Sports Good, Hockey Gooder
Geez Louise. Talk about hyperbole. And not all of it is coming from politicians, either. Christ almighty with a hockey stick.
Look, I know nothing about this latest conflagration in the land except what I just caught on Bourque today:
But I'd just like to point out (before this thing REALLY catches fire) that since Doan is saying - then and now - that he didn't say it (whatever the slur was) *at all*, thennnnn... isn't he calling whoever DID say he said it - a liar?! I mean, logically speaking, that's what it looks like to me. But, as I say, I'm a Janey-come-lately to this imbroglio and I don't know all the details
Okay. I already stand corrected: I don't know ANY of the details. I only know what I read today and since no one is providing any prior details, I can only assume that there is ANOTHER good, upstanding, moral of character Canadian hockey player who is being called a Big Fat Liar by Doan and everybody else defending him except for this fellow of, well, (fill in the blank) character:
"Totally ridiculous," Canucks head coach Vigneault, a Quebec City native and former coach of the Montreal Canadiens, said in Vancouver. "In the heat of the battle things get said sometimes, a lot worse than being called a French frog or whatever."
"He says he didn't say it. Even if he did, come on," added Vigneault. "If our politicians, French or English, if that's the only thing right now they have to worried about ... There's a lot more important things going on right now in society. It is utterly, utterly stupid, not to say embarrassing."
Hey dude - it's ALWAYS embarrassing when it's YOUR stupid shit hitting the fan.
And maybe that "more important" thing we should all be on the lookout for is a hockey player with his pants on fire. 'Cause, I'm no mathematician, buttttt.... SOMEBODY'S lying. And if it ain't the good Cap'n, then it's the guy who said he ain't the good Cap'n.
More importantly, why the hell should politicians butt out of the NHL's affairs as suggested by this ice cat:
"The NHL stands by its decision to clear Shane Doan and says politicians should mind their own business."
"I stand by my original comments after our investigation," Campbell told The Canadian Press. "But I would add to it at this point in time, it's rather embarrassing to all Canadian hockey fans we're rehashing this again, particularly when Hockey Canada and Shane Doan are representing and working hard in Moscow right now, competing for our country. It's ridiculous."
Oh. Really. Well, I'm a Canadian, too, and I'm more inclined to think politicians SHOULDN'T butt out of the NHL's affairs. In fact, I think the NHL should be probed regularly and roundly by as many politicians as it takes to assure me that the NHL isn't just a bunch of thick-necked thugs CLAIMING to be good, moral, upstanding Canadians doing their level best to represent Canada abroad.
May I remind you, Gentlemen, of Exhibit A - Alan Eagleson?
And while we're all proud of Wayne Gretsky for scoring goals without knocking other players semi-permanently unconscious, he did marry an American. And a gambler, so the rumour mill tells us.
Or, is that the facts? It's hard to keep these sport scandal rumours/facts straight, the way they tend to piggy-back each other before they're covered up altogether by the types of guys who don't like politicians poking their noses around in NATIONAL SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS!!!
And, forgive me, but I just don't get this Canadian insistence that hockey represents the best of the country. I mean, c'mon - I'm from the Sault. Sorry. But the Soo Greyhounds might just as well have called themselves "Sexist Pig Thugs R Us".
Really. You're completely full of shit if you think the Juniour whatever team in your town isn't just the same, too. And the Big Boy Leagues a helluvalot worse.
So, yeah. In my opinion, jockish grandstanding and backpatting about what good wholesome characters y'all are (in spite of the corrupt years of days gone by and whever is going on currently that we'll find out about later) is no reason why Canadian politicians shouldn't meddle in the National Hockey League as much as they friggin' well want. Just because a bunch o' guys can claim to represent the country abroad doesn't mean that they actually do.
And it sure as hell doesn't mean that they might not be just a bunch of thicknecked thugs at home.
Get real, people.
But first, this:
A Rink Rat Rites and It's Not Even Crusty
"Even the Taliban have merited greater parliamentary consideration when it comes to the laws of natural justice."
Okay. Starting now. Get real, people.
