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NHLfan88

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Not the best picture for STORM
« on: October 03, 2013, 12:14:41 PM »
Nice little racist picture modeling off their new pink STORM breast cancer awareness shirts.

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Sleeve857

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Re: Not the best picture for STORM
« Reply #31 on: October 04, 2013, 01:03:14 PM »
Can't we all laugh and joke around anymore?!?

HOLY Crap! I mean I prolly just offended someone by putting holy and crap together...

Personally I wish I could have been the one taking the picture since they were laughing about it while taking it. What if it was an Asian person doing the same thing? Just get Raiden in the picture... same type of hat and lighting bolts hahah

bradl

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Re: Not the best picture for STORM
« Reply #32 on: October 04, 2013, 02:02:42 PM »

Personally I wish I could have been the one taking the picture since they were laughing about it while taking it. What if it was an Asian person doing the same thing? Just get Raiden in the picture... same type of hat and lighting bolts hahah

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Gene J Kanak

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Re: Not the best picture for STORM
« Reply #33 on: October 04, 2013, 06:32:02 PM »
Yeah, let's just go back to the good old days when we could say any damned stupid, ignorant, racist, small-minded thing we wanted to say and none of those darned minority groups dared speak their minds against it! Everything was so much better back then. Well, if you were a white male in the middle to upper class it was. But screw everyone else and their feelings. I've got jokes!

Obviously, that is hyperbole because, as I've said about five times already, I didn't find the picture to be offensive. But who am I to be able to tell someone else that they should or should not be offended by something like that? If I chose to do so, I could attempt to explain to that person why he or she should not take offense to such a thing, but if they truly feel it was intended to mock or demean them and people like them, who am I to argue?

The funniest thing that needs to be pointed out here is that unless I missed it, I don't think I saw a single person actually come on here and say that they were offended by it. Many of us are simply just stating how we could see where such a photo could potentially offend. You have to love a theoretical debate.

Big Jake

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Re: Not the best picture for STORM
« Reply #34 on: October 06, 2013, 11:31:32 PM »
Some people are to F'ing sensitive..its just a guy goofing off and having fun!!
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St. Croix

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Re: Not the best picture for STORM
« Reply #35 on: October 07, 2013, 01:51:56 PM »


But, if people want bowling to be taken seriously, then their big commercial companies should behave as such.

Correct. Storm's marketing department needs a major overhaul. They may be good at selling their products. But if this is how they attempt to address a public issue, they are weak.

The picture is not racist---just plain stupid.
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Gene J Kanak

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Re: Not the best picture for STORM
« Reply #36 on: October 07, 2013, 01:56:37 PM »
Again, Big Jake, why do you get to decide what people should and shouldn't be offended by? Obviously, the picture didn't bother you just like it didn't bother me, but why do either one of us get to tell somebody else that they're wrong for taking offense to it? Answer that question for me please.