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To: tejek who wrote (66480)	12/9/2009 5:59:12 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Respond to of 149317

It's a rather euro-centric 'study'. somehow lots of peoples all over the world where blonde hair does not exist have managed to have lots and lots of babies. so a person who has never seen blonde hair shows up in a country where there is blonde hair and suddenly has some ancient impluse in themselves to fak, ooops... 'mate' with them because they breed better?

To: tejek who wrote (66480)	12/9/2009 6:01:40 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Respond to of 149317

but TNC spoke the interest in this subject best, imo: Rambling About Tiger ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com I didn't know it but apparently THE BLACK COMMUNITY is upset that Tiger Woods didn't commit adultery with a sister. Here's AP: Amid all the headlines generated by Tiger Woods' troubles -- the puzzling car accident, the suggestions of marital turmoil and multiple mistresses -- little attention has been given to the race of the women linked with the world's greatest golfer. Except in the black community. When three white women were said to be romantically involved with Woods in addition to his blonde, Swedish wife, blogs, airwaves and barbershops started humming, and Woods' already tenuous standing among many blacks took a beating. On the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner radio show, Woods was the butt of jokes all week. "Thankfully, Tiger, you didn't marry a black woman. Because if a sister caught you running around with a bunch of white hoochie-mamas," one parody suggests in song, she would have castrated him. I don't know. Tiger Woods doesn't really consider himself black--or maybe he does. I don't have any idea, and, honestly. I thought this debate was much more interesting when I was 24, then I do now at 34. I'm not clear on what it would mean if any of his mistresses were black. How would that be better? Would that be "empowering?" Would that be good for our daughters? I just don't get it. Any of it. Who models their marriage after some dude who plays golf? Who runs around wishing that Tiger Woods would include some sisters in his harem? Who are these people? Why don't I know them?

To: tejek who wrote (66480)	12/14/2009 11:39:30 AM
From: one_less	Respond to of 149317

Tell me what? Everybody likes boobs, and everybody is welcome to their own preferences as far as I'm concerned. I reserve the right to point out stereo-typical comments especially when they infer something negative (bigotry). I'm not a sports fan. I enjoy watching an occasional competition but I couldn't tell you the names of the major players from any sport. The word 'fan' is a cute shortened form of fanatic. Fanatic comes from the latin word fanaticus meaning insane in a religious zealotry kind of way. There are some who say the word 'fan' is shortened from the word fancy, in which case it just means a preference for the way you spend your time. There can be no doubt, however, that people who get heavily involved in their spectating to the point of emotional or compulsive interest are fanatics. So, who cares? Not me, but I can't help but notice the contradictions in your case... Here we have Tiger, whom you're still trafficking all over SI with dozens of encounters. Who cares? He doesn't represent anything but some commercial interests hoping to capitalize on his fan pool. Now we find out he is a huge player with women, apparently betraying the trust of his wife. That isn't a huge surprise, as we've seen this characteristic with lots of famous athletes. Not a big surprise because the persona of these men is all about scoring. What business is that of mine? None, except it concerns me when deceit is involved in a way that causes harm to people, or at least to his wife. Still, that is true for a large segment of the population and it's not my business. It's bad role modeling but it's not being presented as a positive in the press so, ok then. Tiger never asked any of us to support him in his philandering, he never used his position to destroy the women he was involved with nor did he ask us to support him in his claims of innocence while defrauding such women. Whatever he did, he didn't do it as my representative. My only comment is, 'tsk, what a shame.' Sorry his golden record has to be tarnished, his relationship with his wife has to be damaged, and his winning streak at the bank may be dampened. I don't know what to say for the other women. Surely they got involved with eyes wide open. So what's the contradiction? The contradiction is that you guys were not so upset with the guy who did represent us (clinton), who lied to your faces, who even enlisted your support and used the power of his office in his attempts to destroy the private lives of citizens, citizens he had used the power of office to abuse or who had succumbed to the attraction of charm and authority. That's a huge contradiction and one among many examples of why I can't take your high horse comments of principle serious, especially when you attempt to make judgemental comparisons between your self as highly principled and other SI posters who are less inclined to display such values contradictions. Have a nice day, Less_inclined