LMAO...I'm still wondering if windandsea is male or female?? He/she has never said...that I know of Nonetheless..thanks W&S for the updates!!
Asian or no Asian, guys don't say a guys hair cut is cute....maybe cool, spiffy, "nice fade", but not Cute........I hope you are kidding?
In the West they say it all the time, just not in hicksville! You don't seem to remember when you were a child?
good Lord, son, get a comfortable hold of your sexuality please! mmm, on second thought, that didn't come out right. i think i'll excuse myself from this thread now...
My mom used to say my hair was cute after I got a haircut. Then there was a period of about 20 years where she would say "Uh, nice ponytail. Have you ever thought about trimming maybe 8" off of it??". Now she thinks it looks real nice, since there isn't much of it to do anything with. Windandsea, we're spoiled! Where are the pictures of Yao's new "do"??
Remember windandsea is not a native English speaker. May be he just did not choose the right word to express himself.
You said someone is gay coz he did not choose the right adjective to describe a haircut? Remember English is not his first or even second language. What you have said is not funny at all.
No. Not another debate. My first thread at here became a political fighting because I mentioned I survived from Tiananmen Square many years ago. From then on, many of my threads ended up with large arguments. When I brought up the thread about Clutch's article being stolen by China Sina.com, the following discussons covered a lot of areas in our life. The latest one is about the delay of Yao Ming's contract. That one has near three hundreds responds and a lot of debating. I will ask for a happy ending for this thread. My daughter lost her first tooth this morning. Maybe that is the reason I have too much motherhood in my body recently. But from some of your guys I understand that basketball doesn't need femininity and motherhood. It's not proper to describe Ming's haircut is "cute", or Ming is "cute". I must use such words as "unmerciful", "ruthless" or something like "great", "brave" to portray this "warrior", "soldier" and "hero". He did get a haircut. What should I say him now?
And I'm going to say that speculating about someone's sexual orientation on this BBS is way out of line. You owe windandsea an apology.
In fact, I feel sorry for Ming. I can understand why Rockets wanted to "speak out" that he has a girlfriend, although Ming doesn't want to do so and all the Chinese media has kept this secret for him for such a long time because they knew he has his NBA dream and wants to keep his private life in a low-profile. This is what happened, IMO. After Ming said in an interview before draft that he likes "Backstreet Boy", countless people sarcasmed that Ming is a gay and they extended this assumption to Ming's basketball carrer, saying that he is a "soft" and "timid" bust. Then Houston Chronicle jumped out and became the first media in the world who announced Ming has a girlfriend. That means they told the world Ming is "normal" and "perfect". It also means they can keep the market value of Ming after cleared his sexual orientation. Now Ming has to carry out his long distance relationship under the watching of billions of eyes. Maybe it is better for him because he will not be doubted to be a gay. Therefore, no matter how advanced and civilized this society is, the discrimination to the "others" still exists.
Er, Wind and Sea I don't think the Rockets management was worried people thought he was gay. I think they wanted to emphasize that Yao is a young guy with a life and he's coming to a different culture, a very different league and that will have an effect his development. Now the "soft" and "non-agressive" stuff was pretty well explained by watching the Chinese national team play at the WBCs. Bateer, the only one with NBA experience on the team was the only Chinese player to exhibit the style of play we're used to in America. I don't think anyone in the NBA has the slightest concern about Yao's marketability. I think your post might appear humorous to Americans and I know your post are quite sincere (and much appreciated by myself). The Backstreet Boys thing is just ridiculous and nothing to worry about at all. Americans in general don't believe anything is perfect, and specifically Texans promote individuality. I hope Yao's not coming here to enbody all that is glorious in China, that's a ridiculous load for any kid of any culture to bear. He's here to play ball, and hopefully enjoy his time here. If he can do that, he'll be very successful, but if he's going to pay any attention to the dreck that comes out in the 24/7 U.S. media or nationalistic heroism back home, it seems to me he's going to be miserable. He's a gifted basketball player from China to us. He's not a culture statement despite what you may have read (Blinebury & Fowler have to write something). There's probably going to be some attempted humorous responses to this thread. Don't be offended or feel that you should worry about what you post. We are 10 days away from camp and Rocket fans are very excited, and we don't have a lot to read or write about now. It all will be about basketball very soon. The only "others" here on this board are just people who aren't Rockets fans.
Rockets-Truth:- Would it make any difference one way or the other.If the answer is no, then your post was meaningless.If the answer is yes, why speculate on such a thing as sexuality on a Basketball Forum? It's in bad taste and out of place!
Well said. I do not think most Chinese would expect Yao Ming to carry the extra burden of being a ambassadar in additional to his role as a bb fan. In fact, most Chinese media/people are quite purzzled why Yao Ming got such a hype in US media. Why the expectation of Yao Ming is so high? The Chinese media are much more critical to Yao Ming than the US media. Maybe that is another missified culture difference!
