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  1. ohiogary ohiogary is offline

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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 6:35pm)

    <H4>Golf Channel anchor says young golfers should 'lynch Tiger Woods'</H4>
    By Roy S. Johnson

    Tuesday, Jan 8, 2008 4:38 pm EST

    What is it about Duke? Okay, maybe that's not fair. But it did make me scratch my head and wonder when I read what Kelly Tilghman (pictured with Arnold Palmer), a former Blue Devil golfer, said on the Golf Channel last Friday during her gig as co-lead announcer for the network's telecast of the Mercedes-Benz Championship, the PGA Tour's inaugural event of the season.
    I have not seen the clip, nor do I know the context of the remarks. This is what I know -- that Tilghman, who never played on the LPGA Tour, said golf's young players should "lynch Tiger Woods in a back alley."

    Had Woods been white, to use the most heinous crime committed in this nation to illustrate God-knows-what point would have been egregious. But that he's not makes the remark unconscionable. And punishable.

    It would be a travesty if Tilghman is allowed to broadcast the next event for the Golf Channel. (It speaks volumes already that she was allowed to sit on the air all day Saturday, as if nothing happened. She then offered an on-air apology on Sunday but still did the entire telecast.)

    At minimum, a suspension is in order. Some will surely call for a firing. If the network does nothing -- just months after the Jena Six dominated the nation's airwaves -- it would make a significant statement about the network's tolerance of such actions. A statement that would hurt the sport of golf and rekindle memories of a racist history that Woods' success has helped it begin to move past.

    Doing nothing would remind us of Fuzzy Zoeller

    Doing nothing would remind us of Shoal Creek.

    Doing nothing would not be smart.

    Okay, so it's just the Golf Channel. And Kelly Tilghman is simply a hottie that was given an opportunity to anchor a telecast because she can swing a golf club.

    That is not the point. Tolerance at any level cannot be tolerated.

    Your move, GC.

    Tilghman has reportedly reached out to Woods to apologize. Here's hoping, at least for the moment -- until the Golf Channel makes its statement -- that he does not accept the call. Or the apology

    She should be fired immediately for the disrespectful,classless comments.
  2. Phi Phi is offline aka tennisee

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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 6:36pm) in reply to ohiogary

    whew thank god this thread has nothing to do with WVU, LSU or OSU
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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 6:37pm) in reply to Phi

    as the wheel follows the ox that draws the cart.....the wind cannot overtake the mountain
  4. ohiogary ohiogary is offline

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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 6:37pm) in reply to Phi

    LOL,i'm past our loss against LSU.Time to move on to other things..
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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 6:38pm) in reply to Phi

    i was thinking the same. any clips?
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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 6:38pm) in reply to ohiogary

    i read about this earlier.

    do people not think before they speak?
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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 6:48pm) in reply to ohiogary

    She made a mistake and used a poor choice of words. I highly doubt that she was thinking "because Woods is black, I better make a comment regarding how people of color were killed in the time of severe racism in our country." She was making a joke towards Woods' awesomeness and made a mistake. God people are so fucking PC it makes me sick.
  8. B4TheFlop B4TheFlop is offline

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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 6:51pm) in reply to tmac456

    Apparently Not

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  9. ohiogary ohiogary is offline

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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 6:51pm) in reply to krs33

    Joking or not saying someone needs to be lynched (hung) isn't a laughing matter no matter how you word it.If i were Tiger i wouldn't accept any apology at all.
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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 6:52pm) in reply to Mini Darb

    I just dont believe she meant something racial by it like "lets cleanse that race once and for all!" sigh. many chicks these days know so little about history she probably is just ignorant.
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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 6:56pm) in reply to ohiogary

    people need to quit bein so sensitive
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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 6:58pm) in reply to ohiogary

    I don't think Tiger gives a shit. He makes like 3543 million dollars a year and is fucking a Swedish model or whatever. You can throw all the racist terms at me, and really, I wouldn't give a shit because I can't control, nor give a shit about, what people think.
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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 6:59pm) in reply to prostuntman

    from wiki:
    Tuskeegee Institute records of lynchings between the years 1880 and 1951 show 3437 African-American victims, as well as 1293 white victims, <span>nearly all of whom were registered Republicans.</span>
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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 7:12pm) in reply to skisteve

    yeah...i was wondering what crime the author was talking about here:

    "Had Woods been white, to use the most heinous crime committed in this nation to illustrate God-knows-what point would have been egregious. But that he's not makes the remark unconscionable. And punishable."

    sorry, but i don't think "lynching" is the most heinous crime committed in this nation.

    Also:

    "Earl Woods, is (was?) one-quarter Native American, one-quarter Chinese, and half black. His mother, Kultida, is half Thai, a quarter Chinese, and a quarter Dutch.

    In a sport considered by many as "white"-and viewed by some as racist-Tiger Woods is often described as the "Great Black Hope." His mother, Tida, as she is called by friends, bristles at this description.

    "To call Tiger black is to deny my existence," she told Newsweek last year. "You know what my grandfather on my mother's side is? Dutch! White! Hah!"
    While Woods writes "Asian" on forms requesting ethnicity-"Actually, I'm 90 percent Oriental, more Thai than anything," he's said-Tiger feels his ethnicity should never be an issue. And, if he is a role model, it's simply because some people want him to be.
    "I don't want to be the best black golfer," he said. "I want to be the best golfer, period." "
    http://asianweek.com/101196/tigerwoods.html
     
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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 7:16pm) in reply to ohiogary

    If you watch the Golf Channel with any regularity at all you would know that she has a good sense of humor and says stuff like this quite a bit. I'm sure it's one of those things that gets taken out of context. Plus she's hot.
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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 7:17pm) in reply to SoCalDrew

    I've always heard him referred to as Cablinasian--Caucasian-Black-Indian-Asian
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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 7:18pm) in reply to SICKTIGHT311

    hey greggers. wanna go snowboarding sometime? you know... like on a date?
     
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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 7:27pm) in reply to ohiogary

    Bunch of whining freaking babies who do nothing but go around looking to get offended.

    I agree, the author of this piece is pretty classless.
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    Jan 8th, 2008 (1/8/2008 8:06pm) in reply to threebanger

    whithout knowing the context it's pretty hard to judge. my guess is that it was a joke one bad. big deal, get over it. and to the person who said you can't joke about stuff like that, yes i can. i joke about my mother having cancer, to her face. she dosen't get offended, she know i care, she also knows it's a fucking joke. everything can be joked about, people are way too sensitive. and if you are offended, ummm tough shit.
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