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Drop-kick me, Jesus, through the goalposts of life.

Cerpin Taxt

Cerpin Taxt

Lifer
So much fail in one article. There' even meta-fail.

Some FoxNews Dumbass said:
Are Hail Maries banned, too?

A high school football player in Tacoma, Wash., got flagged for dropping to his knee and pointing to the sky after scoring a touchdown during a playoff game.

"It's just something I do every time I get in the end zone,” said Ronnie Hastie, a Tumwater High School running back. “To honor my Lord because I play for him. I give him the glory because he's the one that gives me the strength."

Although Hastie’s strength may be divine, high school referees are apparently not.

He was called for unsportsmanlike conduct, a 15 yard penalty—the same amount of yards a lineman would receive after steamrolling a quarterback well after a play.

He apparently broke a Washington Interscholastic Activities Association rule that bans players from drawing attention to themselves.

“I thought it was pretty crummy that kids can't give thanks in public," one Tumwater fan told Q13 FOX.

Sid Otton, Tumwater's Head Coach, says the referees made the correct call.

"If it's a rule and they made it then I agree with it because it's in there,” said Otton. “I admire the young man. He's a great player, great person off the field.”

The penalty did not affect the outcome of the game. Tumwater defeated East Valley 63-27.

Hastie says the next time he scores a touchdown this season he plans to play by the rules.

"I'll change it for the team cause they are the most important we don't want the penalty," said Hastie.

Tumwater will play in the 2A State Championship on Saturday at the Tacoma Dome.
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/01/high-school-player-flagged-touchdown-nod-god/?test=latestnews

1.) The kid is just grandstanding. He's an attention whore.
2.) WTF does any god care about whether this kid scores a touchdown or not? There's children starving to death in Africa, but God is too busy watching a 2A highschool football game guiding this kid to the endzone?
3.) The rules prohibit endzone dances of any kind, while the article suggests the kid was penalized for being religious.
4.) Fuck you Fox and your manufactured outrage.
 
Well I'm reading it and outside of the obvious bias of Fox News I read that the kid makes what he considers a religious motion on the field. I don't think its grandstanding so much. He said he would stop as well so its not like hes pissing and moaning about it.
 
zokudu said:
Well I'm reading it and outside of the obvious bias of Fox News I read that the kid makes what he considers a religious motion on the field. I don't think its grandstanding so much. He said he would stop as well so its not like hes pissing and moaning about it.
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I'm sorry, but any football player that drops to his knees to ostensibly "praise God" after scoring a touchdown is doing nothing more than hamming it up for an audience because they have the audience's attention. They are glorifying themselves, not any purportedly existing deity. I didn't mean that the kid's response afterwards was any kind of AW-ing.
 
Cerpin Taxt said:
So much fail in one article. There' even meta-fail.



http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/01/high-school-player-flagged-touchdown-nod-god/?test=latestnews

1.) The kid is just grandstanding. He's an attention whore.
2.) WTF does any god care about whether this kid scores a touchdown or not? There's children starving to death in Africa, but God is too busy watching a 2A highschool football game guiding this kid to the endzone?
3.) The rules prohibit endzone dances of any kind, while the article suggests the kid was penalized for being religious.
4.) Fuck you Fox and your manufactured outrage.
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What about your manufactured rage. Give it a rest, the kid was not being disrespectful or drawing attention to himself. If anyone's drawing attention to himself, it's you.
 
Cerpin Taxt said:
I'm sorry, but any football player that drops to his knees to ostensibly "praise God" after scoring a touchdown is doing nothing more than hamming it up for an audience because they have the audience's attention. They are glorifying themselves, not any purportedly existing deity. I didn't mean that the kid's response afterwards was any kind of AW-ing.
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Plainly put, you're an idiot.
I mean it's not like the kid could be thanking his God for the ability to score the touchdown. The safety of making through another play/game without injury. Thanking his God for good teammates and coaches allowing him to score. No. None of this could be going through the kid's head. It simply can ONLY be that he is trying to draw attention to himself. To glorify himself.

What you fail to realize is this is what HE believes. That his God GIVES HIM the ability to score the touchdown. That HIS GOD made it entirely possible for him.

Whether, I or you believing in this is irrelevant. It is what the kid believes that matters to HIM the most.

Please. Don't post again.
 
Homerboy said:
Plainly put, you're an idiot.
I mean it's not like the kid could be thanking his God for the ability to score the touchdown. The safety of making through another play/game without injury. Thanking his God for good teammates and coaches allowing him to score. No. None of this could be going through the kid's head. It simply can ONLY be that he is trying to draw attention to himself. To glorify himself.

What you fail to realize is this is what HE believes. That his God GIVES HIM the ability to score the touchdown. That HIS GOD made it entirely possible for him.

Whether, I or you believing in this is irrelevant. It is what the kid believes that matters to HIM the most.

Please. Don't post again.
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For the most part, I agree, but you've gotta remember how anti-religion ATOT is.
 
Homerboy said:
Plainly put, you're an idiot.
I mean it's not like the kid could be thanking his God for the ability to score the touchdown. The safety of making through another play/game without injury. Thanking his God for good teammates and coaches allowing him to score. No. None of this could be going through the kid's head. It simply can ONLY be that he is trying to draw attention to himself. To glorify himself.

What you fail to realize is this is what HE believes. That his God GIVES HIM the ability to score the touchdown. That HIS GOD made it entirely possible for him.

Whether, I or you believing in this is irrelevant. It is what the kid believes that matters to HIM the most.

Please. Don't post again.
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Just like in the Bible, after Jesus walks on water he does the superbowl shuffle to give thanks to God.
 
I'm not sure a flag was warranted there. There is "some" allowance for celebration in the end zone in HS football isn't there? I'm only concerned about consistency in foul calling here. If all end zone celebration is habitually flagged then he's just been getting away with it up to now and I have no sympathy for him.

People who think God could possibly give a fuck about football are hilarious though.
 
CPA said:
What about your manufactured rage.
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I don't care about a kid worshipping his god in whatever way he likes, but I don't believe that his performace in this instance was anything less than that--a peformance.

Give it a rest, the kid was not being disrespectful or drawing attention to himself.
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That's precisely what he was doing. Did you read the article? Do you know which rule it was that he broke?

If anyone's drawing attention to himself, it's you.
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Read first. It'll keep you from having to know what your toes taste like.
 
Cerpin Taxt said:
I'm sorry, but any football player that drops to his knees to ostensibly "praise God" after scoring a touchdown is doing nothing more than hamming it up for an audience because they have the audience's attention. They are glorifying themselves, not any purportedly existing deity. I didn't mean that the kid's response afterwards was any kind of AW-ing.
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How do you know? He may come from a very religious family or had something happen in his life that he feels he needs religion in his life. Who are you to judge other people beliefs in such a way?
 
Homerboy said:
Plainly put, you're an idiot.
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Ok. Let's just see about that.

I mean it's not like the kid could be thanking his God for the ability to score the touchdown. The safety of making through another play/game without injury. Thanking his God for good teammates and coaches allowing him to score. No. None of this could be going through the kid's head. It simply can ONLY be that he is trying to draw attention to himself. To glorify himself.
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I'll stipulate that it's possible if you'll stipulate that it's highly unlikely. Nobody needs to make a spectacle in the endzone in order to thank the voice in their head.

What you fail to realize is this is what HE believes. That his God GIVES HIM the ability to score the touchdown. That HIS GOD made it entirely possible for him.
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I'm sorry, but you're wrong. I full realize that he believes this. I also fully realize that anyone that does believe this is a fucking moron.

Whether, I or you believing in this is irrelevant. It is what the kid believes that matters to HIM the most.
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That's an incredible deduction, Sherlock.

Please. Don't post again.
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Please, go fuck yourself.
 
SlitheryDee said:
I'm not sure a flag was warranted there. There is "some" allowance for celebration in the end zone in HS football isn't there? I'm only concerned about consistency in foul calling here. If all end zone celebration is habitually flagged then he's just been getting away with it up to now and I have no sympathy for him.

People who think God could possibly give a fuck about football are hilarious though.
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I think it's the falling to his knees that crossed the line. The article states that he broke the "Washington Interscholastic Activities Association rule that bans players from drawing attention to themselves".

If he had simply crossed the goal line, and pointed to the Flying Spaghetti Monster in the sky while trotting to the sidelines he would have been fine.
 
Cerpin Taxt said:
Ok. Let's just see about that.


I'll stipulate that it's possible if you'll stipulate that it's highly unlikely. Nobody needs to make a spectacle in the endzone in order to thank the voice in their head.


I'm sorry, but you're wrong. I full realize that he believes this. I also fully realize that anyone that does believe this is a fucking moron.


That's an incredible deduction, Sherlock.


Please, go fuck yourself.
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CPA was right. Manufactured rage. You has it.
 
D1gger said:
I think it's the falling to his knees that crossed the line. The article states that he broke the "Washington Interscholastic Activities Association rule that bans players from drawing attention to themselves". If he had simply crossed the goal line, and pointed to the Flying Spaghetti Monster in the sky while trotting to the sidelines he would have been fine.
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Well said.
 
Cerpin Taxt said:
Ok. Let's just see about that.


I'll stipulate that it's possible if you'll stipulate that it's highly unlikely. Nobody needs to make a spectacle in the endzone in order to thank the voice in their head.


I'm sorry, but you're wrong. I full realize that he believes this. I also fully realize that anyone that does believe this is a fucking moron.


That's an incredible deduction, Sherlock.


Please, go fuck yourself.
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So because YOU don't believe in religion no one else can and if they do they're a moron and if they don't hes an asshole? That makes perfect sense.
 
vi edit said:
Well said.
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Yet, if his belief is to kneel while in prayer, what he did was not show-boating etc. He was just doing as he believes and has been raised/taught.

If it broke a rule, it broke a rule though. Throw the flag! I had money on the visiting team!!!! 🙂
 
Homerboy said:
Yet, if his belief is to kneel while in prayer, what he did was not show-boating etc. He was just doing as he believes and has been raised/taught.

If it broke a rule, it broke a rule though. Throw the flag! I had money on the visiting team!!!! 🙂
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I concur if he wants to pray he can go to the sidelines once the play has finished. But the OP is still a moron.
 
Homerboy said:
Yet, if his belief is to kneel while in prayer, what he did was not show-boating etc. He was just doing as he believes and has been raised/taught.

If it broke a rule, it broke a rule though. Throw the flag! I had money on the visiting team!!!! 🙂
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Dude you're being obtuse. He broke the rule, he deserved the flag. Why he did it doesn't matter.
 
Homerboy said:
Yet, if his belief is to kneel while in prayer, what he did was not show-boating etc. He was just doing as he believes and has been raised/taught.

If it broke a rule, it broke a rule though. Throw the flag! I had money on the visiting team!!!! 🙂
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He could still take it back to the sidelines and say his prayer there. It is the throwing himself to his knees and point to the sky in the end zone to complete the play that is the show-boating.
 
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