If I recall, a young protestor stood in front of a tank in China about 10 years back, look what happend to him. What this girl needs is a good, SHAKING!!
hey...remember when those guys had that protest back in the early 90's in China...that didn't turn out too well for them.
It was a Chinese man protesting his country, and was thus killed for it. Do you actually read historty books, or do you get your information while waiting in line at the grocery store.
can u find the picture where it show he was killed instead of of this picture jsut show a guy standing in front of a rolling tank. i have about like 20 tapes of the june 4 demostration i think i know what happan more than u do! n i do actually care about what happaned !
Now some of you are just starting to sound scary. Sadly, I fear for her safety because of this very mentality.
Auriemma is an arrogant sob for that comment. Smith would take his ass to court and win. Just because a coach does not agree with the political beliefs of a player gives him/her no right to kick the player off the team.
What history books are you reading? Tiananmen 'tank man' still at large The unknown protester brought an entire line of tanks to a halt http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/75679.stm The lone Chinese protester who brought a column of tanks to a standstill in Tiananmen Square during the 1989 crackdown was never arrested and is still at large, a Hong Kong-based dissident group has said. Seven hundren people were killed in the Tiananmen Square crackdown on Chinese students who supported the pro-democracy movement captured the attention of the world's media with their seven-week occupation of Tiananmen Square in June nine years ago. However, the most memorable images are of a young man, carrying what appears to be a shopping bag, who refused to move out of the way of the advancing tanks. He then climbed onto the leading tank and spoke to the driver. The Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy Movement in China says it has obtained official documents that show the Chinese government does not know what happened to him. Although the man was initially identified as Wang Weilin, the documents suggest the name was false. In response to an inquiry, President Jiang Zemin is said to have blamed journalists for giving authorities the wrong name. The Chinese government gave up looking for the man after checking lists of the dead and imprisoned. Time magazine has cited the unidentified protester as one of the "top 20 leaders and revolutionaries" of the 20th century. Dubbing him "the Unknown Rebel," the American news journal said his moment of fame was seen by more people than laid eyes on Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein and James Joyce combined. Chinese authorities sent tanks into Tiananmen Square in the early hours of June 4, 1989 to break up an extended demonstration by Chinese student activists. Several hundred people were reported to have been killed. China has never admitted publicly that there were any deaths as a result of the crackdown.
I'm sorry, but bull****. If a player is causing a major distraction like this the coach has the right to kick them off of the team. That's why you would never see something like this happen at a division I, competitive school.
He can do whatever he wants (like kick her off the team), but he would get sued so fast. Those are her political beliefs whether the coach likes it or not.
who else would be a lot more at peace with the world if fatfatcow would just type "and" instead of "n". just once. that's all i'm asking.
She could sit in the locker room like Abdul-Rauf did, but kicking her off the team is violating her rights.
He knows he would be sued. He even mentioned that in the article. However, if her antics are affecting the team by bringing in unneccesary distractions, I can easily why ANY coach would not want a player like this on his or her team. I commend him for having the balls to say it. Yes, I'm sure the girl would sue him and win, but it probably wouldn't even get that far. UCONN administration would have no other choice but to step in and force the coach to keep the girl on the team. Meanwhile, the focus for the rest of the season would be on this confused girl's political stance, instead of basketball. I don't think that's fair to the coach, the teammates, or the fans. Why can Augusta prevent female members from joining it's club, but a highly competitve women's basketball team wouldn't be able to suspend one of it's players for causing a major distraction? I don't care if it's political or what, a distraction is a distraction. Does a women's college basketball program not qualify as a "private organization?" Seriously, I'm asking?
What the hell, he looks cool, put the little guy in there too... [/B][/QUOTE] I would like to speak to you about this, so Mrs JB, let's try to keep this to a discussion (I am referring to myself as well) and not get personal like that other time. Let me start with this, I would not cause her any harm, if I saw her I would be angered somewhat, but more than anything I would feel sorry for her, she simply lacks education. The ignorance she is displaying is sad. What does the National Anthem and the American Flag represent? If the flags of the armed forces were being presented or the Presidential Flag was there, I would not think it was right, but I would at least understand her not wishing to face it/them. From past conversations, I know your stance on the current issues, would or do you turn your back during the National Anthem? If so, why? If not, why?
