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jazzcyclist wrote: Speedfirst wrote: Jim Brown. Not only did Jim do as much or more on the playing the field with quality, but he also did more on the silver screen as well. Wrong! I don't disagree with the first part of your statement, but the second part I take exception with. Brown isn't in the same league as Casey or Jones when it comes to acting, and bad hammy has named three more that I had forgotten about. Of course those...

IanS_Liv wrote: to say that "they're all madmen" doesn't help the point that some of these groups have as their cause genuine problems to fight against. Some of them will have taken up arms when they've tried other avenues, and the psychopaths will have taken up arms immediately I should imagine. Undoubtedly their causes are 'just' in their minds, but in these cases the ends don't justify the...

bambam wrote: jazzcyclist wrote: Avante wrote: jazzcyclist wrote: What about Paul Robeson and Tommy Lee Jones? Also, no one's mentioned O.J. Simpson. By the way, is Arnold Schwarzenegger an athlete? Been a lot of athlete/actors... Sugar Ray Robinson Merlin Olson Johnny Weissmuller Buster Crabbe Roman Gabriel Rafer Johnson Bruce Jenner Bernie Casey Fred Williamson Alex Karras Woody Strode Timmy Brown Anthony Davis Jim Brown was the best...

Pego wrote: Every suicidal bomber is irrational. I disagree with this statement as too broad. Is there no cause that you can imagine that you would sacrifice your life for? How is the mindset of the suicide bomber any different than the mindset of the soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day? It went much better than expected, but didn't most of them think that there was a better than 50/50% chance that they would die that...

IanS_Liv wrote: Pego wrote: Religious fanaticism (just like any fanaticism) is a psychiatric disorder. Every suicidal bomber is irrational. It is futile to try to apply rational reasoning to an irrational mind. I'm not entirely sure I agree with you on that point Pego. Some are, of course, suffering from various psychiatric disorders - psychopaths, sociopaths, etc. But I do think that a lot of what gets called "Al...

bad hammy wrote: lonewolf wrote: Not to defend # 15, but we only see the highlights of her "over-reaction", not what was going on the other 89 minutes And what would you expect to see in the other 89 minutes to justify having the one player's head ripped off her body from behind? I was not suggesting that anything justified #15's actions, just commenting that all we saw were prejudical excerpts.

Pego wrote: It is futile to try to apply rational reasoning to an irrational mind. I really wanna believe you Pego, but the fact that you spend any time responding to my posts leds me to another conclusion.

My elementary and junior high didn't have nicknames. You may find this quaint, but those buildings were actaully viewed as places where you got an education, not played games.

Vince wrote: .....too bad for any English exchange student who asks their American teacher for a rubber in front of the class. This was a hilarious incident in Russell Bakers first book. It describes his first day in a NY school.

The Champ not only balked at the "Joe Louis and Elvis didn't tote weapons" pitch from Selective Services, but he said that such service could also give a message to draft age Negro youth that he felt U.S. military presence in S.E. Asia was warranted. As a visible and influential figure (at a time when almost all Black public figures in U.S. were entertainers or athletes, which magnified their community...