Guess a compromise is better than nothing.
Guess a compromise is better than nothing.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
I realize this is not going to be a popular opinion on this matter, but...
I don't agree with the decision. Let them kneel if they so choose.
Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with them kneeling, but I do believe it's their right.
"I am allergic to piety, it makes me break out in rash judgements." - Penn Jillette
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"The man who invented the telescope found out more about heaven than the closed eyes of prayer ever discovered." - Robert G. Ingersoll
Well... the NFL is in the business of making money. Any business is going to curtail something it's employees are doing if it's costing them money.
Say someone owns a restaurant and their wait staff was telling people to piss off, well that restaurant owner is going to tell them not to do that anymore.
Really doesn't have anything to do with rights at that point. The people have all the right in the world to tell people to piss off, just not at work. NFL players are at work. I think the NFL has every right to tell them to stand or pay up or go somewhere else.
That's my two cents.
I can respect your opinion, but you're correct in that I am not going to agree with it. I've seen people die for those Colors. Some things shouldn't be disrespected in the name of someone's warped political cause. The symbol of this Nation is one.
If you hate this Nation so much that you feel the need to disrespect it, its symbol and all the people who have died for that flag to be where it is, then leave. There's a whole big World out there waiting swallow you up.
Last edited by Gunny; 05-23-2018 at 05:53 PM.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
This whole kneeling thing was a farce anyway. If these players were so passionate about police brutality towards blacks, then why didn't they go kneel in front of a cop shop?
It made zero sense to piss on our flag and national anthem. They were showing disrespect to our flag and national anthem, not cops.
It was stupid.
Last edited by High_Plains_Drifter; 05-23-2018 at 05:58 PM.
I am glad the owners all pressed for this, and was thinking to myself before -
"If you do not want to stand, then stay in the locker room."
Exactly what the League and Owners said. The league should inspire unity and
honor among the employees - PLAYERS! The ones doing the protest were a minority of players.
Imagine a military member or Police, Fire or First Responders, refusing to stand during a program
that featured the Anthem. Military would be written up pronto. Police or Fire,
suspended or canned, I would bet. Remember how many Cops, Firefighters, and
other First Responders died at 9/11?
https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...tand/23441848/
Trump and Pence on the decision:
https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...ules/23442041/
Last edited by Elessar; 05-23-2018 at 06:13 PM.
I have lost my mind. If found, please give it a snack and return it?
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same of others"...John Wayne in "The Shootist"
A Deplorable!
Too little too late.
I take your point, HJ, but there is a difference between having a right to do something and doing it during your working hours. Having "the right" to kneel means they don't get arrested for doing it. Doing something objectionable during your working hours still leaves your employer the right to punish or fire you for doing it. It also leaves the customers (in this case NFL viewers) with the right to dislike the players, to resent the NFL, and to turn the channel.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 - A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him to the left.
Wise men don't need advice, and fools won't take it - Ben Franklin
"It's not how you start, it's how you finish."