idiocy to try that in person. Then again, racism is very complex and goes beyond the racist language.

  9. 14 hours ago, Timråfan said:

    I don’t want my kids to act that way but I’m not stopping them.

    Do you get my drift? 
    I can just hope that they learn from their mistakes.

     

    On the other hand you got the autism spectre, ADHD etc that can affect how kids act/react.

    This girl can have some frontal lobe issues and then comes a lot of old geezers and condemn her online and force her to feel bad when she just express happiness.

    I don’t get it.

     

    If she had talked about suicide, murdering, mutilating etc I would have understand your point.


    And, my final point is, Alex looks good and makes a lot of cash.

    Do you really think he has a problem with only one woman? 

    Maybe you should focus on being a better dad then.

     

    Alex looks good, sure, I objectively agree with you, but he is entitled to the same amount of respect, which includes freedom from sexual harassment.

     

    The nerve of you to assume that he WANTS this. How do you think he feels if his wife feels uncomfortable about this? Maybe the 'payoff' isn't worth it then. It could be that the wife is his best friend. Why the hell would someone who is morally upstanding want to make their best friend feel like crap?

     

    I don't mean to make this sound like a gatekeeping post, but you need to reflect on your post. This is a terrible glimpse of your attitude. The fact that you THINK this is ok behaviour is why you're part of the problem.

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