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QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 8, 2013 -> 10:04 AM) @FisolaNYDN Spoelstra vs Thibodeau is really Riley vs Van Gundy all over again. Just hope Tom doesn't find himself clutching LeBron's leg for dear life wow, really? Speaking of Thibs, I heard on the radio this morning he was 8th in coach of the year voting. Eighth! I know it was regular season voting, but still. With the injuries this year, he should have been top 3-4 easy.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 8, 2013 -> 10:03 AM) You can seriously make the argument that the only two teams to win an NBA Championship in the last 30 years that didn't have atleast 2 stars on it were the 2004 Pistons and the 2011 Mavericks. 94 Rockets. Unless you consider Sam Cassell or 2-3 year man Robert Horry a star.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 8, 2013 -> 09:46 AM) When I was 12 I was a walking erection. Yeah, but he's a kid sheltered by his mother his entire life and then is suddenly put on the throne. He's able to literally do anything he wants. His first act is ordering someone to die. He's not exactly a well-adjusted/normal 12 year old boy.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ May 6, 2013 -> 01:33 PM) Joffrey isn't gay if that's what you had in mind. Joffrey just likes hurting/killing people more than sex with whores. Also, Margaery and her mother are fully aware of this, hence Margaery playing perfectly into Joffrey's desires, and you'll see in the future what the Tyrells think of Joffrey. You also have to keep in mind he's still a kid, like 12 years old. So sex isn't very high on his list. It's all about the power/authority right now.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 8, 2013 -> 09:32 AM) And I'm going to stop right now because I can see where this is going. translation: "I said something silly and will have to defend it but will be unmercifully picked at soooooo, i'm out!"

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 8, 2013 -> 09:11 AM) The billboard has a twitter account: https://twitter.com/commandsign Ha, I like this one:

QUOTE (Boogua @ May 8, 2013 -> 08:59 AM) That's certainly your opinion. He played 27.8 minutes per night. He also averaged 8 points, 9 rebounds, and under 1 block per game in the playoffs that year. I agree that he's a good player (especially valuable because there are no good centers), but he's not great and it can be argued that he's just a role player. He's equal to Ibaka in that respect.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 7, 2013 -> 02:58 PM) Oh, very boring I drive to the quad cities and a little into Iowa all the time, both on 80 and 88. You should get WMVP at least until the quad cities, if not a little further.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 7, 2013 -> 09:25 AM) Yeah, the field sobriety test is pretty much entirely discriminatory. They should just go right to the breath test...and skip the field sobriety test altogether. I recall there being quite a big fight about this in the law recently. My criminal defense professor advised his entire class of 22-23 year old law students to never, ever submit to a breathalyzer because without it they have no evidence of a DUI. You'll spend a night in jail, but that's it. Some states got smart and passed laws that basically said if you refuse the breathalyzer, the assumption is that you'd blow beyond the legal limit. Not sure whatever happened with that law and if it remains on the books. Edit: Actually I guess it's a whole separate violation of "implied consent" to testing, which carries an automatic suspension of your license. Still, probably better than a DUI charge.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 7, 2013 -> 11:56 AM) 16-20: http://espn.go.com/espn/playbook/story/_/i...video-games-all Interesting nugget from NCAA 2004: "We added a lot of new features in NCAA Football 2004. But what some people may not know is that one of our biggest features in 'NCAA Football 2004' was actually removed from the game just a few days before we submitted final software for approval. Attempting to capture the mayhem that ensues following an epic home win in college football, we thought it would be a good idea to deliver an equally epic sequence of fans storming the field and ripping down the goal posts. It was in the game, it was polished, and it was ready to ship. But just before the final submission, concern over fan safety led to its removal. That was one of the more difficult messages I've had to deliver, explaining that the feature we worked so hard on all year was being removed." What a lame excuse. Fan safety? GMAB.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 7, 2013 -> 12:24 PM) Which represents a pretty substantial portion of our incarcerations, right? Locking up so many young men has all sorts of deleterious effects on the community and helps perpetuate the cycle. Well sure, but again, I don't see how that's tied to a system that is racist. From the same study: It's really difficult for me to accept the notion that the system is racist when the people that run the system are shown to be not racist. That's why I liken it to the NFL or NBA. Why aren't we calling NFL execs racist or the NFL scouting system racist for not looking at more white athletes? Because at the end of the day their decisions are race-neutral even though the results are clearly not.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 7, 2013 -> 11:56 AM) This report from the Aspen Institute goes over what I've been calling systemic racism but is also referred to as institutional or structural racism if you're curious to read what this subject is about. http://www.aspeninstitute.org/sites/defaul...ral_racism2.pdf Yeah, I mean that's no different than what you're talking about - the results are unequal so it's due to racist policies. If you grow up in Englewood or Austin, yeah, your life compared to whites living in Burr Ridge is going to be different. You have no property value, the jobs aren't great, you have crime problems, etc. But that's not because society and policy in 2013 is racist, it's because society was racist decades ago and put minorities in a hole that is difficult to climb out of. If a bank doesn't want to loan money to someone living in Englewood or Austin, is it because they're black or is it because of the situation around them? The study you linked to would include that decision in the "structural racism" that keeps minorities down even though the decision or policy itself is not racist at all.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 7, 2013 -> 11:52 AM) I think this is it: http://www.ussc.gov/Research/Research_Proj...Study/chap4.pdf Looks like they did use criminal history as a factor, though interestingly the disparity in sentencing only applies when the subjects are male and the offense is a drug offense.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 7, 2013 -> 11:07 AM) Everyone has prejudices. edit: but even policies that have no racial animus, explicitly or implicitly, in their crafting can have disparate racial impact and have a racially prejudiced outcome. Ok fine, but that's not the same as saying our system is racist anymore than me claiming that the NFL is racist because it has more blacks than whites. What do you mean there is no evidence that minorities commit more crime? There is plenty of evidence of that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration...e_United_States I'm not saying because they're a minority they commit more crime. Obviously it has to do with other social factors, including their financial situation. And the WSJ article is interesting, but they didn't link to the study. Did they account for prior arrests/prison time? I'm sure that would affect sentencing for the same crime between two people of a different race.

Who goes to the mall anymore? I haven't been to one in years.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 7, 2013 -> 10:09 AM) Systems are created and run by people. Beliefs and prejudices and actions aggregate. I don't see how you can offer a coherent alternative explanation to the reality. So then what you denied yesterday is true - the police, prosecutors and juries that convict minorities more than whites do so because they're racist, at least a little bit. My alternate theory is that the criminal justice system is not racist and does not treat others differently, it's the circumstances of those minorities that creates the results. Minorities are more likely to be in gangs, more likely to be poor, etc., so it makes logical sense that they would commit more crime. We're not talking about people implementing racist sentencing policies (crack v cocaine) or cops using racial profiling (which still happens, but doesn't account for the large differences in the numbers). We're talking about general crime statistics across the country.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 7, 2013 -> 10:42 AM) He is also 6'8" with a 7 foot+ wing span. Giving me one game two years ago doesn't really prove anything. I can also point to LeBron shutting down Derrick Rose as "proof". Nate is faster than Rose, but I don't think he'd be able to finish at the rim since Lebron can block him from behind. Still, if we're talking about Lebron having to adjust to play D on Nate, i'm happy because that means it's a close game in the 4th.

Daaaaaaaaa bulls! Man i love this team

Refs need to T somebody up. Its annoying watching these guys b**** after each call

This game can be had...need some defensive stops. I have a feeling Lebron will get to the line another 10-12 times though.

God bosh owns boozer

After the 4 turnovers in 4 trips ill take a tie ballgame

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 6, 2013 -> 05:26 PM) no, not really. you don't get the core concept. No i get the concept just fine but thanks! Racism is a belief. A system does not have a belief.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 6, 2013 -> 04:51 PM) No, that's not how systemic racism/prejudice works. It doesn't require a bunch of consciously and intentionally racist people. A system that produces such drastic racially disparate results is, pretty much by definition, systemically racist. I never bought the idea that a system could be racist simply because the results are unequal. But that comes down to semantics and arguing over how the term racist is defined. Edit: For example, based on that use of the term, the NFL and NBA are racist towards whites. Otherwise, there would be more white players.