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Title: Kobe Bryant fined $100,000 for gay slur against ref...
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URL Source: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie ... AULT&CTIME=2011-04-13-18-10-06
Published: Apr 13, 2011
Author: By GREG BEACHAM
Post Date: 2011-04-13 18:47:48 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Views: 160
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The NBA fined Kobe Bryant $100,000 on Wednesday for using a derogatory gay term in frustration over a referee's call. NBA Commissioner David Stern issued a swift disciplinary ruling after the five-time NBA champion guard cursed and used a common homophobic slur when referee Bennie Adams called a technical foul on him Tuesday night in the third quarter of Los Angeles' win over the Spurs. "Kobe Bryant's comment during last night's game was offensive and inexcusable," Stern said. "While I'm fully aware that basketball is an emotional game, such a distasteful term should never be tolerated. ... Kobe and everyone associated with the NBA know that insensitive or derogatory comments are not acceptable and have no place in our game or society." Stern's action drew praise from gay-rights organizations that have demanded a fuller apology from Bryant and the Lakers. Bryant issued a statement earlier Wednesday, saying his words came out of frustration and shouldn't be taken literally. "We applaud Commissioner Stern and the NBA for not only fining Bryant but for recognizing that slurs and derogatory comments have no place on the basketball court or in society at large," Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese said. "We hope such swift and decisive action will send a strong and universal message that this kind of hateful outburst is simply inexcusable no matter what the context." Bryant's words and actions were captured by TNT's cameras during the network's national broadcast of the Lakers' regular-season home finale. Bryant punched his chair before taking a seat on the bench and threw a towel on the court near his feet in frustration after picking up his fourth foul in the third quarter. He got his 15th technical of the season for arguing the call, one shy of the cumulative trigger for a one-game NBA suspension. "What I said last night should not be taken literally. My actions were out of frustration during the heat of the game, period," Bryant said in a statement issued through the Lakers. "The words expressed do NOT reflect my feelings towards the gay and lesbian communities and were NOT meant to offend anyone." Gay-rights groups denounced Bryant's actions. Jarrett Barrios, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, said slurs are unacceptable. "Professional sports players need to set a better example for young people who use words like this on the playground and in our schools, creating a climate of intolerance and hostility," Barrios said. "The LA Lakers have a responsibility to educate their fans about why this word is unacceptable." Bryant has edged right up to the line of serious NBA discipline this season, ranking second only to Orlando's Dwight Howard in technical fouls - mostly for arguing with referees. Bryant was called for an additional technical foul that was rescinded Monday. If Bryant gets another technical foul in the Lakers' season finale at Sacramento on Wednesday night, he would be suspended for the first game of next season. The Lakers will open the playoffs this weekend at Staples Center.
Kobe Bryant fined $100,000 for gay slur
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#1. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
WGAS?
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is still missing its idiot.
Kobe should be more sensitive than that. I wonder if he called him a faggot, or a pole smoker, or an ass bandit. Maybe he said fairy or fruit, I don't think he'd ever say something like rump ranger or sausage jockey. $100,000 isn't enough if you ask me
" Arguing on the internet is like running in the special olympics................................ Even if you win, you're still retarded ": Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities also has the power to make you commit atrocities. –Voltaire
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
I only wish I'd been there when Kobe heard about the fine to hear what he said about Stern. I bet that would have been worth a half a million.
" Arguing on the internet is like running in the special olympics................................ Even if you win, you're still retarded ": Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities also has the power to make you commit atrocities. –Voltaire
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
Nobody should be surprised, David Stern is a kikenvermin: "Mr. Stern is the chair emeritus of the Trustees of Columbia University and serves or has served on the boards of Beth Israel Medical Center, the Rutgers University Foundation, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, the Museum of Television and Radio, and Jazz At Lincoln Center. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. A native of New York City, Mr. Stern is a graduate of Rutgers University and Columbia Law School. He is married to Dianne Bock Stern, and they are the parents of two adult sons."
__________________________________________________________ No...Say it ain't so. A joo involved in restricting an American's freedom? Just can't be.
I'm sure Kobe would be singing a different tune if someone had used the N word. That said, this whole you can't offend someone crap has got to go.
==================================== It is still politically correct to say anything you want to about Christians. MSM eats it up.
U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY
This is true.
#2. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
#3. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
#4. To: Eric Stratton (#3)
#5. To: Hmmmmm (#4)
#6. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM, *The hook-nosed Jew* (#0)
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?"
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#7. To: X-15 (#6)
Nobody should be surprised, David Stern is a kikenvermin:
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#8. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
"What I said last night should not be taken literally. My actions were out of frustration during the heat of the game, period," Bryant said in a statement issued through the Lakers. "The words expressed do NOT reflect my feelings towards the gay and lesbian communities and were NOT meant to offend anyone."
#9. To: farmfriend (#8)
That said, this whole you can't offend someone crap has got to go.
#10. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#9)
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